There is an ISO that can be downloaded that has everything you need in it. You just download, burn, and it is a fully functional CD.
However, for the present build, the ISO is over 700MG - which is over the standard CD capacity. A CD can hold 500 MG easily but over 700MG requires the ability to over-burn. My laptop does not have that ability. :( If you are worried about space on the hard drive, there are compact versions for removable drives. I have used a fully functional version that is created for a small capacity thumb drive. It does not have to be installed on the computer at all, but unzips to a folder that can be ran from removable media. http://portableapps.com/apps/office/suites/portable_openoffice Download Details for Portable OpenOffice File size: 74.7MB (download), 144MB (unzipped and installed) Publisher: John T. Haller and the OpenOffice.org team Date updated: January 3, 2006 System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP (Portable OpenOffice.org does not support Windows 95) License: Free / Open Source (Launcher: GPL, OpenOffice.org LGPL) MD5 Hash (for the geeks): b4ee1103e428fd8ce7f67c8ffa969c3c Downloads: 133,000+ Installing Portable OpenOffice.org To install Portable OpenOffice.org, just download the ZIP file at the top of the Portable OpenOffice.org page and unzip it anywhere on your portable drive. To do this in Windows XP: Click the Download Now! link at the top of this page to download the file. Save it to your desktop, so it's easy to find. Once it's done, double click the Portable OpenOffice.org zip file on your desktop. Click once on the PortableOpenOffice directory and click Edit and then Copy on the menu. Double-click My Computer and browse to your portable drive to the directory you want to install in. Click Edit and then Paste from the menu. The directions will be a little different if you're using another version of Windows or if you've installed another ZIP utility like WinZip. In that case, check the help file of your ZIP utility to learn how to unzip the file. Can You Pick Which Apps Are Installed? Unlike, say, Microsoft Office, which is actually multiple programs that are loosely interconnected, OpenOffice.org is actually one big application with multiple functions. So, even if you were to only install Writer and Calc, it would only save you a grand total of about 9MB. And it would be one more full distribution to maintain... the largest one, that takes an hour to upload every release. Using Portable OpenOffice.org To start up Portable OpenOffice.org, just double-click PortableOpenOffice.exe file where you installed Portable OpenOffice.org on your portable drive. Then, use it just like you would a local copy of OpenOffice.org. There are a couple of things to keep in mind: If you're using a local copy of Gaim, you may wish to just copy your local settings right into Portable OpenOffice.org. Your local OpenOffice.org settings are usually installed in C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\OpenOffice.org2\ Just copy everything in that directory to the PortableOpenOffice\settings directory and you're all set. This will also enable Java to function with Portable OpenOffice.org when used with your computer and any others that have Java installed in the same location. Known Issues The following are known issues with this package: Trojan/Virus detected - AntiVir and Avast, on more than one occasion, have claimed there is a trojan or virus in the launcher. This is due to poor trojan detection in both products that will occasionally mis-identify many NSIS-based applications as trojans. It will usually occur after a definitions update. You should contact your antivitus provider and let them know of their mistake. No Java - Java is not yet portable with the OpenOffice.org launcher (though a promising lead is being investigated). Thus, some functions like wizards in all apps or design work in the Database app will not function and may cause OOo to crash. Modifications I made some modifications to the default ZIPped version of OpenOffice.org to make it more USB key friendly (decreasing total install size and the number of writes to the drive, which will increase drive life). These changes are listed here so you'll know what they are, and so you can recreate the process, if so desired. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
