On Wednesday 30 August 2006 08:24 am, Matt Needles wrote: > (Bottom-posted reply) > ----- > > On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 22:49 +0200, Arnold Huzen wrote: > > Assuming that you are on a windows-system, you should find an > > icon of the quickstarter in your systemtray. It's they darkgrey > > one with the birds on it. When you rightclick it you'll see that > > the shortcuts for the different parts of the OOo-suite are there > > already. Doubleclicking on this icon brings up your > > default-directory for documents. Usually this will be the <My > > Documents>-directory. > > > > You probably created an icon to the wrong executable on your > > desktop. If you want a shortcut to Writer your destinationfile > > should be <installdirectory>\program\swriter.exe > > > > Arnold Huzen > > > > Don Frank schreef: > > > I just read a CD of a downloaded version of Open Office V2.0, I > > > have a 56k modem so I had my son download and then burn me a > > > CD. > > > > > > The installation from the CD seemed to be OK,,,,,,,,, BUT I > > > made a shortcut ICON for my desktop. When I click on the ICON > > > it asks me to install the CD and the installation process > > > starts all over again. > > > > > > What do I need to do? > > > > > > THANKS > > > > > > Don Frank > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Let me add to the previous reply that the Quickstarter icon will > not appear until: either you have re-started Windows, or have run > OpenOffice.org at least once after installing it. However, after a > successful installation on Windows, there is a new group in your > Start->All Programs menu, which contains the shortcuts of all the > OOo applications. You could copy and paste one of these to your > desktop, if you wish. > > HTH, > Matt
Also, once you have established that OpenOffice.org is in your Start > All Programs menu, you should probably remove the icon that starts the installation process from your desktop. (This is obvious, but can be over looked.) Dan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
