Dalziel wrote:
# /I have just (24.3.2007) downloaded version 2.1 of OpenOffice.org. My
problem is : I have attempted to set the hot keys on my Trust Silverline
Keyboard to rapidly access OpenOffice Writer Calc and Impress and in
each case I get the message 'The application has failed to start because
uwinapi.dll was not found/. /Reinstalling the application may solve the
problem'. /
# /*uwinapi.dll appears to be in folder OpenOfficeOrg3.cab*/
# /*I have reinstalled the application but still get the same response.*
Please note that to remove the application first (prior to reinstalling)
using OpenOffice Install/Remove software was not possible as it stopped
responding. I had to use my Windows XP software to remove the system
prior to reinstalling./
# /The Trust Silverline Hotkeys mentioned above have previously been used
to access the equivalent Microsoft Works programs with absolutely no
problem./
# /As I mentioned in my registration of OpenOffice, Microsoft Works is
good but does not have all the features of Microsoft Office which being
a pensioner I cannot afford. My son recommended that I downloaded
OpenOffice as he had found it excellent and totally reliable./
/I would welcome your assistance in this problem please. /
/Dalziel Aitchison/
/Tel: 01484 713491/
/Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/
I don't believe you have installed OpenOffice (OO); instead I think you
have only downloaded it, which is not the same.
Installing OO is a 3-step process:
1. Download the file to a folder of your choice, typically the desktop
2. Run the downloaded file. This will cause it to "unpack" itself into
quite a large number of files and folders which it places in a folder of
your choice, typically the desktop
3. Execute the program "setup.exe from within one of the folders created
in #2. This step *normally happens automatically* once step #2 has
completed.
At this point OO asks you a number of questions including how you want
it to handle Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) documents.
Once you have completed #3, you can delete the file you downloaded in #1
*and* the folder and its contents, including subfolders, that got
created in #2.
At this point you should be able to set hotekys etc. Please note that OO
can handle (read and write) the vast majority of MS office files but, as
far as I know, cannot handle *Works* files. Instead you need to have
Works save the files in Word, Excel, ... format first.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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