On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:12:02 -0400 Donny W. wrote: > my system uses windows vista and I downloaded openoffice. I have the > icon on my desktop but it opens up to a list of fragmented parts of > openoffice. I don't have the program functional. > > thanks, > Donny >
I think that from your description you have successfully installed openoffice.org. The desktop icon you are seeing is the unpacked installation files in a folder. OO.o does not put a "program" icon on the desktop by default. Not having Vista the following may have minor alterations needed. *** To confirm the program is installed either Look in the windows start menu under "All Programs" (or the Vista Equivalent). To Run OpenOffice.org either: Click on one of the icons in the windows start menu OR Look for the little grey square icon down by the clock (lower right) and right click on this. You can open a blank text document, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, or what-have-you this way. To set an icon on the screen (XP method): - From Windows start - select "All Programs, OpenOffice.org 2.3, ..." - right click on "Writer" - select "Send to, Desktop (Create shortcut)" Once you have proven your program starts, and have restarted it several times you can optionally safely remove the desktop folder of unpacked files... if you choose to! There are situations where these files have helped down the track with problems experienced by the occasional user, so you could optionally move them somewhere else if you choose. -- Michael Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
