On Thursday 24 January 2008, you wrote: > ... > This is/was a common problem in the Ubuntu versions of OOo which has > since been fixed (I think) in 7.10's (U)OOo 2.3.1. See: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/ > for a full list of bugs & search on 'wizard'. > > Make sure that you have (U)OOo fully updated to 2.3.1 and the Sun Java > JRE installed (search for Java or Sun) in System|Administration|Synaptic > Package Manager| and install sun-java6-jre. In (U)OOo, select > Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org|Java select "Use a Java runtime > environment" and then "Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1.6.0_3. Restart (U)OOo > and try again. > Ubuntu only provide 2.3.0 with 7.10 - and I'm running the Sun 1.6.0_3 JRE.
> If that doesn't work, then you can always install the official OOo 2.3.1 > version using these instructions: > > http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=759 > > The only problem in installing the official OOo version is that you will > lose the ability to play various sound files in Impress unless you > install JMF (another thread altogether, but search the archives & you'll > find posts from me on how to do this). > OK, I've deleted the 2.3.0, downloaded 2.3.1 and installed it (with slight hassles as my root partition isn't really big enough for OO. I had created /usr/opt and linked it with 'ln -s /usr/opt /opt' but the user-friendly un-install process must have deleted /opt. Anyway - I now have 2.3.1 installed and working, but the problem remains. Open a file, make trivial modification and click on save and up pops the error box. Bill > Please reply only to [email protected] OK, but I'd appreciate direct copy of response :-) -- +---------------------------------------+ | Bill Purvis, Amateur Mathematician | | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://bil.members.beeb.net | +---------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
