Mike, I put out a similar question on a forum where I think my comment about xp applies. My bad, I was frazzled and baffled and forgot that the ground rules for the email list are not xp specific. Sorry about that!
I want you to know that I greatly appreciate your help because you are really trying to address my questions and are actually getting pretty close to where my issues are. Let me respond directly to your comments: Regarding file types, in trying ooo, I have tried to set ooo to open ms files. I can always change that setting later, but for now, I really want to get some experience using ooo on the documents I am working on. Unfortunately, as I said earlier, ooo does not open with the specified file types and I don't think the ooo programs even were installed. You wrote: "You can expand the tree by clicking on the [+] symbols; clicking on the /name/ will show a brief explanation of what's selected; clicking on the icon will show a drop-down menu allowing a choice of "don't install this", "install this", "install this and all sub-features"." This is the part that was problematic for me. The two root entries are "Open Office.org Program Modules" and "Optional Components". After a period of confusion and doubt, I took this at its word, selecting "This feature, and all sub-features will be installed on local hard drive" for both root entries. All along, I have had a nagging feeling that this would leave out some sub-features, sub sub-features, etc. Every other tree like this I have ever seen has check boxes which are set up so that checking an entry automatically causes all sub entries to be checked and this is displayed when the tree is expanded (even after selecting a root entry). As I said, the result of what I did is an installation in which no icons were created, in which I can find no program files or help files, and which does not open the file types I specified at installation. That's about all she wrote. Any ideas? Sandy On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:00:33 +0100 "mike scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 24 Jun 2008 at 0:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Yes, I am using xp. I thought, from the structure of the forum > signup, > > that this particular board was only for xp users and so did not > specify > > that. > > Not sure what forum signup you refer to. > > This is an email list "[email protected]" where users gather to > help one another. Certainly not XP (or anything else) specific! > > > > > Yes, it is the total obscurity of the selection method that > stopped me. > > Nevertheless, I just went through the custom install and tried my > best to > > select everything. I cannot find any programs. It has not created > icons, > > That's odd. > > Firstly, you should have a file something like > OOo_2.4.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE_en-US.exe, size around 127Mb, > preferably obtained from www.openoffice.org. > > You run this, and it unpacks to a folder defaulting to desktop. (You > > can delete this folder when done). > > When it's unpacked itself, it starts the installation proper, and if > > you select custom install (and my apologies here - as I already have > > it installed, I see a slightly different sequence of dialogues) you > should end up with a dialogue labelled "custom setup" with a tree > structure to the left showing disk-drive icons with labels like > "OpenOffice.org Writer" and to the right a box with some explanation > > of each feature. > > You can expand the tree by clicking on the [+] symbols; clicking on > the /name/ will show a brief explanation of what's selected; > clicking > on the icon will show a drop-down menu allowing a choice of "don't > install this", "install this", "install this and all sub-features". > > As I think I mentioned, the default set will give everything for > trying it out. > > As part of the install, you'll be asked if OOo should be the default > > to open various Office files. If you have Office installed, you > should probably say no to this. > > When it's finished installing, you won't see any program icons on > the > desktop - they'll be in the start menu. Copy to desktop if you wish. > > > > it does not open Word files as I specified, I can find no help > files and > > I can find no program files. The alleged size of the installed > program is > > When you say "no program files", do you just mean desktop icons? Is > the program installed where you asked (possibly C:\Program > Files\OpenOffice.org.........) > > > 34 mb with an additional 13 mb for options. This seems too small > to me. > > The actuall size of everything it installed is about 339 mb > (339,226,947 > > bytes). > > Alleged? Where do you see the 34Mb figure? It does look rather low! > Check as above. > > > > > I am completely baffled by this. What I am experiencing here, plus > having > > the wrong pdf file for installation instructions, is what makes me > > There certainly is a setup guide for 2.x - it's a 2Mb pdf file > available from > http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE_A4 > .pdf > > > > > skeptical. However, I really do want to try it as I am very > unhappy with > > ms office. > > Please persevere - I'm sure someone on this list will get you going > if the above doesn't help. > > > > > Any additional help you or anyone else can offer will be most > welcome. > -- > Permission for this mail to be processed by any third party in > connection > with marketing or advertising purposes is hereby explicitly denied. > http://www.scottsonline.org.uk lists incoming sites blocked because > of spam > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ Beauty Advice Just Got a Makeover Read reviews about the beauty products you have always wanted to try http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/JKFkuJi7UzukoKdhsIXd5FnJFB58DddFWbyanWrwGGdgY9Fbd0aGWQ/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
