ok Barbara, it looks like you nailed it. I found it in the start menu. I had to accept the license aggreement and it appears that I now have access to the programs. I'll send an update once I have had time to go further with it. Many thanks, Sandy.
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:20:46 -0500 Barbara Duprey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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 > <snip> > > It sounds as if you got into the custom install dialogs, and > afterwards > don't see anything on your desktop. What you should end up with is a > > folder in your Start menu for OOo, with icons there for each of the > applications, and the actual programs (swriter.exe, scalc.exe, and > so > on) are normally in the C:\Program Files\ OpenOffice.org x.y\Program > > directory, where x.y is the particular OOo version. Do you not have > anything in the Start menu? If you don't, there was probably no > normal > installation completion. I don't know what (if anything) you > actually > tried to customize, but you might try a search for swriter.exe to > see if > any programs were actually installed. > > If so, this will tell you what to use in the "Open With" dialog for > each > of the MS Office filetypes, selecting the option of always using it > if > that's what you want as the default. > > If not, and you still have the original dowloaded file, you might > try > double-clicking it again and this time accept the default > installation. > Part of that should give you the choice to use OOo for MS Office > filetypes. It may say something about replacing or repairing an > existing > installation, and you probably want to replace. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ Click here to find the rental car that fits your needs. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nMUoTNrWU2FhRqo7uiQXTovKg4Nt25VxEa0CcBrisHQEzDG/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
