Barbara Duprey helped me with this problem. My os is xp and this is what happened in my case. The installer does not prompt you with options for icons. It does not create desktop icons, ut does creat start menu icons in the "Programs" section. You can then find the paths for the programs and use them to create desktop icons, or you may be able to drag and drop the start menu icons to the desktop. I hope that helps.
Sandy On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:00:01 +0100 "Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "James Knott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Onadarka Capella wrote: > >> Hello to Anybody Out There: > >> I suppose I am less knowledgable than I previously thought. > However, > >> after downloading openoffice I am unable to get it fuctionable. > In fact, > >> I cannot seem to get the program to open at all.. So basically, > at this > >> point, I have many openoffice files but seemingly no program. > All I > >> wanted to do to start with was write a letter but I cannot even > find > >> where I would do this. Once I know what I am doing, I would be > happy to > >> participate in the various mailing lists, groups, etc. But I > would be of > >> absolutely no help to anybody at this point. So - - any help, > anybody > >> could offer to tell me where I am at would be greatly > appreciated. > >> Shanleigh Hart Touhey > >> > >> > >> > > I assume you're running Windows. > > > > To install OpenOffice, you download the appropriate file from > > www.openoffice.org. After the download is finished, double click > on the > > file, to start the installation. The installation will take you > through > > several panels, where you can generally accept the defaults. > After that > > is completed, you should find an OpenOffice folder & icons in your > Start > > menu. Use the icons to start the various OpenOffice components. > Please > > reply, with further details, if what you're experiencing is > different from > > this. > > > > I'll bet the OP is opening the folder on the desktop which is > created to > unpack the setup files in - there was a long discussion about this > recently.... > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ Never lose valuable data again! Click now for reliable data backup! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mESo9jTCT17Up0thmKibBBplTGDmw5CGkyRUvB3k7M5zV96/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
