Hi Sigrid,
Another reply gave me some information that's helping me consider my options
and at least now I'm able to access my documents. The last two weeks have been
overwhelming and it's taking a while to sort things out--learning as I go.
Thanks for your assistance.
Diane
--- On Sun, 5/2/10, Sigrid Carrera sigrid.carr...@googlemail.com wrote:
From: Sigrid Carrera sigrid.carr...@googlemail.com
Subject: Re: [users] New Member
To: users@openoffice.org
Cc: dnyteskye-goodsservi...@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 5:56 PM
Hi Diane,
Am Sun, 2 May 2010 12:14:18 -0700 (PDT)
schrieb dnyteskye-goodsservi...@yahoo.com:
Hi,
I have some questions. But first a bit of history.
Due to malware issues on a recently acquired second-hand pc, I just
reinstalled factory version of Windows XP, which must have had MS
Office 2003 factory installed. I have no software and currently have
no way to open documents.
A few days ago, I installed Open Office 3.2. In reading Welcome Notes
on Installation in readme file, I see info re registration of Open
Office as a default application for MS Office formats.
Questions:
Was I supposed to choose /msoreg=1 while installing? (I don't
remember seeing any options)
Don't worry about this. If I remember correctly, OpenOffice
automatically does this for you. (This is a somewhat recent change, so
the readme.txt might not be changed yet.) If you have MS Office on your
computer, then it won't grab the .doc, .xls, .docx, .xlsx for itself
but leave it for MS. If you don't have MS Office installed, then OOo
registers those suffixes for itself.
Should I uninstall and reinstall? How? (Don't see uninstall option on
start-up menu dropdown) If I do, will I see that option?
No, you don't need to un-/reinstall. If you ever need to reinstall, go
to the setup.exe file and doubleclick on it. Then the installation
wizard will appear and you can choose to either do a repair
installation or an uninstall. You should arrive at the same place,
if you go to Start System preferences Software and click there
on the change button.
Please note, that you need to have the unzipped installation files.
Otherwise OOo can't be uninstalled.
If I register, will I be given a choice? (I've been busy setting up
pc, so am just now exploring info and haven't registered yet)
Is there something else I can do to
be able to have access to my documents?
Not sure, what you mean. The registration is just for counting how
many installations of OOo are in the whole world. That's all. If you
don't want to, you don't have to register.
As a suggestion, it might make it easier for new members to switch
over if there was easily accessible information for MS users. I've
chosen to use Firefox instead of IE, and Firefox made the transition
easy by providing an overview and clear information about importing
info from IE.
What are you missing? I agree, that the readme should give you correct
advice, but this was just a human error. I'm sure it will be changed
soon. Do you have any other remarks? Would be useful to hear back from
you, so that the userguides can deal with those questions.
Thanks for your assistance.
Diane
I hope, that my answers help. :)
Sigrid
