2011/8/11 Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk>: > Hi :) > Ahah, i have just found these links > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/ > I'm guessing that's the guide you used? It's definitely official and > definitely > for LibreOffice but it doesn't give a lot of detail. > > Jonny, it is to register all the various office formats that would 'normally' > be > opened by MS Office to be opened by LibreOffice instead.
Yes, I just found out… But he operator could have been more detailed, couldn't he…? :D Well, it's all sorted out now anyway, isn't it? Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ > > > Normally when people install LibreOffice the final screen (the one with the > "Finish" button rather than "Next" or "Forwards") has a tick-box to make > LibreOffice the default Office Suite. Generally i avoid that at first to > allow > people to continue using MS Office by default and just get used to LibreOffice > at their own pace. > > > Sobriquet an easier way to achieve the same result might be to try > reinstalling > LibreOffice but choose the "Repair" option instead of the full re-install. > Hopefully the last screen will show those tick-boxes again. > > > These links might provide more help with the route you are taking > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/windows/ > and other official documentation is here > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ > > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12918 > It's an old guide and for OpenOffice.org but most things like that still work > for LibreOffice because both Suites are very similar and we work together > quite > a bit sometimes. The LibreOffice code is smaller, cleaner and faster and has > quite a lot of extra functionality and it's developing faster but still most > of > the basics are the same for both. Also although there is not a special > section > for Win7 the Vista and Xp guidance might help. > > > This un-offical blog might help understand (i haven't read it yet so i don't > know how good it is) > http://minimumsystemrequirements.net/libreoffice.html > If you do have to get java try to get their _20, _21 or _22 version, > preferably > the _21. The newer _24 & _26 re great for web-browsers but really slow > LibreOffice down quite badly. Hopefully you don't need java for Writer, Calc > or > anything except perhaps Base so you can leave Java until later. > > > Somewhat insanely this guide might help! > http://wikis.sun.com/display/StarOffice/StarOffice+9+Readme+for+Windows > LibreOffice was developed from OpenOffice and we keep fairly close ties with > them now that they are run by Apache. OpenOffice developed from StarOffice > but > that was about a decade ago. There are not many (a few but not many) that > worked in StarOffice. The crazy thing is that Oracle were fairly bad at > supporting or doing anything for OpenOffice during their brief ownership of > it. > They just seemed to try to kill it (imo). However, that link might be > helpful??!! > > This guide was written a year or so before Oracle took ownership of > OpenOffice. > http://specs.openoffice.org/installation/filetyperegistration/foreign_file_type_registration.odt > > Sun were good at building up the community and keeping the product stable. > They > owned it for about a decade and were the ones that gave it the name > OpenOffice.org rather than keeping it as StarOffice. The guide might try to > download the Odt document onto your machine. I don't normally like links that > do that. Many apols for that. It's very dry stuff and difficult to read. > It's > not really aimed at normal users so it might not be helpful. > > > Hmm, this guide also looks like it might try to download itself, it's also > very > dry and also unlikely to really give quick easy answers. > > http://www.scribd.com/doc/53230646/readme-en-US > Perhaps good for the detail tho, maybe. > > Hopefully someone else on this list might be able to give a quicker, easier > answer. > Good luck and regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knu...@gmail.com> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Sent: Thu, 11 August, 2011 9:23:44 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to use the command /msoreg=1 ? > > 2011/8/11 sobriquet <c.sobriq...@gmail.com>: >> My computer does not have Microsoft office installed; rather the minute >> Starter office is in place. >> I followed the instructions in the System Requirements and >> downloaded--mmsvc90.dll. My computer is running Win7, so I went to >> Programs-->Accessories--> Command Prompt, where the screen shows >> C:\users\name>_ >> I type the command /msoreg=1 at the prompt, and it refuses to acknowledge >> it. >> What went wrong? >> Tks, >> Sobriquet > > And exactly where comes LibreOffice into the picture? > > > Regards > > Johnny Rosenberg > ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
