On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:44:14 +0000 Jeff Gordon <jeffando...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks all very much. > > Your answers omit to say you should log-in first before the DOWNLOAD may > start. No, you do not need to login at all. If a login is being requested your internet connection may be being hijacked. > > Jeff Gordon > > On 14 January 2015 at 17:52, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> > wrote: > > > When you start at <http://openoffice.org> and get to the page, > > <http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html>, make sure the settings > > there are appropriate for your computer. > > > > After you click "Download full > > installation" DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING MORE. There are ads on the next > > page that invite your downloading of other software, and they are > > confusing. DON'T TOUCH THOSE. > > > > What you want to read is in the fine print near the Apache OpenOffice > > symbol and title. If you just wait, the download will start and you > > will be asked what to do with it (depending on the browser and computer > > you are using). If the download does not just start after a brief time, > > follow the barely visible "Problems with the download? ..." message. > > > > The embarrassing icky-ness of the advertising-based download buttons in > > various guises is something that we seem unable to explain to the Source- > > Forge folks. It is all quite smarmy and an ugly example of the mercantile > > spirit that was once confined to matchbook covers and the back pages of > > comic books. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff Gordon [mailto:jeffando...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 07:41 > > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1 > > > > EVERY time I click on the DOWNLOAD button I am taken to the site FREE FILE > > OPENER. > > > > All I am trying to do is download the update. > > > > -- > > Jeff Gordon > > > > > > > -- > Jeff and Olga Gordon -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
