-------- Original Message -------- From: Lawrence Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:13:19 -0400
> HI > > After installing Java on my new Vista-Dell, I accepted the offer to > install Open Office 2.4. > > It appears to be a remarkable program but is somewhat of a > duplication of what I have for word processing. > > Unfortunately, it also appears to be beyond what I can work with at > this time. > > Please send me instructions on how to delete these files safely from > my computer, while preserving my existing programs that have somehow > become linked with open office 2.4. > > Thank you. LAN Firstly, be sure that you have a full licence copy of MS Office and not a time limited trial packaged included with Vista. If you did not buy a licence as part of Dell's promo package, or you have not purchased one separately, you probably have the trial edition and you will have to buy a licence when the time runs out, or switch to OpenOffice.org. You uninstall OpenOffice.org the same way as you do any other program. Go to the "Start -> Control Panel -> Programs and Features" menu option. During the install process you ticked/checked all the boxes to "Associate" the Microsoft Office file types with the OpenOffice.org equivalent programs. This "File Association" will not be reversed by uninstalling OpenOffice.org. Although the following link refers to Windows XP, the procedure does work with Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859 Hope this helps. Dave -- This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the replies to your query. Please reply to [email protected] only. You should also be aware that all details of messages posted to this list are publicly available to anyone with an Internet connection For mailing list info see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html For a knowledge base see: http://kb.cybersite.com.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
