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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
