By her own admission, Jeannette is a very inexperienced computer user and I think she needs a bit more guidance than the usual RTFM reply. So rather than add to the traffic on this list with step by step instructions, that other subscribers have seen n number times before, I will take it upon myself to try and help her off-list.
Dave On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 21:39 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello Dave Barton > > Thank you for answering my call for help. I find myself in the situation of > not knowing enough even to ask questions or understand some of your > questions. Here I go. I used the address: www.openoffice.org, I followed > what the instructions and now I have a nice new icon on my desktop, which > when I click onto, I get a "box-like" picture with the heading: > OOo_1.1.4_Win 32 Intel_Install. There's a picture of a folder in the white > part of the box, apparently waiting for me to do something. Left side > panel, under Details: the same letters and numbers as above with compressed > (zipped) folder, Date Modified: August 18, 2005 1:05 AM, size 64.2 MB > > As I said before, I'm new to computers. My Office 2003 was a 60 day free > trail, which just expired. I was told, by some helpful friends that I would > not need it. They , as well as I, did not know that the program had > components that I do want.....power point slide viewer. That's when, yet > another friend told me about OpenOffice. > > What have I gotten myself into?? > I appologize for all this trouble, but I still need your direction, please. > > Jeannette > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <users@openoffice.org> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 6:25 PM > Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] > > > > On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 15:09 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> To Whom It May Concern: > >> > >> Apparently I Downloaded your program last night. > > > > Apparently? Did you download OpenOffice.org from here: > > http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.4/index.html > > > >> The last instruction, from you, was to wait for an email, letting me > >> know my "password" and how to use your system. As of yet, I have not > >> received anything from you. I don't even know if the download was > >> successful, and if I am part of your set-up. > > > > This doesn't sound right, because you don't need any password to install > > or use OOo (OpenOffice.org). Tell us: > > a) Where you downloaded the program from? > > b) What is the name of the file you downloaded? > > (Should be something like "OOo_1.9.122_Win32Intel_install.zip") > > c) What is the size of the file you downloaded? (maybe 74.7Mb) > > > > With this information we should be able to get you up and running. > > > >> I'm fairly new to cyberspace stuff, so could use some help here. > >> Please let me know what, if anything, is going on. > >> > >> Jeannette Hryhoriw > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > There are plenty of people here who can help you with OOo. You might > > also like to check out the wealth of information available from: > > http://support.openoffice.org/index.html > > > > HTH > > Dave > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
