Cheers Donny. Were there any variations on my instructions to place an icon on the desktop?
On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:10:26 -0400 Donny W. wrote: > Thank you so much! that was the problem. i didn't realize i had to go > to the start menu. i kept going to the desktop icon. > > Donny > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:43:00 PM EDT > From: Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [users] windows vista > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:12:02 -0400 > Donny W. wrote: > > > my system uses windows vista and I downloaded openoffice. I have the > > icon on my desktop but it opens up to a list of fragmented parts of > > openoffice. I don't have the program functional. > > > > thanks, > > Donny > > > > I think that from your description you have successfully installed > openoffice.org. The desktop icon you are seeing is the unpacked > installation files in a folder. OO.o does not put a "program" icon on > the desktop by default. > > Not having Vista the following may have minor alterations needed. > *** > To confirm the program is installed either Look in the windows start > menu under "All Programs" (or the Vista Equivalent). > > To Run OpenOffice.org either: > Click on one of the icons in the windows start menu > OR > Look for the little grey square icon down by the clock (lower right) > and right click on this. You can open a blank text document, > spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, or what-have-you this way. > > To set an icon on the screen (XP method): > - From Windows start > - select "All Programs, OpenOffice.org 2.3, ..." > - right click on "Writer" > - select "Send to, Desktop (Create shortcut)" > > Once you have proven your program starts, and have restarted it > several times you can optionally safely remove the desktop folder of > unpacked files... if you choose to! There are situations where these > files have helped down the track with problems experienced by the > occasional user, so you could optionally move them somewhere else if > you choose. > > -- > Michael > Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion. > > > -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
