Yep, it simply refuses to download. Is eventually asks for the platform which does NOT offer Vista. So I took XP Pro. I get a '1211370052556-integrated' button on my desktop. When I click on the Sun (tm) button the download manager appears with the odp-1.2-bin-windows-en-US.exe of 33858KB Response is Download Failed.
Miep Visser On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 8:49 PM, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Miep Visser wrote: >> >> It does not work! >> I can download the rest, but NOT the actual plugin .... >> > > Are you saying it actually refused to download? > > According to the specs, it's supposed to support Vista. > http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/specs.jsp >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:23 PM, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Miep Visser wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi James, >>>> >>>> We tried to download the plug-in. But it asks what platform, and VISTA >>>> does not appear - only XP. >>>> What do we do? >>>> >>>> Miep >>>> >>>> >>> I don't know why the different versions, as they didn't have them before. >>> I'd say try the XP version and see what happens. >>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:38 PM, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Miep Visser wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Each time we send friends attachments in OpenOffice it appears they >>>>>> cannot >>>>>> open it. >>>>>> Should they ALSO download OpenOffice, or can they use their MS Office? >>>>>> >>>>>> Miep Visser >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> OpenOffice, by default, saves in the ISO standard ODF formats, which >>>>> Microsoft refuses to support. There are a few ways around this. One >>>>> is >>>>> to >>>>> save your file in Word format. You can do this in Save as, by >>>>> selecting >>>>> the >>>>> appropriate format from the drop down list. Also, ensure automatic >>>>> file >>>>> name extension is selected. You can also send directly from >>>>> OpenOffice, >>>>> by >>>>> clicking on File > Send > E-mail as Microsoft Word. Of course, the >>>>> best >>>>> method would be to have them install OpenOffice or, failing that, the >>>>> Sun >>>>> ODF plugin, which adds ODF support to Microsoft Office. >>>>> >>>>> Sun ODF Plugin: >>>>> http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > -- > Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
