2008/9/1 James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Marcus Parker wrote: > >> Hello, I'm in need of help with Open Office. I just downloaded Open >> Office and I'm having trouble getting into a Word Document. Once I open the >> icon for Open Office, I get so many places/icons to look that I'm totally >> lost! Is there someone who can help me with this problem. I would truly >> appreciate the help. >> >> > > It sounds like you're looking in the installation folder that's usually > located on the desktop. After downloading OpenOffice, from > www.openoffice.org, I assume you double clicked on the downloaded folder, > to start the installation process. This should have taken you through a few > configuration panels. When the installation is finished, there should an > OpenOffice folder and icons in your Start menu. Use the icons to start the > various OpenOffice components. > > > -- > Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> > Sorry for this off topic thing, but WHY are people ALWAYS asking this question? Is it really so hard to figure out how to install it? Is there something that can be done to avoid this happening all the time? I am only asking, becasue I don't really know.
Is installation of OpenOffice.org (for Windows I guess) particularly hard to understand or is it the same problem with other software? If not, what did they do to make their users understand exactly what to do with what they just are just about to download? Can the downloading and/or installation process be done in an easier way? Maybe there should be an auto-install option so the user can just click somthing at the OpenOffice.org site and then the program will be downloaded AND installed (maybe letting the user answer a FEW questions if necessary)? I have seen such installation processes, so it shouldn't be impossible. As I said, I am only asking. I just think that since this question has been asked SO many times, maybe there is something that could be done to avoid it in the future. It doesn't seem to be a problem for most Linux users for some reason, maybe because many of them use Ubuntu which have OpenOffice.org pre installed and also thanks to the excellent Synaptic. Maybe this is more a topic for the discussion list. Thanks for listening. J.R.
