-=PCTechTalk=- Re: open office - Help on download

Thank you! 
ok - that sounds good. Do you know if it has the capability to make labels? I 
use a free avery label program that says it only works on microsoft's word 
program. 
here is what the open office site says about multiple users - so you think it 
isn't necessary for me to install it this way? 
Cris
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Note: If you will be installing OpenOffice.org on a Windows 
PC used by more than one user, and you want all users to 
be able to use OpenOffice.org (each user logs in separately), 
please see the Quick-Start Guide for Multiple Users.

Note. Depending on your install set you may be asked 
if you want OpenOffice.org to be your default Office suite. 
If you answer "yes" and then change your mind, returning to the 
prior state is tedious. You need to reassociate all Office files.

Quick-Start Guide, Windows in a Multiple User Environment

If you have multiple users set up on your machine, 
then each user who wishes to use OpenOffice.org 1.0 
will need to install separately. This uses up a lot of disk space. 
As an alternative, you can use the multi-user option instead, 
though installation is a little more complicated:

Unzip the downloaded file into its own folder. If you 
have Compressed Folders installed, the easiest way to do 
this is to right click on the file and then choose Extract All... 
Open Command Prompt (if you have Windows NT, 2000 or XP) 
or MS-DOS prompt (for other versions of Windows). You 
should find this on the Start Menu somewhere under Programs 
(on some versions of Windows, it is in the Accessories folder). 
You should then type the location of the folder followed 
by "install\setup /net". For example, if you unzipped the
 files to "C:\OpenOffice Setup\" you would 
type C:\OpenOffice Setup\OOo_1.1x_Win32Intel_install\setup /net followed by 
Return. 
Then follow the on screen prompts ... make a note of the
 folder in which OpenOffice.org 1.0 is installed onto your computer. 
Note. Depending on your install set you may be asked if 
you want OpenOffice.org to be your default Office suite. 
If you answer "yes" and then change your mind, returning 
to the prior state is tedious. You need to reassociate all Office files. 
This will install a shared version of OpenOffice.org on 
your computer. When each new user on your machine opens 
OpenOffice for the first time, they will be taken through 
a few steps to install user portions of the software in their individual areas.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: T. Hunt 
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 11:45 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: open office - Help on download


Cris-

If you use OOo, then there is no point in spending your money on MS 
Office student edition.  OOo has everything that the student version has.

And if you want to open a file with something else, just right click the 
file and choose Open With>.  Then select the program you want to use to 
open the file.  There is a box at the bottom to check if you ALWAYS want 
to use this program to open that particular type of file.

One thing about OOo is that it defaults to its native format when saving 
files.  IOW, saving a text editor file will default to an *.sxw 
extension.  If you want that file to be readable by people confined to 
MS Office, you'll have to go to the file type box and change the file 
type to *.doc.  OOo can open *.doc files and so can MS Office.

If you install a program as administrator, all you have to do to enable 
all users to use it is put a shortcut in the %WinXPdrive%\Documents and 
Settings\All Users\Desktop or All Users\Start Menu.

Tom

Cris wrote:

> I have this one downloaded now. I found instructions to install it so that 
> all user's can use it. It does say though, that if you make it your default 
> office program, it is then later nearly impossible to change your mind! 
> Wondering if I choose to not make it my default, if that is possible, since, 
> there isn't another program on here.
> Costco had a student edition for sale of microsoft office - for somewhere a 
> little over $100.00 I think. I may have to check that out. This sure gets 
> more complicated !
> Cris
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