How-To: Installing Open Office on Windows
- To start Installing Open Office find your installer file.
- Double-click on the installer file's icon.
- A dialog window appears telling you that certain files must be unpacked for the installation.
- Agree to this by clicking next.
- Wait for the files to unpack.
- Afterwards the Open Office Installation Wizard appears.
- Click next to start the wizard.
- This is the License Agreement for Open Office.
- Please try to read through it thoroughly.
- To continue the installation you must accept the License Agreement.
- Just click "I accept..." to agree with the License Agreement.
- then click next to continue.
- In this next page you need to enter some customer information
- Type the name you prefer.
- You can also put in the name of your company or organization.
- If you want Open Office to be installed for everyone using your computer click here.
- If you want it installed only for your profile click here.
- Afterwards click next.
- Now you must choose which setup type you like.
- The custom option lets you choose the settings and programs you want.
- This is only recommended for advanced users however.
- For typical users, it is better to choose the complete setup option.
- This will give you all the features of Open Office.
- So click on the option Complete.
- Once you have chosen your setup type, click next.
- This next window asks you if you want Open Office to be the one to open Microsoft Office files.
- Click the checkboxes to specify which kind of Microsoft Office document you want Open Office to open.
- Click here to specify Word Documents
- click here to specify Excel Spreadsheets
- and click here to specify PowerPoint Presentations.
- After choosing what you want, click next.
- Now just click Install to start the installation.
- Wait for the installation to finish. It may take a few moments.
- Conratulations! You have succesfully installed Open Office.
- Just click finish to close the installation wizard.
- After installing, it would be a good idea to delete the temporary installation files the installer unpacked.
- Find the unpacked folder. It is usually where you put your installer file as well.
- Right click on the folder and select delete.
- Click yes here to confirm your deletion.
- Once you've deleted the installation folder, you are ready to start Open Office for the first time.
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Installing Open Office on Windows
This screencast shows you how to install Open Office on MS Windows®.
You will learn how to:
- Start the installation process of Open Office
- Use the Open Office Installation Wizard.
- Delete the temporary folders used for installation.
Starting and using Open Office after installation
To learn how to start Open Office for the first time and use it view the following screencasts:
- Starting Open Office for the first time.
- How to create a new text document.
- How to view the "About OpenOffice.org" window.
- How to open a text document.
- How to upgrade OpenOffice.org to a new release.
- How to uninstall OpenOffice.org.
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