To install OpenOffice.org 3.0 on a Windows-based computer that meets the minimum system requirements, follow these steps:

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1 14 Lesson One your computer must have Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5 or higher installed. Fortunately, if you select to perform a Complete Install during the installation process, OpenOffice.org 3.0 will automatically install the JRE for you. on To install OpenOffice.org 3.0 on a Windows-based computer that meets the minimum system requirements, follow these steps: 1 Using a web browser, go to When Ed iti the web page appears, click on the Installation Sets link for OpenOffice. org 3.x.x. Using the popup menus that appear, select the appropriate version of OpenOffice.org for your operating system. After completing the selection, the software will begin downloading. Once the software has completed downloading, find the location where you selected to save the Setup installer file and double-click it to begin the installation process. 2 After double-clicking the installation setup file, a window will appear Fr ee eb oo k prompting for the preparation of the installation process. Click the NEXT button to continue the installation. 3 After progressing from the welcome window, the installer wizard will ask you to specify a location as to where you would like to unpack the necessary installation files. You may choose whichever location you

Overview and Installation of OpenOffice.org 3 15 oo k Ed iti on prefer, but typically the ideal location would be within the Program Files folder located on the main hard drive (C:).

2 Overview and Installation of OpenOffice.org 3 15 oo k Ed iti on prefer, but typically the ideal location would be within the Program Files folder located on the main hard drive (C:). Specify the location you wish to unpack the installation files using the BROWSE button provided and click the UNPACK button. eb 4 After the installation files have completely unpacked, a window will appear Fr ee to welcome you to the installation program. Click the NEXT button to continue the installation.

In most circumstances, you would want to select the All Users option by clicking on the appropriate radio button provided.

3 16 Lesson One 5 The next window will ask whether to perform an installation of OpenOffice. eb oo k Ed iti on org for use by all users of the computer workstation or for individual use by the installer of the application only. In most circumstances, you would want to select the All Users option by clicking on the appropriate radio button provided. You may also type your contact information related to the installation of the software. If you would like to skip the contact information portion of this step, simply leave the provided text fields blank, click the NEXT button and no information will be entered into them. 6 In the next step, choose Complete Installation to install all of the software Fr ee features that accompany OpenOffice.org version 3.0 by clicking on the radio button provided. Then click the NEXT button.

4 Overview and Installation of OpenOffice.org In the next step, a window will appear to ask what file types to automatically Fr ee eb oo k Ed iti on open with OpenOffice.org. OpenOffice.org will automatically open Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications if you wish the application to do so. If you do not own a licensed copy of Microsoft Office, this can be useful. Place a checkmark next to each selection that you wish OpenOffice.org to automatically open on your computer. If you wish Microsoft Office or another application to be the primary application for opening these file types, leave the selections unchecked. Then click the NEXT button. 8 The next window will indicate that the installation of OpenOffice.org is ready to begin. To do so, click the INSTALL button. The Installation Wizard will begin the installation process. The installation process is performed in two primary stages. The first stage is the installation of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which is necessary to utilize all of the features OpenOffice.org has to offer. The second stage is the installation of the OpenOffice.org program itself. Both stages of the installation should not require any additional interaction by the user.

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6 Overview and Installation of OpenOffice.org When the installation has completed, click the FINISH button. Free ebook Edition

7 20 Lesson One After the installation is complete, you can find the OpenOffice.org suite of applications by clicking on the START button on your desktop, then choose the PROGRAMS option, and then select the OpenOffice.org 3.0 folder for all applications that are included with the software suite. When launching the OpenOffice.org application for the first time, a Registration Wizard will appear and ask you to enter your full name, select an online application update process and register the software. Everything within the Registration Wizard is voluntary. If you do not wish to enable any of these options, simply leave the appropriate text fields blank, select the appropriate radio buttons and checkboxes, and click the NEXT button to advance through the wizard. Once you have completed this wizard, the OpenOffice.org application is ready for use. Installing OpenOffice.org 3.0 for Linux Unlike the Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh computing platforms, a version of Microsoft Office does not exist for Linux. Therefore, many Linux users have found OpenOffice.org to be a viable substitute for their office productivity needs. Not only can OpenOffice.org produce complex word processing and spreadsheet documents, but it can also open and save documents in the various Microsoft Office formats. Such flexibility allows OpenOffice.org users to share files and communicate ideas with Microsoft Office users. Because OpenOffice.org is an open source application suite and a favorite among many Linux users, the OpenOffice.org suite is very often included with most Linux operating system distributions. So when the installation of Linux on a computer system is complete, often OpenOffice.org has been installed within the process as well. This makes it convenient for new users of the Linux operating system, as each Linux distribution has its own peculiarities regarding the installation of applications. Free ebook Edition Therefore, this book does not contain step-by-step instruction to installing OpenOffice.org on the Linux platform. However, if your computer workstation does not have OpenOffice.org 3.0 already installed, the official OpenOffice.org Setup Guide can provide assistance. The Setup Guide provides step-by-step instructions for RPM-based, Debian-based, Gentoo-based and Slackware-based installations, depending upon which method you need to use for the particular Linux distribution your computer workstation has installed. To download the official OpenOffice.org Setup Guide, see the Additional Resources section at the end of this lesson.

8 Overview and Installation of OpenOffice.org 3 21 Installing OpenOffice.org 3.0 for Mac OS X With the introduction of version 3.0, OpenOffice.org fully supports the native Aqua interface for Mac OS X. This means users of OpenOffice.org on the Macintosh OS X platform no longer have to rely on the X11 environment to operate the office productivity suite. To install OpenOffice.org 3.0 on a Macintosh-based computer that meets the minimum system requirements, follow these steps: 1 Using a web browser, go to html. When the web page appears, click on the appropriate link to download the OpenOffice.org 3.x.x installer for Mac OS X. After completing the selection, the software disk image will begin downloading. 2 3 Once the software has completed downloading, find the location where you selected to save the disk image (typically the Desktop) and double-click the image to begin the installation process. Once the disk image has opened (mounted), simply drag the OpenOffice. org application icon into your computer s Applications folder. If you are currently logged in as a standard user, the Mac OS X operating system will prompt you to enter your system s Administrator username and password to complete the installation. Once the OpenOffice.org application has completed its copying process into the Applications folder, the installation process is over. You can then launch the OpenOffice.org application, complete its setup wizard and begin using the application. Installing OpenOffice.org Extensions OpenOffice.org has already proven to be a powerful, feature-rich, yet flexible office productivity suite. However, with the release of version 3.0, OpenOffice. org is providing even greater flexibility and features through enhancements in its Extensions framework. OpenOffice.org Extensions are simply tools developed by third-party developers that provide additional functionality to the office productivity suite. This may include not only specific functionality, such as the ability to edit a Portable Document Format (PDF) file, but may also include image galleries and document templates as well. Free ebook Edition Before selecting and installing extensions, you must first understand the two basic categories of extensions and how you plan to utilize them on your computer

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