How do I install OpenOffice on Microsoft Windows?
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How do I install OpenOffice on Microsoft Windows?
The installation file for Windows from OpenOffice.org is a self-extracting EXE file. Download the file. Your browser will save the file to your harddrive.
- Locate the downloaded file on your harddrive and double-click the file to start the installation.
- You will be asked for a temporary folder to extract the files that are needed for installation. By default this is a new folder on your desktop. You can enter any other drive and folder.
- Next, the files will be extracted to the folder and the Setup.exe program inside that folder is started automatically. Double-click the file named Setup.exe if it does not start automatically.
- A guided installation dialog will begin and will step you through the installation process.
- If you want to install to another drive and folder than the default 'C:\Program files', choose the User Defined setup and change the path.
- For OOo 4.x, the next folder will be created:
'C:\Program files\Apache OpenOffice 4'
- For OOo 3.x, the next folder will be created:
'C:\Program files\OpenOffice.org 3'
- After installation finished, you can delete the temporary folder on your desktop and the big downloaded file, if you want.
- Start OOo with the desktop icon, or from the OpenOffice menu in your Start menu.