Getting Started

Once you've run the actual installation, just start up the program. All the things you might want to do at this point are listed here:

  • Startup: Single- User on page 41

  • Startup: Multi-User on page 41

  • Registration on page 42

  • Removing the Program on page 40

  • Getting Help on page 42

If you're all done with installation and the program is working great, go to these sections of the book:

  • Chapter 5, Setup and Tips , on page 95 has some extremely useful tips that will make using the program easier.

  • Creating UNIX Printers and Faxes on page 54 if you're on Linux or Solaris

  • To get started learning about the program, go to the Quick Start section for the application you want to learn.

Startup: Single-User

A program item will be added to your desktop; choose OpenOffice.org to start. You also can locate the executable file ( setup or setup.exe ) in the directory where you installed, and double-click it. (The program item won't appear until you restart the computer.)

You'll be prompted to register; this is primarily so that OpenOffice.org can track the number of users. See Registration on page 42.

Startup: Multi-User

You don't need to start anything on the server. Start the program on each client, either with the program item added to the desktop or running the setup or setup . exe file in the client's installation directory.

You'll be prompted to register; this is primarily so that OpenOffice.org can track the number of users. See Registration on page 42.

Registration

When you start the program, you can register at that time, or ask to be prompted to later. Registering isn't required. OpenOffice.org requests that you register so that they have accurate numbers on who's using the product.

In a multi-user system, it's a good idea for every user to register who wants to individually get this information.

To register, do one of the following:

  • Choose Help > Registration. You will automatically be sent to a Web site containing a registration form.

  • After you start the program, a dialog appears where you will be asked if you want to register. In this dialog, select the Register now option. You will automatically be sent to the registration form.

Once you register, you will receive a user name and password from us which you can use at any time to change your registration data.

Getting Help

With this book, you've got a good foundation of information on the way the program is supposed to work, as well as many of the ways it doesn't work, and what to do about it. In addition, the Help in the latest version is considerably improved.

Hit Troubleshooting on page 37, of course.

Check the index of this book, period; a lot of settings that will solve your problems are buried in very small checkboxes on the back tab of a window you've never seen before. But it's indexed.

If you encounter problems you can't immediately find the solutions to, check the troubleshooting entry in the index of this book. We tried to get everything that's a bit unusual into that entry. For example, the Permission Denied error on Linux is indexed under troubleshooting .

And then just go to Good Sources of Information Online on page 39.



OpenOffice. org 1.0 Resource Kit
OpenOffice.Org 1.0 Resource Kit
ISBN: 0131407457
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 407

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