[OPLINTECH] Open Office

[Chad Neeper]

The ISO image that you're trying to use from theopencd.org is actually a 
conglomerate of various open source software; not just OOo. The latest 
stable release (v2.0.2) for Windows is somewhere around 82MB for the 
compressed file archive, which doubles as the setup executable. That's 
why if you're just interested in OOo, I'd suggest going directly to the 
OpenOffice.org website.

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Eric Maynard wrote:
> Lynne,
>
> ISO files are what are referred to as image files.  If you were to make
> an exact copy (aka "image") of a CD and desired a way to store or
> transport that copy, one of the formats for doing that is ISO.  It has
> other uses as well, but you can mainly think of it as a easy way to
> duplicate and transports a CD image.
>  
> My guess is that in some cases, like for certain computing platforms,
> the Open Office ISO file may be zipped with compression tool because of
> it's size.  That's probably the "unpack" part.  It worth noting that the
> full MS Office Suite itself comes on multiple CDs and that is what Open
> Office is comparable to.  So it's understandable that downloading an
> entire CD for Open Office could take some time.
>
> At any rate, once you have the ISO file (or CD image), you will need to
> copy (also known as burn) the image to a CD.  Once you have it on the
> CD, you can insert that into any open Office compatible computer and
> install it just like any other program CD.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
> Eric Maynard
> Technology Associate,
> Holmes County District Public Library
> Millersburg, OH  44654
>  
> Email [emaynard at holmeslib.org]
> Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]
> Fax   [330.674.1938]
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: oplintech-request at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-request at oplin.org]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:30 PM
>> To: oplintech at oplin.org
>> Subject: OPLINTECH Digest, Vol 5, Issue 10
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>>    4. Open Office (Lynne Welch)
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>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:08:56 -0500
>> From: Lynne Welch <welchly at oplin.org>
>> Subject: [OPLINTECH] Open Office
>> To: oplintech at oplin.org
>> Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20060316125606.01dc66e8 at mail.oplin.org>
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>>
>> Steve's question reminds me that Glen Horton (from GCLC) wrote an
>>     
> article
>   
>> in the State Library's Nov/Dec 2005 newsletter about Open Office. I
>> thought
>> it sounded like a good solution for our public computers.
>>
>> But when I downloaded a copy, following the instructions on the site
>> www.theopencd.org (which took forever, by the way - I don't recommend
>>     
> it
>   
>> when you're trying to do other things!) - the file saved as a .ISO and
>> refused to open! I've tried it on Win2000, WinXP, and Win98 so far
>>     
> with no
>   
>> luck. None of them know what program will open it, and it's apparently
>>     
> not
>   
>> executable on its own.
>>
>> Can anybody explain to me what I did wrong? The Installation
>>     
> Instructions
>   
>> say to unpack - but how?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Lynne
>> Lynne Welch - Reference Librarian
>> Herrick Memorial Library - Wellington OH 44090
>> tel. 440-647-2120       fax 440-647-2103
>> email <welchly at oplin.org>
>> website: <wellington.lib.oh.us>
>>     
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