INSTALLING MICROSOFT WORD AND OPEN OFFICE

INSTALLING OFFICE 2007:

Applies to: Office 2007

You can install Office 2007 from a CD or by downloading it. After you install it, you’ll need to activate it within 30 days.

Install Office 2007

1.      Insert your Office 2007 CD into the drive. If the setup wizard doesn’t start automatically, navigate to the CD drive and click SETUP.EXE.

      2.       When prompted, enter the product key.  You can find the product key on the sticker on the CD case or other packaging.

      3.       Read and accept the Microsoft Software License Terms, and then click Continue.

      4.       Follow the prompts and after Office installs, click Close.

Activate Office 2007

You’ll need to activate Office to keep your Office programs working fully.
To activate from Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access:

·         Click the Microsoft Office Button > Options > Activate Microsoft Office.

To activate from all other Office products:

·         Click Help > Activate Product.

For help activating Office 2007, contact support.




INSTALLING OPENOFFICE:

SINGLE-USER INSTALLATION

This option is available for Linux, Solaris and Windows (all versions). The procedure is described only once since it is nearly identical for all of the

se platforms. Platform-specific comments are included when needed.

1- RUN THE SETUP PROGRAM

Enter the installation directory for your platform. Then find the setup program and run it.

This program is called setup.exe under Windows. Under Linux and Solaris it is called setup.

2- READ IMPORTANT INFORMATION

After the Welcome screen, you are shown some important information about OpenOffice.org. You should read this page if you have not done so before.

Click Next twice to continue.

3- ACCEPT THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT

OpenOffice.org is released under a dual LGPL/SISSL license scheme.

The LGPL is the Lesser General Public License. The SISSL is the Sun Industry Software Standard License. Both are OSI-approved open source licenses. Both allow unrestricted distribution of OpenOffice.org, whether it is for free or at a profit. If you are not familiar with these licenses, you should read them now. Note: You will need to scroll to the bottom of the page before you can proceed with the installation.

4- ENTER USER DATA

You can now enter some user Information if you wish.

Note; This step is entirely optional. This data will not be sent to the OpenOffice.org team. This is exclusively for your personal use. Some OpenOffice.org features can take advantage of this information (for example, the automatic Business Card creator).

After OpenOffice.org is installed, you can always change this information

Under Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > User Data

5- SELECT INSTALLATION TYPE AND DIRECTORY

Next you need to select the installation type and the installation directory. In most cases, you can just accept the defaults. Note for advanced users: If you want to install the XHTML/XML export filters, you need to choose Custom Installation

Unless you are upgrading, the program will need to create the installation directory. Click Yes.

6- START COPYING

 

Take a moment now to double - check all your choices. If you wish to change anything, press the Back button to return to previous steps. If you are happy with all the settings, you can press Install.

Note: if you press Install here you will not be able to go back and change your settings unless. However, you will still be able to cancel the installation process.

7- FILE ASSOCIATIONS FOR WINDOWS 

If you are running Windows, you can choose to an associate MS Office files with OpenOffice.org. This means that, for instance, Word Documents will open in OpenOffice.org Writer instead of Word. This is simply your choice of default application. You will still be able to open your MS Office files with either program by going to File > Open.

These settings can be changed later on if you wish.

8- JAVA SETUP

Some of the functionality present in OpenOffice.org requires that you have a current version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in your computer. If you do not have a JRE installed, you can still proceed with the OpenOffice.org installation. BE aware that you will lose a small portion of the OpenOffice.org functionality. In particular, the accessibility features of OpenOffice.org depend on having Java 1.4.2 or later installed in your system. If necessary, you can download Java at no cost from the Sun website: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

9- COMPLETE INSTALLATION

After you click OK, the installation begins. The installation process takes a few minutes. When all the steps have been completed, click Complete to finish the installation.