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Office Alternatives?

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CaptainCool:
Umm, how do I launch OpenOffice in Linux?

emh:
From a terminal, go to your Open Office directory, go to the programs directory, type "./swriter" (basically, "./(whatever program you want to run)") and it will run.

You can also use this path to make a desktop shortcut.

voidmain:
I just click the OOo application icons on both my panel or on my menu. But then my distro came with it all installed and configured (RH8). But those ICONS point to the following programs:

oocalc (like MS Excel)
oowriter (like MS Word)
ooimpress (like MS Powerpoint)

But the above are RedHat wrapper files so the real commands that you would probably want to use if you are on a different distro would be:

scalc (Like MS Excel)
swriter (Like MS Word)
simpress (Like MS Powerpoint)

Those commands should reside in the directory that you installed OpenOffice to, create ICONS for them (actually I thought the OO setup created the desktop/menu items for you). There are lots more applications that are included besides the ones I listed:

sagenda
scalc
sdraw
sfax
slabel
smath
smemo
sweb
etc

CaptainCool:
Ah, ok, I got it thanks dude.

Calum:

quote:Originally posted by void main:
(actually I thought the OO setup created the desktop/menu items for you).
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it didn't up to 1.0, not sure about 1.0.1 but i bet it's the same. that, and the fact of needing to type "./install net" to install it is the only thing that gets it the thumbs down for me. Actually there's nothing wrong with any of that at all, but i think that those issues and how to resolve them need to be shouted from the rooftops a bit for linux newbies. in windows, you just doubleclick the .exe file, and there you go. how hard would it be to make a similar script that does the menu and adds the 'net' flag as well, for easy installation by newbies?

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