Sorry, got it wrong. The site did not start downloading when I opened the site, it did start when I logged on.
Tried it again, without logging on and the programme is downloading. Jeff Gordon On 14 January 2015 at 21:15, mt <m...@lockedbags.org> wrote: > Jeff, > > [see below] > > On 14/1/15 at 7:44 PM, jeffando...@gmail.com (Jeff Gordon) wrote: > > Thanks all very much. >> >> Your answers omit to say you should log-in first before the DOWNLOAD may >> start. >> >> > > There are no login requirements for downloading Apache OpenOffice from the > official Website. > > Make sure you are accessing the OFFICIAL download page for Apache > OpenOffice, at <http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html>, and not > some other (similarly named) software. > > Let us know how you go! > > marina > > [message sent in copy to jeffando...@gmail.com] > > > > > Jeff Gordon >> >> On 14 January 2015 at 17:52, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> >> wrote: >> >> When you start at <http://openoffice.org> and get to the page, >>> <http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html>, make sure the >>> >> settings >> >>> there are appropriate for your computer. >>> >>> After you click "Download full >>> installation" DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING MORE. There are ads on the next >>> page that invite your downloading of other software, and they are >>> confusing. DON'T TOUCH THOSE. >>> >>> What you want to read is in the fine print near the Apache OpenOffice >>> symbol and title. If you just wait, the download will start and you >>> will be asked what to do with it (depending on the browser and >>> >> computer >> >>> you are using). If the download does not just start after a brief >>> >> time, >> >>> follow the barely visible "Problems with the download? ..." message. >>> >>> The embarrassing icky-ness of the advertising-based download buttons >>> >> in >> >>> various guises is something that we seem unable to explain to the >>> >> Source- >> >>> Forge folks. It is all quite smarmy and an ugly example of the >>> >> mercantile >> >>> spirit that was once confined to matchbook covers and the back pages >>> >> of >> >>> comic books. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jeff Gordon [mailto:jeffando...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 07:41 >>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org >>> Subject: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download >>> >> 4.1.1 >> >>> >>> EVERY time I click on the DOWNLOAD button I am taken to the site FREE >>> >> FILE >> >>> OPENER. >>> >>> All I am trying to do is download the update. >>> >>> -- >>> Jeff Gordon >>> >>> >>> >> >> > -- Jeff and Olga Gordon
