I was venting my frustration, Dave. I do apologise. I'm sorry it landed with you. Thanks for kindly replying. I didn't deserve it. I found another free 'office' to download, that works. Again - sorry.
Best wishes, Ken On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 11:48 PM, Dave Barton <d...@tasit.net> wrote: > Forwarding a modified version of the original message Ken W. Simpson > wrote: > > Your open office program will not open. I have used it for years. Suddenly > it won't open - I am very disappointed and frustrated with "you people". > > > Hi Ken, > > While I understand that you are frustrated, it's not clear if you are > asking for assistance, or just venting your frustration. In either case, > your original message never got through to anyone who could help, because > the language used breached mailing list policy and a moderator correctly > blocked it. > > You say that you have used and presumably enjoyed this free software for > years, but I am not sure you realize who "you people" are. OpenOffice is a > FOSS (Free Open Source Software) project, not a company or corporation with > paid employees. We are all users of the software (just like you) and some > users voluntarily contribute to the project by way of, writing code to fix > bugs or add new features, writing documentation, providing support and > assistance to fellow users and helping out with the many other aspects of > the project. > > Although you message provides almost no useful information about the issue > you are experiencing and assuming that you are actually seeking a solution, > this sounds like a problem a few users have reported when updating the > software on MS Windows computers. The link below (Resetting Your User > Profile) may be helpful to you. > > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426&p=58403&hilit=rename+profile#p58403 > > If this does not resolve your issue, please write back (*in somewhat less > colorful terms* ) with specific details of how you are opening the > program, what happens and any error messages (if any) you see when you try > to open the program, to the users@openoffice.apache.org mailing list, or > post to the forum https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/ where you will > find many other users ready and willing to assist with any problems you > have with this software. > > Regards > Dave (Just another user of the software.) > > >
