Topic: OpenOffice.org3.1 JRE File

[duh]

The new computer came with this program but when I try to set a doc up it says I am missing the JRE file.  When I go into the JRE file it is there i596.  I downloaded a free copy of java thinking that might fix the problem but it didn't.  Can someone point me in the right direction?

[Jim]

That's a Java Runtime Environment.  It may be an old version.  Here is a link where you can get the latest updated version.

 http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp

Once you have it installed, be sure and go to OpenOffice and tell it to use it.  You do that under Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Java.

[duh]

It worked!  Thank you so much.  Now I have a database.  My open office 2005 didn't have one although it does have a photo album.  Don't ask me how long it will take me to get my pictures off of the web.  And I don't want to think about all of them I lost.

[Jim]

Great! Glad you got it all working.

[duh]

Your going to laugh.  Now I need a Dummies book to figure out how the database works.  Not user friendly to my way of thinking. 

[Jim]

It would surprise me if there isn't one available.  They have "For Dummies" books for just about everything. 

[bayou girl]

check the library. you might have to go on a waiting list, our "dummies" books are always on a wait!

[duh]

Ah great time to run into your post I'm at the library and almost out of time.

[duh]

The library didn't have the book I needed.  The one they have just doesn't have the information in a useful form and it's for a different software program that does basically the same thing.  So today I went on the internet and found a tutorial 260 pages.  I'm saving it to the computer now.  Then it's just a matter of getting adobe to run on my computer.  I'm having an impossible time downloading software on this computer.  I don't know what the problem is but that's another post.