Minimum requirements

Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3

Chapter 1. Introducing OpenOffice.org

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• The advantages of OpenOffice.org
• Minimum requirements
• How to get and install the software
• How to get help
• Starting OpenOffice.org
• Parts of the main window
• Parts of a dialog (box)
• Starting a new document
• Opening an existing document
• Saving, renaming, and deleting documents
• Using the Open and Save As dialogs
• Using the Navigator
• Undoing and redoing changes
• Closing a document

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OpenOffice.org 3 requires one of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), XP, Vista, or 7
• GNU/Linux Kernel version 2.4 and glibc 2.3.2 or newer
• Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher; Intel processor
• Solaris 10 OS or higher

Some OpenOffice.org features (wizards and the HSQLDB database engine) require that the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) be installed on your computer. Although OOo will work fine without Java support, some features will not be available. You can download OOo for some operating systems with or without JRE included. If you have a slow machine and do not often need the features requiring JRE, you can try to disable it to speed up the loading of the program.

For a more detailed (and up-to-date) listing of requirements, see this page on the OpenOffice.org website.