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How to install Libre OfficeClick on the link and download version 6.4.7 (select either windows 32-bit or windows 64-bit depending on your computer type (see note at the end.)If you are asked do you want to "Run" or "Save", select "Save".Once the file has finished downloading (it should be in your "Downloads" folder).On some internet browsers e.g. Microsoft Edge, the download progress will be displayed at the bottom left hand corner of the screen and when the download completes you will be prompted to “Open the file”. On other browsers you can instead go to the “Downloads” folder on windows explorer and double click to open the file from there. double left click the installation file “LibreOffice__6.4.7___Win__x64” for the 64-bit version or “LibreOffice__6.4.7___Win__x86” for the 32-bit version, and it will start the installation process.Follow the screen prompts to complete the program installation.NB. If you don’t know if your computer is 32-bit or 64-bit. In Windows 10 click on the “Start” button, click on the cog wheel icon to open “Settings”, click on “System” then click on “About” at the bottom of the list. Under the heading of “Device Specifications” you will see the “System Type” of either 32-bit or 64-bit system specification.Once you have installed Libre Office, you need to insert a shortcut to start the program. Click on the Start button, from the list of installed programs go to the folder labelled “LibreOffice” and click it to open it. It will reveal all the programs in the Libre Office Suite. Right click on the icon for “Writer” and click “Pin to start”. You can do this for all the other programs in the suite if you want to or just do it for the ones you are going to use the most frequently.How to obtain the Libre Office user guideClick on the desktop icon to open the “Writer” program. You will now have a new blank document displayed.On the top menu bar click “Help”, and then select “User Guides”.A Libre Office web page will open, click on “Getting Started Books”.On this page under “Writer Guide for 6.4” click on “Download pdf”.This will download a 15-megabyte pdf file. When it has finished downloading it will open up for you to read it in Adobe Acrobat Reader. (if you have it installed on your computer) Click on the “File” menu, select “Save As”, and then save it to the “Downloads” folder.When you need help you can open this file at the same time as opening Libre Office.Help guides for the other programs in the suite can be downloaded in a similar way. If you have downloaded these help guides to your computer, you can open them even if you have NO INTERNET ACCESS. Which may be the case during U3A sessions. ................
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