You downloaded the .zip file, which is what I do myself as I don't want to 'install' java to my system. To use the zip file and contents do the following:
(1) Extract the folder from the zip file to a location of your preference on your hard-drive/SSD.
(2) Leave the extracted folder name as is, or rename it to any name you wish that is meaningful to you.
(3) Launch OpenOffice Writer and go (menu) Tools > Options... > OpenOffice > Java and tick the option Use a Java runtime environment.
(4) Now click the Add... button — a Select Path dialogue will open up.
(5) In the select dialogue drill to the folder that contains the java and click on it, then click OK.
(6) This will take you back to the Java options dialogue and you should now see your java installation in there. If that is so now click the OK button and that is that.
All the above said as robleyd and keme say you could download and install the .msi file. To install that just double-click the msi file to launch it and follow the steps necessary to install. How you get the installation registered with OpenOffice I don't know (as I've never fully installed java to my own systems) but I would guess the routine would be similar to the above.
P.S. If you download and install java by any method you need to make sure for OpenOffice that the java you download is 32-bit. The bitness must match the bitness of your application and OpenOffice is only 32-bit. If you were using LibreOffice then again you need to match the bitness of java to the bitness of LibreOffice you have installed. LibreOffice is available in 32-bit and 64-bit implementations.
(1) Extract the folder from the zip file to a location of your preference on your hard-drive/SSD.
(2) Leave the extracted folder name as is, or rename it to any name you wish that is meaningful to you.
(3) Launch OpenOffice Writer and go (menu) Tools > Options... > OpenOffice > Java and tick the option Use a Java runtime environment.
(4) Now click the Add... button — a Select Path dialogue will open up.
(5) In the select dialogue drill to the folder that contains the java and click on it, then click OK.
(6) This will take you back to the Java options dialogue and you should now see your java installation in there. If that is so now click the OK button and that is that.
All the above said as robleyd and keme say you could download and install the .msi file. To install that just double-click the msi file to launch it and follow the steps necessary to install. How you get the installation registered with OpenOffice I don't know (as I've never fully installed java to my own systems) but I would guess the routine would be similar to the above.
P.S. If you download and install java by any method you need to make sure for OpenOffice that the java you download is 32-bit. The bitness must match the bitness of your application and OpenOffice is only 32-bit. If you were using LibreOffice then again you need to match the bitness of java to the bitness of LibreOffice you have installed. LibreOffice is available in 32-bit and 64-bit implementations.
Statistics: Posted by LastUnicorn — Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:48 am