Absolutely no warranty given or implied; use entirely at your own risk. Starting the program - Either click on the "office" file located inside the libreoffice directory - Or, click on the "office" desktop icon (which would need to be created manually) - Or, drag an appropriate data file onto the "office" desktop icon Creating a desktop icon - Drag the "office" file from the libreoffice directory to the desktop - Right-click on this new desktop icon and select: File 'office' > Set Icon... - Drag the "libreoffice48.png" file from the libreoffice directory into the box that has opened System integration - There is the option to integrate portable libreoffice, at current location, into system by clicking on the integrate_office script file located inside the libreoffice directory Making use of Java Runtime Environment - Download from http://www.smokey01.com/coolpup/javaruntimeenvironment.html - Activate at: Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Java > Use a Java runtime environment > Add