I downloaded and installed openoffice Beta 2 and I have some problems.


1) I can't open documents on my desktop in openoffice beta. How can I click to open them in the beta?

2) I have a launcher in the desktop that allows me to open openoffice beta. However, when I launch the beta, I'm presented with a list of openoffice applications to open like, writer, spreadsheet, etc. How can I launch, say, only writer without having to open this list of applications?

3) There aren't individual openoffice applications in the menu. How can I create individual applications in the menu?

1)
Don't know; I've never had the need to set file associations
2)
Just start one from your laucher and use ps or top to check what is started. No Linux box at hand to check it but it should not be to difficult to recognize them.
Next create a new launcher for each of the ones that you've found.
3)
I assume that that depends on the desktop environment that you're using (KDE, Gnome, XFCE, ....). It will probably help if you specify that and /or the distro that you're using.