In the download from openoffice.org is a folder called desktop-integration that includes the menu items. It's a little easier to use that than to manually create an icon. It also creates icons for each individual application. Just a heads up.
I'm getting an error message when trying to install the .deb file in the desktop integration directory: "openoffice.org-core conflicts with openoffice.org-unbundled" Prior to installing OOo 3 I have removed 2.4 and the hidden openoffice.org2 directory from my /home directory. Any idea?
The openoffice.org-core package is a part of the 2.4 version of Open Office. Try removing it first with Code: apt-get remove openoffice.org-core