The Old Testament in the Heart of the Catholic Church

copyright (c) 2001, John Kelleher
All rights reserved.

Welcome!

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1: Get a good Catholic Bible AND a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. OTHCC will be useless to you without both of them.

OK, that is true, but you are here reading this hoping to install the OTHCC distribution on your computer. Here is how to do that:

Please note: The following directions are pretty simple, but they assume that you already have a modest familiarity with computers. If you are a complete computer novice, you may have some trouble following them. The solution will almost invariably be asking someone who knows a little bit about computers to sit down at your computer and install OTHCC for you.

1. This is not a requirement, but it is always best to check downloaded files with virus-protection software (if you have it) BEFORE opening them.

2. The OTHCC distribution is 'zipped' (compressed). PC users can double-click on OTHCC.exe, a program which automatically un-zips the OTHCC distribution. When the 'Destination Directory' message box appears, use Browse to find your newly-created OTHCC directory (for example, C:\OTHCC) and extract the files into that folder.

3. Mac and other non-PC users must un-zip OTHCC.zip themselves into their OTHCC directory.

4. That's basically all you need to do. You might think about finding the file 'contents.html' (that's the Table of Contents) in your OTHCC folder and putting a shortcut (a link to it) on your Desktop. That makes getting to OTHCC very convenient. Novice PC users can consult the Appendix to see how to do that.

5. Now double click on the aptly-named 'beginhere.html', and get started!

APPENDIX: For novice PC users who want to put a shortcut of 'contents.html' on your Desktop. (NOTE: there are many 'flavors' of Windows, and they are not all exactly the same. The following instructions should work for many of you, right out of the box. If you get confused, please ask somebody who knows a little about computers to help you do this.)

a. Do not double-click on contents.html. Instead, RIGHT-click on it.

b. You will see a menu called "Send to".

c. Bring the cursor up to "Send to." This will highlight that choice and another menu will reveal itself.

d. Find the choice "Desktop (create shortcut)" and click on it.

This will install an icon on your Desktop that will run OTHCC whenever you double-click on it.