When attempting to use the letter wizard in OpenOffice an error occured indicating that  Java was defective. This issue appears to be a result of using Java 7.  Many forums I visited suggested downgrading Java to a version 6.  DO NOT DO THIS!  There is a better and easier way of resolving this issue.  You need to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Restributable. 

The link at the time of this wrinting to download the C++ 2010 Library is:  http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/B/C/5BC5DBB3-652D-4DCE-B14A-475AB85EEF6E/vcredist_x86.exe