Michael Bluejay wrote: > I heard about OpenOffice and thought I'd give it a try. Among the way > too many clicks/pages necessary to download the software, I wound up > at this confusing page: > > http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html > > It talks about requirements to run the X11 version of OpenOffice, but > provides no clue as to whether the X11 version is the *only* version > and thus I must install X11, or if it's an alternate version of > OpenOffice. The FAQ that's linked to doesn't provide much help. (If > you're able to find it somewhere buried in the text, that's not a good > thing, it's a bad thing that this information is not extremely clear > and up front -- not just in the FAQ, but BEFORE the FAQ, meaning the > user shouldn't even have to go to the FAQ to try to figure out what > you're trying to communicate.) > > I'll stick with Office. It's already installed and it works.
Some people have some *pretty* damned strange reasons for not using OOo. This one takes the cake though :) Actually, I suspect this is the poster who rocked up before and complained of a very similar issue ... basically that OOo required X11 and they were unable to install X11, etc, etc. I don't know. I had a Powerbook for about 18 months. X11 was the 1st thing that went on it, and I don't remember it being difficult, even though I had no experience with OS-X at the time. -- Daniel Kasak IT Developer NUS Consulting Group Level 5, 77 Pacific Highway North Sydney, NSW, Australia 2060 T: (+61) 2 9922-7676 / F: (+61) 2 9922 7989 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://www.nusconsulting.com.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
