Quit OpenOffice.
Open the Application Folder.
Open the OpenOffice that’s in the Application folder.

You should now be able to eject the DMG.

Regards,
Dave

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> On May 26, 2020, at 9:57 AM, Dan at News Media Services 
> <nmsin...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Still trying to get the OO icon off of desktop when OO is running. 
> Did not have an icon on desktop when I used Word.
> 
> Again, followed every detail of installing on Mac per  instructions of :
> (Q03/AQ03)Tutorial] Mac FAQ Apache OO Community Forum  by MrProgrammer 
> 6/27/17)
> 
> •Waited for  Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.7_MacOS_x86-64_install_en-US.dmg to finish 
> loading.
> 
> •OO icon appeared on desktop.
> 
> •Dragged OO icon on desktop into Applications folder as per instructions: 
> "Drag the OpenOffice.app icon on that screen into the Applications folder 
> icon on that screen. Macs don't need an "install" program for this 
> application."
> 
> (Please see screen shots of OO in Finder's Application Folder and in desktop 
> Applications Folder). 
> 
> •Clicked on OO icon to start OO. Program started running and could use. 
> 
>                                         BUT ...
> 
> •Followed additional instructions: " Use File → Eject "OpenOffice" (the dmg 
> file). Either delete the file with the dmg extension or put it in a safe 
> place in the rare case that you want to reinstall it later without 
> re-downloading. 
> Sure about this?  If I deleted this .dmg file, then OO operating system no 
> longer available.
> 
> •End result: OO gray icon remain on desktop, when program running. (Even 
> though I initially dragged it into Applications Folder). 
> 
> Thanks for any clarification from the Macintosh tech side. I can only hope 
> that the posted instructions are correct and I somehow keep misunderstanding 
> some salient point.
> 
> Good health to all.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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