You neglected a step in the installation process:
"Double-click the .dmg file. After verifying the file, the Mac will display
a screen which
shows OpenOffice.app, then an arrow, then an Applications folder. Drag the
OpenOffice.app
icon on that screen into the Applications folder icon on that screen."
You moved OpenOffice.dmg into your application folder instead of OpenOffice.app.
Open OpenOffice.dmg. I the window that opens drag the OpenOffice.app icon onto the Application
icon. You can them close the window and eject OpenOffice.org.
If you cannot see the file extension names (.org & .app), open Finder. On your menu bar click
Finder. Then in the drop down menu click Preferences. Then click on Advanced. Then select "Show
all filename extensions".
On 2020-05-26 3:53 p.m., Dan at News Media Services wrote:
Hi Dave,Thank you for your response.Here is what I did, after reading your
notes:
Quit Open Office by selecting"Quit" in OO menu bar.Ejected OO disk icon that
remained on desktop.Opened the Application Folder located in the Dock on desktop.Selected
and clicked on OO icon in application folder.OO disk icon again appeared on
desktop.Clicked on OO disk icon to start program.OO start bar appeared and loaded on
desktop.OO files opened, as usual.
Everything above is what I go through each time I quit OO.
The disk icon never goes away while OO is open.If I try to eject the OO disk on
the desktop, a message says because OO files are opened, I have to Force Eject.
This would terminate the OO program, until I relaunch it.
On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 10:46:17 AM PDT, Dave Fisher
<wave4d...@comcast.net> wrote:
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
Sent from my iPhone
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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