Mike Dawe wrote: > Keith Bainbridge wrote: >> Barry, >> >> The other option is NeoOffice which I understand is a fork of OOo that >> includes the necessary libraries to allow it to work in earlier >> versions of OS x. Being new to OS x I can't say how well it works > [...] > >> 2009/3/30 Barry Evans <ba...@irvingproductions.com>: >>> I've loaded Open Office 2.4.0 to my iMac with OS 10.3.9 >>> >>> I'm attempting to open some .odt files that are merely address labels. >>> >>> Everytime I open one of the files, Open Office launches - then crashes. X11 >>> is still on though. Do I need to install the X11 file from my original Mac >>> provided software install CD? Where exactly might that file be? > > The latest NeoOffice version 3.0 has just been released. This version > will run on version 10.4 or newer of the Mac OS (so Barry would not be > able to use this version unless he upgraded his OS). NeoOffice 3.0 > includes nearly all of the features in OpenOffice.org 3.0.1... > > The previous version 2.2.5 of NeoOffice does run very well on a Mac > running OS 10.3.9 - X11 is not required for NeoOffice and vers. 2.2.5 is > a more up-to-date port of OpenOffice.org for Mac OS 10.3.9 than version > 2.1 of the X11 OpenOffice.org > > See: <http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/olddownload.php#download> > > [Tip] The user must also ensure that the latest patches for Java that > can run on 10.3.9 are installed via Apple updates.
As I was replying to Keith, I had not noticed that the OP, Barry was not a registered poster and is unlikely to see these posts. I have since posted a copy of my previous post to his mail address. Regards. -- Mike Dawe --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
