On Feb 9, 2006, at 10:46, Bram Binneweg wrote:
Dear Sirs,
A while ago I installed your Openoffice on my pc (windows xp) and it
works nicely. My wife and I also work on Mac (Tiger 10.4.4) and would
like to install your Openoffice Suite on this system. Is there a
possibility? I tried to download but it doesn't work. Thank you for
answering my request,
Kind regards,
Bram Binneweg
OpenOffice relies on the X-11 windowing system. Apple has a version
available to install on OS X 10.4. The easiest is to download and
install it from Apple's web site. You may also have it on the OS X 10.4
disks. After X-11 is installed, OpenOffice should install and work for
you. Be forewarned that there are still a few rough edges on 2.0 on the
Mac. You may or may not run into them depending on your useage
of OOo.
OOo is very standardized in its appearance and function across
platforms. NeoOffice/J is a port of OpenOffice to the Mac that uses
Apple's
windowing system and open and save dialogs among other things and is
more Mac like in appearance and operation. NeoOffice/J also
does not use X-11 and installs and runs like any other application on
the Mac.
OOo 1.1x requires X-11, stable, like other OOo implementations in
appearance and operation. Uses OOo 1.1.x file format
NeoOffice/J No X-11, stable. more Mac like. Uses Mac dialogs for open
and save. Uses Mac fonts. Uses OOo 1.1.x file format
OOo 2.0 requires X11, still has a few minor problems, like other OOo
implementations in appearance and operation. Uses odt file format
The latest version of NeoOffice/J with patches can read odt, but not
write it.
I have all three on both my Mac at work and home. I also have OOo 1.1.x
on some of my linux boxes and OOo 2.0 on the more recent
linux installations. Other than remembering to save in the older format
when I wan to open a file on other machines that don't have 2.0, I have
had no real problems of any major impact.
I have run into two problems OOo with 2.0 on the Mac. The first was
that it would not open or save files to my samba server at work. This
was
fixed by a simple edit of a file in the program to change permissions.
The second is that it has a problem with sending a file via the mail
program.
This worked in the OOo 1.1.x series and with NeoOffice/J. I have to
spend some more time on this one. Meanwhile I save the document to disk
as a pdf and attach it from the mail program. Not as convenient.
So the choice is yours as to which version of OOo you want to use.
Ross Bernheim
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