Hi Peter and Andrew, I have used OpenOffice for years to get by in situations that normally require Microsoft Office, but I have recently switched to LibreOffice.
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ This is not in anyway an ideological choice. Oracle obtained the rights to OpenOffice when it bought Sun Microsystems and Oracle has decided it will no longer be supporting OpenOffice, so many of the key developers on the project recently forked the open source code and moved to a project called LibreOffice. My reading of the situation is that from now on LibreOffice will be of better quality and better supported than OpenOffice. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-07-21, at 07:49, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > > > On 20/07/2011, at 6:05 PM, Andrew wrote: > >> >> Hi All >> I have downloaded Microsoft Office For Mac 2011 Free Trial to use on my 24" >> iMac (2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo, OS 10.4.11). >> When running the installer it states I require OS 10.5.8 or higher. >> Does anyone know if I can run an earlier version of Office without an >> upgrade of the operating system? >> Alternatively, how much does upgrading to 10.5 cost and is it worth it (and >> any potential complications)? >> I have had a look at Apple support for 10.5 but can only find updates for it. >> >> Andrew >> > > > Given the age of your OS (and presumably having the need to read and/or > create documents which are compatible with the latest file formats) you might > consider looking at Open Office. There are both PowerPC and Intel versions > available (<http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/aqua.html>). > > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
