Hi Diane, *, On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 10:49:48AM -0500, Diane Mackay wrote: > Christian Lohmaier wrote: > >On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 07:02:53PM -0500, Diane Mackay wrote: > > > >>[...] Win95 users are stuck at OpenOffice.org version 1.0.3.1. > > > >No, not necessarily. They just need to update the InternetExplorer (this > >will > > install the necessary bits...) IIRC it is only the DCOM-update that is > >needed (but I'm not sure about this). So you can install OOo 1.1.4 on > >win95 when you "update" your windows first. > > Ok, I guess the information I read on the download page must be outdated. I > wonder if it still there? Yes,it is: > > http://download.openoffice.org/index.html > > Perhaps I have read more into it than was intended.
Well, OOo 1.1.4 cannot be installed on a freshly installed Windows95 It relies on some updates to be present. Given that Microsoft no longer supports Windows95 it may be difficult to get these access (or one has to fetch them from a third party). > >>Mac users are at 1.1.2, I think. > > > >No, the X11 version is at 1.1.4 > > > >And they keep up with the developer snapshots as well. They just finished > >a build of m83 > > Ok, I guess I'm not keeping up there as well. This was recent news as of today :-) The developer snapshots for the mac are not widely available... > The information I have based my understanding upon is here: > http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html and I just > checked out the US FTP download site, and it offered me 1.1.2. Yes. True. Communication is/was not the best regarding the Mac-port. :-( > Oh well. An installation expert I am not. This means that we have > outdated FAQs in the list as well, as I updated the answers there to > what I found on these download pages. You will always have outdated FAQs. I strongly suggest adding a timestamp to the question/answer and expire them after 3 months (or even earlier). > [...] > Thank you for pointing out my misunderstandings. Hopefully someone will > incorporate this very good information into the FAQ set. It is not your fault. The communication within OOo unfortunately is not perfect.. ciao Christian -- NP: Misanthrope - Le Roman Noir --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
