Thanks so much Ester! This clears things up! I will be very interested
to see how this product develops.
Olivia
On Aug 21, 2008, at 11:56 PM, Dave Hunt wrote:
Hello,
Thanks for providing the link to the Open Office Beta link. am
using OO with Leopard.
Does anyone know how one can get the cell coordinates in
spreadsheets? When working with a sheet, I can give the table
keyboard focus. If I use the arrows, I hear the values but not the
coordinates. Also, I cannot tell whether a given value is the
result of a formula, or just a constant.
Thanks,
Dave
On Aug 20, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Esther wrote:
Oops, sorry for my earlier post, since I pointed to the wrong
download page. Reading back to earlier posts, the version is the
new beta:
http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/
The earlier post about NOT getting the X11 version of this
application is still correct. But apparently the added
accessibility features are in the most recent beta release that is
not available from the main download page for Open Office.
Olivia, this is still a beta release, so not everything will be
working. The Open Office project is an effort to provide an open
and free alternative to the Windows Office Suite. It is not an
accessible version of MS Office in the sense that no one has access
to the MicroSoft proprietary software code, but it is intended to
give similar functionality. Also, the stable current release of
this productivity suite is written for the X11 (graphical)
interface. However, in response to input requests the developers
are also working on a parallel port of the product into the Mac's
Aqua Windows interface that should be accessible. This development
effort is not as advanced, which is why this is still a beta
version and not ready for production use. Also, the OpenOffice
development is not run by a company, but by contributing programmer
efforts.
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
On Aug 20, 2008, at 9:15 AM, UCLA Bruins Fan wrote:
Is open office an accessible version of MS office?
Can someone explain a bit about what it is and how it works with
the mac?
Thanks as always,
Olivia
On Aug 20, 2008, at 11:53 AM, KEITH BROWN wrote:
OK tried installing open office but i get an x11 window popping
up. can anyone help?
thanks
Keith
