Thanks. I will try this, it looks promising.
James Carruthers Director of Development BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre Foundation 4500 Oak Street, Room 1U64 Vancouver, B.C. V6H 3N1 604-875-2798 www.bcwomensfoundation.org -----Original Message----- From: Guy Voets [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 1:54 AM To: [email protected]; Carruthers, James Subject: Re: [discuss] wish it worked better on Mac 2007/7/29, Benjamin Huot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Try NeoOffice > http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php > Aqua version of OpenOffice.org > Open Source > PowerPC and Intel versions > > On Jul 27, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Carruthers, James wrote: > > > I am using version 2.2 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is that I wish it > > worked better on my Mac. > > > > For instance, scrolling on my mac mouse sometimes jumps and is never > > smooth. I know this problem, especially in Calc, was much worse in > > previous releases, but it still needs work. > > > > Another thing I find frustrating is that I need to use Windows > > shortcut > > key combos in OOo. I often switch quickly between applications and > > when > > I'm copying and pasting in Mac apps, then I come to OOo to paste or > > copy > > something else and I have to switch my working and thinking to > > Windows. > > > > And the whole thing just doesn't integrate well on my Mac. What with > > needing X11 and all that. I wish it could integrate and function as a > > normal Mac application. > > > > James Carruthers Hello James On my Intel iMac with OSX 10.4.10 I always use the Apple-C -V and -X shortcuts. Same on my PPC Powerbook. I don't remember doing anything special to achieve this... So both ctrl- and cmd- shortcuts work! As for Calc, the mousewheel indeed scrolls very fast, so that you tend to lose track. I hope this will be dealt with. Meanwhile, you can always use the scroll bar on the right hand side. (I also dislike that the arrows on the scrollbars are on opposite sides insteda of together as on Mac - these are issues that are linked to a multi-platform program that looks too much at one platform, i.e. Windows). I wouldn't advise to switch to NeoOffice. It has few advantages over OOo's main development. In fact it mostly copies OOo, and is always at least one release behind as a consequence. NO isn_not_ the Aqua version of OOo, but a fork, a side-track whose team doesn't contribute anything to OOo's development (so called because of a different licence). OOo's Mac porting team is testing the Aqua version of OpenOffice.org right now. A stable of _the real stuff_ will probably be available somewhere later this year. Look out for it! -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.2 RC 4 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and dutch OOo 2.2 RC 4 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger -- please reply only to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
