On 4/24/06, Nasimul Haque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To: [email protected] > > From: Zinaida Benenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:22:39 +0200 > > Subject: [Fink-beginners] installing openoffice.org failed > > > > Hi, > > > > I just asked about the strange installation process of openoffice.org > > > > Well, now it came to the end, and not to a good one (see below). > > > > However, I have a more practical question. I used OpenOffice with > > Linux, and now I have several presentations in its .odp format. > > Of course, Microsoft Office does not know what to do with it. > > Can somebody suggest a workaround? I need to edit one of my > > presentations. :( Ok, I made the obvious thing: exported .odp > > into .ppt in Linux, and opened it in Mac. It does not look pretty.... > > So if somebody knows an alternative, please tell me. > > > > Should I now report to the package maintainers about this > > installation failure? > > > > I would suggest you download the compiled openoffice from > openoffice.org. It's not native OSX binary rather it works under X11. > I am using it now. > > -- > M Nasimul Haque > Leipzig, Germany. > >
That's not quite true: just because something that was compiled on OS X requires X11 doesn't mean that it's not OS X native. It just doesn't use the native display. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (for now) ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
