Ahh... that was it. It was warning against another version with almost exactly the same name and noted some issues with it. For that reason it recommended downloading from the OO website to avoid picking the wrong app.
On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 4:49 PM Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Am 30.06.23 um 22:26 schrieb Alan B: > > Matthias, > > > > Let me do a little digging in my browser history and see if I can find > the > > article again. It was a couple of weeks ago and I came across it while > > searching for something else so I really didn't dig past the one article. > > Thanks for looking! > > I am interested if the article is really about our official offer: > > > https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/apache-openoffice/XP89J5462CMGJD?mode=full > > All other (unofficial) versions are gone now... > > Regards, > > Matthias > > > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 11:13 AM Matthias Seidel < > matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Am 30.06.23 um 16:58 schrieb Alan B: > >>> Per the OO website, the current version is Windows 11 compatible. > >>> https://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo41.html > >>> > >>> I have seen some reports warning against using the Microsoft Store > >> version > >>> because of some broken feature issues. For that reason I suggest > >>> downloading the latest version from the Apache OO website. > >>> https://www.openoffice.org/ > >> The download from the Microsoft Store is *exactly* the same binary you > >> download from our website. > >> > >> What broken features should that be? Just asking... > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Matthias > >> > >>> The 3.4 version only lists compatibility through Windows 8. If > problems > >>> are encountered with it on W11, rather than fight to "make it work" on > >> W11 > >>> it would be simpler to upgrade to the known compatible version. > >>> https://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/sys_reqs_aoo34.html > >>> > >>> On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 4:48 AM Benny, Olivia <obe...@amgen.com.invalid > > > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hello Support, > >>>> > >>>> Greetings! > >>>> > >>>> Few of our computers are having OpenOffice.org software with the below > >>>> mentioned versions : > >>>> > >>>> Software Title > >>>> Software Version > >>>> OpenOffice.org 3.4 > >>>> 3.4.9590 > >>>> > >>>> Can you please let us know whether the version of OpenOffice.org > listed > >>>> above is compatible with Windows 11, if not please provide the version > >>>> which is compatible. > >>>> > >>>> Please let us know if you have any further queries. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Olivia Benny > >>>> > >>>> > >> > > -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011
