2008/9/29 william berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have used Open Office writer in the past. I'd like to in the future too. > It won't open. I'm using a Mac. X11 or whatever opens and it moves to > the dock, but I can't get it to open. Everything I did in a .odt is now > unassociated. I rebooted, downloaded and installed and nothing changed. > Anyone ever heard of this? In 2.5 will I be able to get to my documents? > william berry > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or > a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. I, for > one, believe the piano player job to be much more honorable than current > politicians." - Harry Truman >
Hello William, The newest Mac OS X Leopard update 10.5.5 seems to make problems with X11(and also with pdf files...) There was a way to work around for the 'timed out' message, but I'm not sure it will work with the new 10.5.5 problems: X11 Time out solution: http://shaunmcdonald131.blogspot.com/2008/03/ooo-possible-fix-for-command-timed-out.html The Mac porting team was working on a patch or something, but I don't know how far they got with it... so... I propose that you install the Release Candidate 3 of the Aqua version of OpenOffice.org. That version doesn't need the X11 windowing utility. You can download the RC2 from GoodDay: http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/3.0.0rc3/<http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/3.0.0rc2/> Which file to chose? Do you have an Intel or a PowerPC Mac? You download the US English version - that's the one without language indication (OOo_3.0.0rc2_MacOSXIntel_install.dmg or ...PPC_install.dmg), or the language version of you choice (install_xx.dmg) - don't download the SDK (Software Developers Kit) Download, doubleclick to open the dmg, then drag the program to your applications folder. You can drag the OOo icon from the Applications folder (in Finder) to your Dock for easy access. The final tested&approved version of OOo 3.0.0 Aqua for Mac will be ready in a few weeks. The RC probably still has some bugs, so it's advisable to save you work regularly. HTH -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua 3.0.0 RC3 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo Aqua 3.0.0 RC3 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
