2010/2/16 James Wilde <[email protected]>: > Hi: > > This will probably not make any sense to anyone not used to the Mac. > > I run OOo on a MacBook Pro running Snow Tiger (OSX 10.6.2) which I have had > since last November, i.e. I'm relatively new to the Mac. > > Up until Monday I was using 3.1.1 and had an icon in the Dock which I could > click on and get the default response of a new text document (I had specified > the default). More often, however, I use Finder to find a document I wish to > open, and, for one group of documents which I use every day, I have placed a > folder in the Stack containing those documents, and it is normally this way > that I start OOo. When I did this, by whichever method, the Dock icon lit up > and the appropriate response finally showed up on the screen. > > On Monday I installed 3.2.0 and finally got the Mac to recognize and use > 3.2.0. But now the response on the Dock has changed. > > If I start from the icon (not my normal method) then everything is as before. > The Dock icon hops, lights up, and a blank text document opens. One > negative thing is that every time I am asked to register, and this comes up > even after I have registered. > > If I start from the folder in the Stack, a new icon shows up in the Dock and > lights up so that I have two icons, my permanent one, unlit, and a new > temporary one, lit. > > If I start from the Finder, the new icon shows up in the Dock and lights up > as above, which I would expect since starting from my Stack folder is only a > variant of using the Finder. But in this case I again get the registration > window up, notwithstanding that I have registered, and have since clicked on > the button for 'I do not wish to register'. > > If anyone can help me return the behaviour to that which I had with 3.1.1 I > should be most grateful. At the very least I would like to get rid of the > registration window. > > I would like to compliment the developers. The new version does start > significantly faster. > > TIA > > //James
Hello James, I have seen that behaviour on Mac before. I suspect that you have two copies of OOo on your Mac. Check this: when you have a document open with the second icon in the dock, see what version it is (top left: OpenOffice.org > About OOo). Is it the newest version you recently installed (320m12)? And when you open OOo directly from the Dock? You can also look in your Applications folder, or do a Spotlight search, to see whether you have 2 versions. If so, you can simply drag the old version to the waste basket (if it isn't running at the moment). Both versions will be using the same Application Support (in your Library) that is inherited from one version to the next (3.0->3.1->3.2, not from 2.4 to 3.0) with your preferences and the like. HTH -- Guy using dutch OOo 3.2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Snow Leopard and brazilian OOo 3.2 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- 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]
