I know I answered this already but -- The hard disk icon that you see
is a mounted disk image -- drag it to the trash.
I would strongly suggest that you goto to neooffice.org and download
the that variant to Open Office.org to run on your mac.
If you have to run 2.0 then
You must install Apple's X11 software on your machine (you can either
install from your DVD or download it from Apples web site).
When you download open office you should have finished up with a .bz
file
When you double click that it will create a .dmg file
When you click that it will recreate Disk image
Open the disk image and drag the icon inside to your applications folder
To free up the space on your hard drive:
Drag the disk icon to the trash
Drag the .dmg file to the trash
Drag the .bz file to the trash
EMPTY THE TRASH
Thanks
Andy
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On Nov 17, 2005, at 5:21 PM, John Davis wrote:
HELP!
(I sent this originally from my Win PC - ugh, but I'll try again.)
I downloaded Open Office.org 2.0 at the weekend, to my Mac (OSX
10.3.5). It took ages. Ages. When it finally 'arrived', it
appeared as a desktop disk icon. (It looked like another hard
drive.) I also downloaded some .sxw files. When I tried to open
one - nothing, nada, zip. Except for 'Open Office appearing in the
finder menu bar. Two file menus only - 'file' and 'edit'. Neither
menu had options I could use. (They were all 'greyed out'.) So I
couldn't open the files I'd downloaded to help me use the
software. I couldn't open the software to do anything with it. I
checked the website for info, and tried the fixes for - 'if it
doesn't work'. I tried to find libdl. files. No joy. (What do I
need extensions for? I drive a mac.) The installer file on my
desktop did nothing. That's not even he worst part.
I deleted everything I could find, and did a clean reinstall of my
OS. Even so, the now ex software had eaten up HD space to the tune
of about 3 or 4 GB! And that space was still missing. Another
clean install - no difference. And another, and another ...
What happened?
By the way, I have another computer - a PC with OS XP Professional,
to which I had no difficulties downloading and using Oo.org 2.0.
So while I accept that I'm far from an expert user, this problem
with my generally more effective mac set up is quite unusual.
I love my mac. I've had it for several years. I admire Oo.org.
What's up?
Is there anyone out there who can help.
John Davis.
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