On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 08:00 +1000, jane Hampson wrote:
> hi
> 
> can i use openoffice to open a word document
> (xxxx.doc) on my mac osx 10.4.5? I have downloaded
> Ooo_2.0_windows_install_en-GB.exe and windows
> media-1.sitx and don't know what to do next.

MacIntel? In anycase you have the wrong version. i.e. MacOS != Windows.
Please point your browser at http://www.openoffice.org/ click the "Get
OpenOffice.org" button only this time choose "Macintosh" in the OS list
and choose the Mac page.  Once there, you may choose whatever is
appropriate for the architecture of your machine. If it is MacIntel, you
will have to choose the 2.0.x link near the bottom of the list as OOo
for this architecture is a development release that is quite stable and
useful. 

I recommend that you read both of these guides in the order given:
http://eric.bachard.free.fr/mac/HowTo2.0/Howto_OOo_2.0_MacOSX_english.pdf
http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/2.x/en/SETUP_GUIDE.pdf
> 
> If i have downloaded wrong documents can you let me
> know. Someone told me openoffice could be used to open
> word documents. could you let me know how to do this.
> 

I would guess yes based on your description. However, if you are really
trying to run Windows applications on your Mac then you will likely have
to ask Apple support for assistance.
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