On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 12:22 -0400, David Avraham wrote: > Open Office is a great program and I use it on my Windows XP laptop. > > But... > > I'm also using the latest version of Mac OSX 10.4 on an Intel iMac. > And, I'd like to put Open Office on my Mac. > > The problem is... > > The instructions for installing the program on the Mac are rather > cryptic. First, there needs to be a more straight forward web page to > direct the user to the appropriate download link. Second, there is a > serious need for a more simplified, step by step set of instructions. > As it is, the instructions that do exist, leave the user to guess at > various stages of the process. And even worse, the documentation that > is available does not seem to match in any way the actual process. At > this point, I've not gotten further than clicking on various links. > Nothing has worked at all, including the download itself, let alone > an actual "install" of any given file. And the name of the file that > would begin the installation is not found (in the finder or anywhere > else) and not specified in any of the links or documentation. I'm > lost. And I'm not sure whether it's because I've suddenly become > stupid (which is a definite possibility) or whether dimentia has set in. > > Any help you can provide would be appreciated. > > David
Try using the SETUP GUIDE for 2.x at http://documentation.openoffice.org/setup_guide2/index.html You should also read the excellent HOW-TO document available on the download page. If neither of these make sense to you, perhaps you could explain where your encountered problems so we can improve them. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/
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