NeoOffice <http://www.neooffice.org/> is very nice. Basically, these 2 guys have taken the code for OpenOffice.org and made it Mac-Native, ie. No additional software like X11 to install or run to get it to work.
In the meantime, Abiword <http://www.abiword.com/> works great on my Macbook. And for the truly Apple-loyal, there is always iWork, (which is rumored to include Numbers - a spreadsheet program - in it's next release). Keynote is probably the best presentation program out there. It beats Powerpoint hands down, (and Impress, too, I'm sorry to say - it has audio and video support). Or you could always go the online route... Writely <http://www.writely.com/> is an online word processor, and it can save to the .odt OpenDocument format, the .doc Word format, and even PDF. And these can be saved either online or to your hard drive. Google Spreadsheet <http://spreadsheet.google.com/> is an online spreadsheet program which can save a cvs or xls online or to your hard drive. gOFFICE <http://www.goffice.com/> is an online office suite in itself. It has word processing, desktop publishing, and does spreadsheets. It has plans to do presentations, but it is unusable at this point. AJAXLaunch <http://www.ajaxlaunch.com/> is a website with online AJAX-based applications. Here's a list: - ajaxWrite <http://www.ajaxwrite.com/> - a word processor. - ajaxSketch <http://www.ajaxsketch.com/> - a drawing program. - eyespot <http://www.eyespot.com/> - online video editing (crazy, ain't it?). - ajaxXLS <http://www.ajaxxls.com/> - a spreadsheet app, but it's only a viewer at the moment. - ajaxTunes <http://www.ajaxtunes.com/> - an online media player that can play songs from your hard drive, or online. An optional for-pay mp3 storage "locker" is available. - ajaxOS <http://www.myajaxos.com/> - it's not online. It's an operating system that is "Ajax Aware" that means it can launch these online Ajax-based applications just like they were installed locally. Zoho <http://www.zoho.com/> has a ton of apps most of which are free, but Zoho offers some other applications for a fee. Here are Zoho's free apps. - Zoho Writer <http://www.zohowriter.com/> - a word processor. - Zoho Sheet <http://www.zohosheet.com/> - a spreadsheet application, complete with charting, collaboration, and more. - Zoho Show <http://www.zohoshow.com/> - a presentation program. - Zoho Planner <http://www.zohoplanner.com/> - an online organizer. - Zoho Chat <http://zohochat.com/> - a browser-based instant messenger - Zoho Creator <http://zohocreator.com/> - so you can make your own online applications iRows <http://www.irows.com/> is a web-spreadsheet service that supports XLS, CVS, and ODS formats. Thumbstacks <http://www.thumbstacks.com/> is an online presentation app. Meebo <http://www.meebo.com/> is a multi-protocol in-browser Instant Messenger client. It supports AIM, ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, Jabber, GTalk, and MSN messenging. And then there are some places, like WorkSpot <http://www.workspot.com/> or Goowy <http://www.goowy.com/> or YouOS <https://www.youos.com/> - that have an entire OS in your browser. WorkSpot <http://www.workspot.com/> is a full version of Linux, and OpenOffice.org <http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/> is included, although it may be an older version. WorkSpot has a free trial - but it only lasts 10 minutes. Goowy <http://www.goowy.com/>, on the other hand, is written entirely for online use, and it's completely free, but I don't think it has an office suite - although I'm sure it's being developed. YouOS <https://www.youos.com/> is also entirely online, but it has a limited RTF word processor. <http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=31961146&postID=115436911117726440&quickEdit=true>My point is, there are options - you don't have to choose between just OpenOffice.org and MS Office. There are plenty of other choices. On 8/15/06, Cary Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Looks like my migration to Mac is costing me Open Office. After waiting forever for an Intel Mac version I tried to in stall it only to get that bloody X11 warning. Well I have dug in and tried to sort through X11 but I'm not a hacker and haven't a clue how to shoe horn it into my machine and being new to Mac I'm wary of screwing up my system. I'm not a novice and have built a lot of machines over the years and have worked with computers for 20 years now. Unfortunately I mostly use software and I'm not into manually installing software. I did some of it back in the DOS days but X11 seems way over my head. Really upsetting that I have to give up on Open Office because of this required utility. I just don't know what else to do at this point. I hate Microsoft Office so I can't go back to it but there just isn't much else out there. It may have seemed like a cool thing to do running Open Office through the Unix portion of OSX but it leaves a lot of users like me out in the cold. Is there a version of X11 that self installs? Cary --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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