Another option is to use NeoOffice, which is based on OpenOffice but
runs a little slower. It uses the native Apple interface instead of
X11 (ie it looks nicer). NeoOffice does not suffer from this issue so
you would be able to save to MS format.
On 8 Feb 2007, at 21:11, Guy Voets wrote:
2007/2/8, Pedro Melo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Dear Sirs,
my girlfriend has aa Apple MacBook Pro, with OpenOffice installed.
After doing a presentation, when trying to save it as a Microsoft
Office
Powerpoint, The OpenOffice starts pops up an error and starts the
OpenOffice.org Document Recovery program saying:"Due to an unexpected
error, OpenOffice.org crashed. All the files you were working on
will be
saved now. The next time OpenOffice.org is launched, your files
will be
recovered automatically."
After recovering the file it informs that clicking the next button
the
Error Report Tool should open. This does not happen!
I talked to a friend that knows a little more about OpenOffice and
MAC
computers and I gave him the presentation file to be converted to
the ppt
format.
He managed to convert it without a problem, and he told me that
there was
allready version 2.1 of OpenOffice available.
I instaled this new 2.1 version on the MAC and tried to repeat the
same
action now with this new program. For my surprise the problem also
exists
with version 2.1!
What can this be?
How can I get support on this?
How and where can I send the report log file and the presentation
file so
that it can be verified, without having a internet connection
directly on
the mac?
I hope you can help me with this matter.
Looking forward to hear from you.
Best Regards
Pedro Melo
Pedro,
Unfortunately, it's a known issue that OOo 2.x-for-Mac crashes when
you try
to save a Impress file in M$ ppt format. The bug will hopefully be
solved
with the next release of OOo...
In the meantime: let some Linux or Windows user of OOo do the
conversion to
ppt or... distribute OOo to those who have to see the presentation.
--
Guy
using dutch OOo 2.1 RC 2 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger
and dutch OOo 2.1 RC 1 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger
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