2007/11/7, Ross Bernheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Alan, > > The easy choice is NeoOffice/J as it is the most "Mac like" at the > moment. It is a bit behind the latest > and greatest, but not too far. > > For Mac OS X 10.4, the Open Office and X-11 combination requires that > you install X-11 from the install > disk for OS X as it is not installed by default. (It is installed by > default in OS X 10.5.) The X-11 environment > looks more Windows or Linux like rather than Mac like. But it works > well. > > For Mac OS X 10.5 there are still a few minor glitches with Open > Office 2.x which will be mostly cleared > up when Apple gets an updated X-11 for 10.5. > > The Open Office native builds are not yet production ready and are > subject to change and would not be a good > choice for this type of installation at this time. > > On Nov 7, 2007, at 11:44, Alan Lord wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am familiar with OOo to the point I can compile it from scratch on > > Linux and I use it day-to-day for my job... > > > > However - I have been asked to quote for installing it on a few MACs > > in a design office. > > > > MACs are an alien world to me, apart from the command line of the > > latest releases as it is just like Linux :-) > > > > Anyway - I have just started reading about NeoOffice, OpenOffice.org > > for MAC plus X11 (eeek!) and the alpha of OOo for MACs on Aqua. > > > > Can someone offer any guidance/advice as to which installation route > > will provide what type of experience and perhaps - more to the point > > - is likely to be the least intrusive to production MAC platforms? > > The user really only wants to be able to open, edit and send back > > the odd Microsoft doc to their clients... > > > > TIA > > > > Alan > > > > Ross Bernheim > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Hello, Info, how-to's and downloads can be found on the Mac porting pages of OOo; http://porting.openoffice.org/mac There's a new version of X11 for Leopard available (1.2a7) see http://www.x.org/wiki/XDarwin Through binary installation, it can replace the X11 shipped with Leopard. HTH -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.3 m221 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo 2.3 RC 3 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
