2007/11/24, Robert Cogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I have been using Open Office on my Windows computer since I trashed my > Word > package several years ago and love it. I love sticking it to Mocrosoft. I > recently bought an old Apple MAC G3 powerbook, OS9.1 192MB memory 292 Mhz > for just $50. (Couldn't resist the bargain.) But it has no Office > software. > Can you please tell me if the there is an Open Office version that I can > buy > on disk (I don't have connectivity software either.) Thank you, Robert > Cogan, Ph.D. >
Hello Robert, Unfortunately, OpenOffice.org only starts to run on Macs with OS X 10.2(Jaguar), and to run the newer versions, you'll have to have 10.3, 4 or 5. What you could do, is install a Linux partition on your G3 and install a OOo version for Linux in it. The native program for OS 9 would be Appleworks, but this office suite is almost abandoned by Apple. You can save in other formats though. Other options might be BareBonesEdit or WordPerfect (Coral), but these aren't Free Software either. For the lack of interconnectivity: software magazines often come with a CD that includes OOo and other Free Software. There is a list of vendors on the OOo website (but beware of people that charge you more than $10, while all they do is burn OOo on a CD). Or you can download elsewhere and install from a CD. 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
