2007/11/28, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > JUDITH HERBST wrote: > > I am using an Apple (new 17" laptop w/ Leopard OS) provided by > > Vocational Rehab - I am presently on disability. I would like to use > > Open Office but am concerned about deleting it if Voc. Rehab. decides to > > purchase MS Office 2008. They often prefer to spend taxpayers' money to > > insure some inexplicable rule or standard. So, 1st question: > > > > If I download your suite of 'Open' programs, will I have difficulty > > getting rid of them if requested to? > > While I have no experience with Apple computers, I'd say you should be > able to have both on your computer, as I do at work on Windows.
Take a look at the Mac porting pages of OpenOffice.org: http://porting.openoffice.org/mac OpenOffice.org 2.3 runs on Leopard, but it's best to update Leopard (to 10.5.1) and the X11 (or XDarwin, Xquartz) windowing system that OOo uses on Mac For updates of X11 see http://www.x.org/wiki/XDarwin > > > 2nd question: > > I found Borders book store is carrying something called "Open Office" > > printed in England, with a disk, and instructions, promising > > compatibility w/ both PCs and Macs - is this the same? > > It may be, but I don't know for certain. It might also be a book for > the older 1.x versions of OpenOffice, which would be out of date now. > You'll have to browse through the book, to see what it refers to. The > CD is probably Windows only and almost certainly stale. The current > version is 2.3, which can be downloaded from www.openoffice.org. If > you're looking to buy a book, you might want to consider the > "OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook", which can be ordered from the author. > http://getopenoffice.org/guidebook.html Download link for OOo on Mac: http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/index.html Unfortunately, the webpages aren't yet adapted since the arrival of Leopard. The Tiger version of OOo runs also on Leopard (has been tested with pre-releases of 10.5) X11 is now included in the standard installation of Leopard (unlike Tiger and Panther before) most probably you can go through to X11/Tiger (Leopard isn't yet included in the options, but runs the same version as Tiger) / Intel http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/x11-104-Intel.html > > > As soon as I am back in the workforce, I will support your organization > > financially. I just found out about you and I find the whole project > > very exciting. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > Judith Herbst > > Documentation can be found on these pages: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ You'll find online How-To's and FAQ's, and guides in pdf to download Feel free to come back here with any questions or problems about your OOo on Mac 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
