[users] Using Base with OSX

[Keith Maunder]

I have recently installed Open Office 2.3 on my Mac, which is running Leopard. I should like to build a database, but when I try I get a message to say that it requires a Java runtime environment, whatever that means.  Is this possible to achieve on a Mac? and if so, how? If I do manage to get it to work, will I be able to open an existing database created on MS Access in a Windows environment? Thank you for a great product, which I am sure I will master eventually! Keith Maunder