2008/5/14 John W Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On May 13, 2008, at 10:24 PM, Matt Kramer wrote: > > Hi - I'm a clueless newbie; MS Word is crashing on my MB Pro; someone > > suggested using Open Office. > > > > When I try to open the app, I get a window that says I need X11 > > > > The OO website says: > > > > Installing X11 for Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard) > > X11 comes pre-installed on Mac OSX 10.5, so you can install > > OpenOffice.org > > directly. > > > > On the Apple site, it says that X11 is in my Utilities Folder. If so, > > it's > > not under that name. When I download it, I get a message that I cannot > > install it; newer software exists on my computer. > > > > So you see the cycle of failure. Any way that I can install and use Open > > Office? > > > > > Older versions of OSX required you to download, and if you downloaded it, > it's that older version you got. Leopard puts it on the OSX DVDs; install it > from there. > > -- > John W Kennedy >
Hello, after installing, run the Software Update for the newer X11 that comes with Leopard 10.5.1 or .2 -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua Beta 3.0.0 (and older) on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo SRC 680 m241 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
