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fro
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 Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:20 pm Post subject: Which office to use? |
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I am a mac beginner and didn't feel like paying for an office suite because open office org but i have a problem with installing the start openoffice.org it came up with can't find xdarwin. Most of the people who help recommend a diferent office what is the difference between open office org and neooffice/j? Or should i try and sort the thing with open office org
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ovvldc
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| Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:30 pm Post subject: Re: Which office to use? |
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| fro wrote: | | I am a mac beginner and didn't feel like paying for an office suite because open office org but i have a problem with installing the start openoffice.org it came up with can't find xdarwin. Most of the people who help recommend a diferent office what is the difference between open office org and neooffice/j? Or should i try and sort the thing with open office org |
I think your questions are fully answered on the page http://neowiki.sixthcrusade.com/index.php/NeoOffice/J_1.1_Announcement
Personally, I like NeoOffice, but that's just me and about a 1000 other people on this forum  .
Good luck,
Oscar
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sardisson
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| Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: Which office to use? |
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| fro wrote: | | I am a mac beginner and didn't feel like paying for an office suite because open office org but i have a problem with installing the start openoffice.org it came up with can't find xdarwin. Most of the people who help recommend a diferent office what is the difference between open office org and neooffice/j? Or should i try and sort the thing with open office org |
Your problem is most likely caused by not having X11 installed on your Mac (it's an optional install--at OS install time--in most cases). That said, I agree with Oscar (and the OOo Mac download page ) that NeoOffice/J is probably a better fit for you.
To see the differences between the two, there's a small list on the OOo Mac download page and we also have some comparison charts in the wiki.
Smokey
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fro
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:11 am Post subject: Thanks |
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| Yeah i'm downloading it now but i only have 56k so i'll get one of my friends to do it for me. Thanks again. Now how do you un-install it. I was a windows user do i just drag the folder it intalled inself in the application folder or what? |
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jjmckenzie51
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:31 am Post subject: Re: Thanks |
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| fro wrote: | | Yeah i'm downloading it now but i only have 56k so i'll get one of my friends to do it for me. Thanks again. Now how do you un-install it. I was a windows user do i just drag the folder it intalled inself in the application folder or what? |
Fro:
To deinstall NeoOffice/J, you go to the Applications folder and drag the NeoOfficeJ icon to the trash. You can also access the Library directory under your login folder and drag the NeoOfficeJ-1.1 folder into the Trash. Empty the Trash, and NeoOfficeJ is off your system.
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fro
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject: whoops |
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| Sorry i meant openoffice org. But is it the same as the one you mentioned? You know how to un install |
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sardisson
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: whoops |
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| fro wrote: | | Sorry i meant openoffice org. But is it the same as the one you mentioned? You know how to un install |
Generally, yes, drag the OpenOffice.org folder from the Applications folder to the trash. Depending on which version and whose build of OOo you used, the ancillary files (user preferences, etc., which could be quite large) could be in many different places all over your Mac. The official OOo 1.1.2 build uses the ~/Library/Preferences/OpenOffice.org1.1.2 folder.
Smokey
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