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Thread ID: 75626 2007-01-05 08:16:00 OpenOfficeOK for MacOS10.4? Michael Taylor (11723) Press F1
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512926 2007-01-05 08:16:00 Can the Open Office application provided on the Dec2006/Jan2007 PCWorld DVD be downloaded onto a Mac running mac OS X v 10.4 (Tiger)?

Are there any special requirements?
Michael Taylor (11723)
512927 2007-01-05 08:21:00 Looks like it will run on 10.3.5 + (www.openoffice.org)

It may depend on the version of Openoffice u have. And u need X11.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
512928 2007-01-05 08:28:00 The OpenOffice versions supplied on the NZ PC World DVD are only for Windows and Linux, not Mac OS. You can download them from here (porting.openoffice.org) if you wish.

Welcome to PressF1 as well.
Jen (38)
512929 2007-01-05 09:18:00 Can the Open Office application provided on the Dec2006/Jan2007 PCWorld DVD be downloaded onto a Mac running mac OS X v 10.4 (Tiger)?

Are there any special requirements?

No special requirements but you might find it a tad sluggish compared to MS Office but perfectly capable . I use OpenOffice on Windows at home and previously on OS X10.3 at work.
winmacguy (3367)
512930 2007-01-05 10:24:00 unfortunitly PCworld NZ hasn't acknowledged that mac users also buy there magazine and therfore don't include the mac version of software plod (107)
512931 2007-01-05 20:03:00 unfortunitly PCworld NZ hasn't acknowledged that mac users also buy there magazine and therfore don't include the mac version of software

Netguide can be a good alternative. They include Mac stuff on their CD.
winmacguy (3367)
512932 2007-01-05 21:55:00 Yes, we do need some Mac software such as Open Office on the PC World DVD. I wrote to Chris Keall before Christmas suggesting that there are quite a few of us that use both Mac and PC as well as Linux platforms. I keep my fingers crossed. That's right NetGuide do provide Mac software although I have not come across Open Office. Still I prefer PC World, it's more in depth and better value, ay, Chris!

Peter A
PeterA (8057)
512933 2007-01-05 23:08:00 It is that, although I found Nigel Horrocks to be pretty good on the Mac department in Netguide. He has Mac mini at home. I am not sure about the new Netguide editor though although I think he did mention something about Macs in his Intro article. ACP Media who produce Netguide though are a 100% Windows setup running InDesign, bit ironic in the publishing industry.

It is easy enough to download the updated versions of OpenOffice for either platform though. :)
winmacguy (3367)
512934 2007-01-05 23:17:00 Netguide can be a good alternative. They include Mac stuff on their CD.

Netguide no longer does CD's with there mag, you now download it from there website (which in turns goes to the website of the software maker).
stu161204 (123)
512935 2007-01-05 23:37:00 Netguide no longer does CD's with there mag, you now download it from there website (which in turns goes to the website of the software maker).
True, I think they mentioned something about that in the last issue.
winmacguy (3367)
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