On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:43:21 -0500, john smith wrote:

Old Brew wrote:

I can offer the same approval as others as i've used and advised many
(with NO complaints) on using the "Open Office" BUT thats for the PC
(Gates) machine users. Yesterday though i was "experimenting" on my
own Mac (OSX) and i was unable to report back clean loading. I tried
two systems my G5 & G4 and in both cases the system reported back that
it was unable to load as it could not find OS11 component. But as i
have Word and Pages, i left it to return back to at a latter date. Now
if any one else has come across this plese let me know.

Keynote will open Powerpoint files on a Mac.


Not sure what all you tried, but OO's web site gives specific directions
to load the x11 components BEFORE loading Open Office. Since they use x11
video drivers instead of the default OsX drivers.
John
I run straight Linux (SUSE 10) and Open Office and it works great not only
Word but all the other parts too. (excell presentations etc etc)