OpenOffice on new Macbook

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Big Tau

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I tried to download OpenOffice of my new Macbook and after it was put on my desktop I double clicked it and during the installation it said that i would need X11. Well i then downloaded X11 and during its installation it said that I already had a newer copy so it wouldn't let me. So now i have no office program, except the incredibly slow Office 2004 demo thing. Would I be better to just go ahead and get Office because i need to be able to connect to the PC's at college?
 
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Big Tau said:
I tried to download OpenOffice of my new Macbook and after it was put on my desktop I double clicked it and during the installation it said that i would need X11. Well i then downloaded X11 and during its installation it said that I already had a newer copy so it wouldn't let me. So now i have no office program, except the incredibly slow Office 2004 demo thing. Would I be better to just go ahead and get Office because i need to be able to connect to the PC's at college?
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You can't download X11 for Tiger 10.4.x.
You have to use your installation discs to install X11 for Tiger.
 
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To install x11 you need to put in the OS X DVD that came with your MacBook. X11 is one of the optional installs on there. If you want a version of OpenOffice that is OS X native and doesn't need x11, try NeoOffice. They have an Intel-compatible beta out. Personally, I don't use those programs. MS Office works fine under Rosetta for me.
 
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Big Tau said:
so is it not already installed or do i have to manually install it
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It is not already installed and you have to manually install it.
 
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I like the 30 tria of office that I decided to just go ahead and purchase a copy.
 
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^ i never had to install x11 and i'm running open office and gimp
 
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zal said:
^ i never had to install x11 and i'm running open office and gimp
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Really? Did you buy it directly from Apple? Maybe they recently started installiing X11 from the factory, but I know that as recent as March it didn't come installed.
 
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My Mac is a month old and I had to install X11
 

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