[Solved] Big Sur Gatekeeper stops OpenOffice

[yohejohn]

I should say 'again' for this. Was working. Now can't open Open Office again, the program, nor even open a document listed as .odt by itself.

Note: I CAN open .odt docs through LibreOffice, and I can open LibreOffice.

Using Big Sur OS 11.2.2 MacBook Air

Maybe an 'update' to the OS caused this to happen again?

So how do I get my MacBook to accept Open Office?

By the way, is there a way to make my .odt documents just open in LibreOffice when I click on them? Right now I have to open LibreOffice first, then use the 'open' function.

Thank you,

John

[FJCC]

I think you need to run OpenOffice 4.1.9 on Big Sur and then follow the the release notes if you have a problem with Gatekeeper

[yohejohn]

Ok thank you, but: those 'release notes' instructions won't, and don't, work for Macs: we can't 'right click'.

Any other suggestions?

Thank you,

John

[lgusaas]

Ok thank you, but: those 'release notes' instructions won't, and don't, work for Macs: we can't 'right click'.

Any other suggestions?

Thank you,

John

Control-click on a Mac is similar to right-click on a Windows computer—it’s how you open shortcut (or contextual) menus on a Mac.

Check the settings in System Preferences
On a trackpad:
"Secondary click
Select the option, then choose the gesture to use to secondary click (or Control-click) items on the screen."

On a mouse:
"Secondary click
Select the option, then choose “Click on the right side,” or “Click on the left side” to secondary click (or Control-click) items on the screen."

[yohejohn]

Ok, control + click worked, I was able to open OpenOffice.

Thank you,

John