[Solved] Cannot find and install OpenOffice

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cafox513
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[Solved] Cannot find and install OpenOffice

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Having much trouble with a document I just created in Libre Office (on MacBook ... because I cannot find and install Open Office there).

I'd like to open it in OO, on my iMac, but it drags and drags, not opening.

Q #1: If there an OO version for MacBook (Air in this case)?

Q #2: How can I update Libre -- as it requests -- without opening the just-written document? Of can I?

I thank the ghost in the machine every time I use OO for freeing me from the Microsoft Monster. Hope this little glitch can be worked out too.
Last edited by MrProgrammer on Sat Jun 28, 2025 5:28 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: Open Office vs Libre Office

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cafox513 wrote: Sun Jun 22, 2025 1:29 am I'd like to open it in OO, on my iMac, but it drags and drags, not opening.
First try rebooting your Mac. If that doesn't help, a new user profile has corrected many mysterious problems. Resetting your profile is more likely to be successful in fixing your problem than reinstalling OpenOffice.
Q02: How do I create a new OpenOffice user profile on a Mac?

If you installed LibreOffice, its user profile is separate from OpenOffice's, so it is using a new LibreOffice user profile. The OpenOffice and LibreOffice user profiles are separate. Installing LibreOffice or LibreOffice does not touch any user profile.

The Guest User account always receives a new user profile. You can check to see if your drags and drags problem occurs there.
Q28: How do I use the Guest User account to run a test?

cafox513 wrote: Sun Jun 22, 2025 1:29 am I cannot find and install Open Office there.
[Is] there an OO version for MacBook (Air in this case)?
Any recent version for OS X > 10.7 should run on your Mac (Mavericks 10.9.2).
Q03: How do I install OpenOffice on a Mac?
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Re: OpenOffice vs LibreOffice

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I just created in Libre Office (on MacBook ... because I cannot find and install Open Office there).

I'd like to open it in OO, on my iMac, but it drags and drags, not opening.
The LibreOffice uses a newer version of the ODF standard by default.
You can choose an obsolete, older ODF file format for the usage with obsolete Apache OpenOffice versions.
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The image was created with my LO 7.5.8. The newest LO versions uses the ODF 1.4 version by default.
Tibor Kovacs, Hungary; LO7.5.8/25.8.5.2 /Win7-10-11 x64Prof.
PortableApps: LO3.3.0-25.8.5.2;AOO4.1.14
Please, edit the initial post in the topic: add the word [Solved] at the beginning of the subject line - if your problem has been solved.
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