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Hello,

I have the current OpenOffice 3.4.1 on my laptop (Mac OS 10.6.8).
I can't use it on my Power Mac G5 (OS 10.4.11 PPC) because the current version is Intel only.

Is it possible to download an older version of OpenOffice compatible with OS 10.4.11 PPC?
If so, from where is it available?

Thank you,

Bob

Hi and welcome to the forum!

See that one perhaps: [Solved] OpenOffice.org 3.0 for OSX 10.4 PPC?

Please add '[Solved]' at the beginning of your first post title (edit button) if your issue has been fixed.

Hello

Maybe you can download libreoffice for PPC

http://download.documentfoundation.org/ ... 7/mac/ppc/

Romke

bob_catch wrote:Is it possible to download an older version of OpenOffice compatible with OS 10.4.11 PPC?
If so, from where is it available?

Here's a link to download OOo 3.2.1 for PPC Macs.
http://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/OpenO ... _en-US.dmg

Hello RPG and Igusaas,

Thank you for the links, both appear to be exactly what I'm looking for!

Is there any difference between LibreOffice and OpenOffice?

Bob

Hello

bob_catch wrote:Is there any difference between LibreOffice and OpenOffice?

The most important difference for you is: Libreoffice support PPC.
It seems me off topic in this thread for more details.

Romke

Hello RPG

RPG wrote:The most important difference for you is: Libreoffice support PPC.

This comment doesn't make sense to me. The OpenOffice version Igusaas has suggested also supports PPC

lgusaas wrote: Here's a link to download OOo 3.2.1 for PPC Macs.
http://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/OpenO ... _en-US.dmg

Bob

bob_catch wrote:Hello RPG

RPG wrote:The most important difference for you is: Libreoffice support PPC.

This comment doesn't make sense to me. The OpenOffice version Igusaas has suggested also supports PPC

The version I gave a link to is an old version of OOo released on 09-Mar-2011. It was the last version released for PPC Macs. OpenOffice.org 3.3 was not released for PPC Mac. Apache OpenOffice does not have versions for PPC Macs.

LibreOffice, a derivative clone of OpenOffice, continues to support PPC Macs in its latest releases.

Hello Igusaas,

lgusaas wrote: The version I gave a link to is an old version of OOo released on 09-Mar-2011. It was the last version released for PPC Macs. OpenOffice.org 3.3 was not released for PPC Mac. Apache OpenOffice does not have versions for PPC Macs.
LibreOffice, a derivative clone of OpenOffice, continues to support PPC Macs in its latest releases.

Thanks for the further information. I now have to decide which one to download for my Mac 10.4.11 PPC. Do you know if LibreOffice is as good as OpenOffice? Given my situation, which would you go for?

Thanks,
Bob

On this forum volunteers use both OpenOffice and/or LibreOffice, as they decide. I doubt you will see any notable difference between one and the other.

Hello RoryOF,

Thanks for your comment. In that case I think I'll opt for LibreOffice since it's still being developed for PPC Macs like mine.

Bob