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Macheath · 03-28-2004, 01:19 AM

I use Open Office but I'm not a power user. One day I might read the manual but I don't need to do anything more than the basic stuff at this stage and it's all good.

My only concern has always been that the (bloated and insidious) ".doc" format look exactly the same in both applications and Open Office seems to be making progress on that front.

I do remember when I went to install open office on a Mac running Panther, it required that <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/">X11</a> be installed

Mac users installing Panther for the first time could opt in to install X11 from the get go and save themselves the trouble later when they go to install Open office.

03-28-2004, 01:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Macheath Junkie Location: Sydney, Australia	I use Open Office but I'm not a power user. One day I might read the manual but I don't need to do anything more than the basic stuff at this stage and it's all good. My only concern has always been that the (bloated and insidious) ".doc" format look exactly the same in both applications and Open Office seems to be making progress on that front. I do remember when I went to install open office on a Mac running Panther, it required that <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/">X11</a> be installed Mac users installing Panther for the first time could opt in to install X11 from the get go and save themselves the trouble later when they go to install Open office.