[X Newbies] Alternatives to Word/MS Office

[Mark Gillingham]

On Saturday, January 24, 2004, at 04:17 AM, marina wrote:

> 1. Where can I purchase a CD distribution of OOo for Mac?
> I have spent quite some time checking the links from 
> <http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/>, but it looks like those 
> (few) links that work, and do point to OOo-related sites, only offer 
> Unix/Linux/Windoz versions. Or well, if the answer is there... I 
> haven't been able to find it yet.

I cannot vouch for this vendor: 
http://www.hens-teeth.net/html/ooo/index.htm

>
> 2. Will I be able to copy and paste seamlessly from OOo/X11 (or 
> Classic apps) to native OS X applications, and vice versa?
>
You will have to learn "new" ways to cut&paste and a 3-button mouse 
helps (I use a 2-button mouse with a roller that doubles as the middle 
button--It's an X-Window thing). In addition, long passages are not 
easily copied because the X-Window clipboard is much smaller than the 
Aqua one that we are used to. It's something that may not bother you or 
may drive you crazy. It may also get better in time. I hope so.

Mark