Kristen By switching to NeoOffice you don't need X Window (Terminal Window) same features and more and it's Free Rick =========================================== --- Kristen <kriss at pobox.mtaonline.net> wrote: > I use OpenOffice on my Mac, the Linux box, and my > Windows XP laptop. With the > Mac running OS X 10.4 you need to have the X window > (terminal window) to get > it started. Personally, I think this free cross > platform office suite is > great. And you can't complain about the price > > Kris > > On Sunday 02 July 2006 2:53 pm, Richard Klein wrote: > > Ronald Steinke wrote: > > > On 2 July, 2006, at 3:31:23, > ProbaleCause at aol.com wrote: > > >> I know Microsoft Word is out there and Nicus as > well, but what is the > > >> optimum one? > > > > > > If you don't want to spend big bucks, stick with > AppleWorks. It will > > > read and save as Word if you need it to. > > > > I don't need much from a word processor at home, > and I use Windows at > > work, so I haven't tried it myself, but isn't > openoffice.org a viable > > alternative? > > > > -- Rich > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >