open office on osx

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in macOS edited January 2014
does anyone run it and is it a good alternitive to ms office?

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    mydomydo Posts: 1,888member
    Here's the project web page.
  • Reply 2 of 7
    mcarlingmcarling Posts: 1,106member
    The native MacOS X port is http://www.neooffice.org/
  • Reply 3 of 7
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    Originally Posted by mcarling View Post


    The native MacOS X port is http://www.neooffice.org/



    I thought that this was some sort of Java-involved port and that the NATIVE port was coming first part of next year. Any confirmation?
  • Reply 4 of 7
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    Originally Posted by crentist View Post


    I thought that this was some sort of Java-involved port and that the NATIVE port was coming first part of next year. Any confirmation?



    Yup, Neooffice is running through java.

    It is butt-ugly, takes ages to load and has a bloated and unintuitive UI.

    But it does get the job done and is pretty good at handling xls and doc files.



    In other words: a perfect MS office clone
  • Reply 5 of 7
    yea I just decided to go with iwork. Its the best way to go.
  • Reply 6 of 7
    mcarlingmcarling Posts: 1,106member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dutch pear View Post


    Yup, Neooffice is running through java.

    It is butt-ugly, takes ages to load and has a bloated and unintuitive UI.

    But it does get the job done and is pretty good at handling xls and doc files.



    In other words: a perfect MS office clone



    Compared to running the version from http://www.openoffice.org/ through X Windows, NeoOffice is gorgeous. Performance is tolerable on my 12" 1.5GHz 1.25GB PowerBook. Features and stability are fine. I imagine that performance would be good on new hardware with at least 2GB of memory.
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    Originally Posted by mcarling View Post


    Compared to running the version from http://www.openoffice.org/ through X Windows, NeoOffice is gorgeous.



    Well yeah, but I've seen decomposing roadkill that is more pleasing to behold than openoffice in X11.....
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