OpenOffice.org Mac OS X (X11)

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While this wiki is focused primarily on the NeoOffice applications, there is some content collected from the Trinity forums that is specific to the X11 build, and there are also some tips that apply equally to all OpenOffice.org-based applications.

The main OpenOffice.org site on the Mac OS X X11 port is OpenOffice.org for Macintosh.

General Information

• Downloading X11 and OpenOffice.org/X11 for Mac OS X (including adding Spotlight support on Mac OS X 10.4.x)
• FAQs for installing OpenOffice.org/X11 and for common Mac OS X-specific OpenOffice.org issues
• Reporting a bug in OpenOffice.org/X11
• Support fora
  • Trinity for Mac OS X-specific problems (installation, OpenOffice.org won't start, etc.)
  • OOoForum for general OpenOffice.org issues (how do I perform X task using OOo Writer, etc.)

Tips and Hints

A number of the also apply to OpenOffice.org/X11. Unless otherwise noted, these tips apply equally to OpenOffice.org 1.1.x and the forthcoming OpenOffice.org 2.0.

• • The section "More about customizing NeoOffice/J keyboard shortcuts" does not apply to OpenOffice.org/X11
• Improving the quality of on-screen font display
• • Set the files to open with Start OpenOffice.org instead of NeoOffice/J
• How to edit the default styles present in all new documents
• How do I turn off word auto-complete and other automatic formatting?
• How to dock the Stylist and other palettes
• Tips on using Find and Replace
• How to enable MySQL with NeoOffice/J or OpenOffice.org/X11
• How to create a simple database with NeoOffice/J or OpenOffice.org/X11
• Using the extendedPDF macro with OpenOffice.org/X11
• Searching contents of OpenOffice.org files
• Setting the default application for opening OpenOffice.org, Microsoftâ„¢ Officeâ„¢, and other file types
• Cyrillic keyboard layout single-key switch for Apple's X11 (Input Method Switch, page in russian)

OpenOffice.org 2.0-specific tips

• Playing Sounds and Media in OpenOffice.org 2.0