It is possible that the OSX system has that lockdown system for unsigned apps. You will need to disable that to be able to work with OpenOffice. More info here: https://www.my-private-network.co.uk/knowledge-base/apple-related-questions/osx-unsigned-apps.html
Another issue could be something expressed on this forum thread: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=328678&sid=4d0d84dd10b7770fa13c39f6d59708fa#p328678 On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Victoria Finder <vicks...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi…I am using Open Office with my MacBook Air (2012) and when I try to use > Open Office I receive an air message and it freezes. I recently installed > Yosemite operating system. The air message looks like this… I > > this… Can you help? Thank you. Victoria Finder (vicks...@gmail.com > <mailto:vicks...@gmail.com>) -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614