Hello, please be aware: this mail has been *sent erroneously to me*, instead of to the person who has submitted the question. To a number of other people asking for support has happened the same. Sincerely, Haim Giloh
On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 6:21 AM Chuck Spalding <cspaldi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dan, > > I don't know how you did it, but you do not have the OpenOffice > *application* in your Applications folder. (You could [single] click on > that icon and type Cmd-I [File > Get Info]. If I were a betting person, I > would bet the Kind is "Volume", not "Application".) Furthermore, I can't > imagine how clicking on the disk icon would go directly to the application. > > You need to remove whatever "OpenOffice" icon you have in the Applications > folder, and start over. After double-clicking on the downloaded dmg file, a > window named "OpenOffice" will open. *Staying totally in that* *window*, > drag the icon "OpenOffice.app" and drop it on top of the "Applications" > icon *in that window*. Then, when you open the Applications folder, you > should see "OpenOffice.app" (with a size of about 400MB), and Get Info will > show it as an Application. > > I just thought of another possible source of confusion. You have two > Applications folders that can come into play. One is the "system" > Applications folder (e.g., at the path /Macintosh HD/Applications), and one > is in your "personal" Applications folder (e.g., at the path /Macintosh > HD/Users/<your_name>/Applications). You want the OpenOffice app to be in > the "system" folder. However, regardless of which Applications folder > contains the "mystery" file, I don't understand the behavior you describe. > > Good luck, > > Chuck > > > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:51 PM Dan at News Media Services > <nmsin...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > > > Hi Dave,Thank you for your response.Here is what I did, after reading > > your notes: > > Quit Open Office by selecting"Quit" in OO menu bar.Ejected OO disk icon > > that remained on desktop.Opened the Application Folder located in the > Dock > > on desktop.Selected and clicked on OO icon in application folder.OO disk > > icon again appeared on desktop.Clicked on OO disk icon to start > program.OO > > start bar appeared and loaded on desktop.OO files opened, as usual. > > Everything above is what I go through each time I quit OO. > > The disk icon never goes away while OO is open.If I try to eject the OO > > disk on the desktop, a message says because OO files are opened, I have > to > > Force Eject. This would terminate the OO program, until I relaunch it. > > > > [snip] >
