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 Tue, May 26, 2020 at 8:44 PM Chuck Spalding <cspaldi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dan, > > It appears that that you are opening the OpenOffice program from within the > downloaded dmg file (i.e., from the window described below). That file > contains a virtual disk that contains the program and other files. You are > supposed to copy the OpenOffice program from that virtual disk to the > Applications folder on your computer. > > The steps for installing OpenOffice on a Mac are as follows: > > 1. Download the OpenOffice distribution file > Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.7_MacOS_x86-64_install_en-US.dmg. > > 2. Double click on the icon for the dmg file (i.e., wherever it got > downloaded to), which will (a) mount the virtual disk contained in the dmg > file, which creates an "OpenOffice" icon on the desktop, and (b) display > the virtual disk's contents in a window named "OpenOffice" (which is the > "screen" referenced in the instructions that you quoted). > > 3. *In that "OpenOffice" window*, drag the "OpenOffice.app" icon to the > "Applications" icon (also in that window—it is an alias for the actual > Applications folder). (You appear to have dragged the "OpenOffice" icon > from the desktop to the Applications folder, which is not the same > thing—different name and different source location.) > > 4. Close the "OpenOffice" window. > > 5. Select (single-click) the "OpenOffice" icon on the desktop, and select > File > Eject "OpenOffice". (You could also right click [or hold down > Control and left click] on that icon and select Eject "OpenOffice" from the > menu that is displayed.) > > 6. Drag the downloaded dmg file to the Trash (or save it somewhere for > [unlikely] future use). > > Then, to use OpenOffice, double click on its icon in the Applications > folder. > > If you want to avoid having to go to the Applications folder (or the > Launcher?) each time you want to use OpenOffice, you can keep its icon in > the Dock permanently. > > I hope this helps, > > Chuck > > P.S. For the record, I have not looked at the instructions posted on the > OpenOffice website. >
