NeoOffice® ReadMe

This file has been prepared in compliance with the NeoOffice Distribution Policy.

News and Support

Thank you for trying NeoOffice. Because NeoOffice is an open-source project developed and supported by an online community, there are many support resources available to you that you may not be aware of.

• NeoOffice homepage: 

http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/

• Many commonly-asked questions and tips on using NeoOffice have been collected by our users in the NeoWiki:

http://neowiki.neooffice.org/

• Trinity Forums offer news on the latest NeoOffice developments and support for Mac-specific program issues: 

http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums

• Because NeoOffice is based on the international OpenOffice.org effort, advanced support for program features is available from platform-agnostic OpenOffice.org forums: 

http://www.oooforum.org/

• If you find a bug in NeoOffice, you should report it in our bug-tracking system, the NeoOffice Bugzilla:

http://bugzilla.neooffice.org/

Important Information

Because of the nature of open-source development, bugs are being reported and fixes are being made available to users continuously. Patches, or small updates to fix bugs and add new features, are released on a regular basis. Users are strongly encouraged to download and install patches as they become available from the following site:

http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/patch.php

Please note that as the latest patch always includes the fixes and features from previous patches, the patches can be several megabytes in size.

Installing NeoOffice

NeoOffice uses the standard Mac OS X Installer and requires your Administrator password to properly install the application. NeoOffice Language Packs and Patches also use the Mac OS X Installer.

If this distribution also contains additional Language Packs* or Patches, you should install items in the following order:

1. NeoOffice
2. Language Pack(s)
3. Latest Patch

* Not all languages have a Language Pack (provides user interface and help in your language) available. Please note that installing a language pack will not add spellchecking support for a language. To add spellchecking support for a language, launch NeoOffice and select the File :: Wizards :: Install new dictionaries... menu.

Distributing Copies of NeoOffice

NeoOffice is a registered trademark of Planamesa Inc. within the United States for all goods falling within International Class 9, including but not limited to software and computer software products. This trademark is in effect until 2013 under Section 8 of the Trademark Act of 1946.

The GNU General Public License (GPL) does not cover trademark usage, only source code copyright. Trademark usage is covered under different laws.

Planamesa Inc. will take whatever legal action is necessary to ensure no one uses the NeoOffice trademark in any way the trademark holder deems to be unfit. Any usage of the NeoOffice trademark for software that is not directly affiliated with the trademark holder is hereby forbidden.

This should also serve as notice that usage of the NeoOffice trademark is hereby granted for any mirroring of only the NeoOffice binaries that are currently available for download from Planamesa Software providing that you distribute such binaries to any and all individuals without charge. Personal or non-profit use of such binaries (e.g. burning CDs to hand out to family and friends, use for installs, handing out CDs at conferences, any non-profit activity or organization, etc.) is allowed by the usage policy.

The moment that an exchange of money is involved, usage of the NeoOffice trademark is hereby prohibited unless 100% of gross margins on such sales are donated back to Planamesa Software.