

And if you want to use Base database software on Windows, you'll need to install Java yourself again, something we'd expect the installer to do.

You can choose which programs to install (though there are few other options), which makes this like most other modern software packages.īut it's disappointing to see it flagged as insecure by Microsoft's SmartScreen and Apple's Gatekeeper because it's not properly signed when security is so important that's something no professional software should do. OpenOffice 4.0 has a single installer that adds most of the Windows components you need and walks you through making it the default software for Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. Installing OpenOffice used to require the painstaking gathering of installer files, dictionaries, help content and add-ons by hand. OpenOffice 4 has a single installer, although it doesn't install Java correctly on Windows and will show up as not coming from a known developer
