How can I install X11 without the Mac OS installation disks?

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/x11update2006113.html (it says update, but I think it’s the full package anyway. Otherwise, start with version 1.0: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/x11formacosx.html)

Have you tried NeoOffice? I believe it’s slightly behind OpenOffice, but not too much: http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php

I recommend NeoOffice also.

Yeah, NeoOffice doesn’t require X11.

There’s no reason to use OpenOffice when you have NeoOffice. Aside from that, OpenOffice 3 will support Mac OS X natively without X.

+1 for NeoOffice. Actually better on a Mac than OpenOffice, as the guys who have done the port have included a wide range of Mac specific tweaks (e.g. relating to font handling, use of Address Book, etc.) that have improved OOO to include some of the great things that OS X makes available. OOO under X11 ignores almost all Mac features, and looks / behaves just like it would on Linux. The OOO 3 for Aqua build is an Alpha grade thing and really isn’t that good. Will be interesting come September when the first production builds of OOO 3 for Mac and NeoOffice ‘3’ are released. But till then NeoOffice is really the best way to go.