Try this link for more info on how to be of assistance : http://qa.openoffice.org/helping.html
/paul On 4/29/06, Anastasia Mathis-Belay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm in! Anything to blow MS out of the water. Not sure how to approach the QA area as I am not a programmer but an end user. However, I can show someone how to make OOo a stronger, better, and more dynamic set of tools than MS Office is. Usually I have to do workarounds and often must trick MS Office app programs to do what I need them to do. As I mentioned before, I know how to use their programs in ways that even they say can't be done. Volunteer is what I thought it would be. Not a problem there. However, I need to sit down with someone who is building this product and show them what the Corporate Environment uses them for and how I have been able to push the programs beyond their limits in a high-end value arena. Once you show the Corporate Environment what this product's capabilities are – you will have them screaming to sign up free or not. That is the only way you will be able to bump MS out of the Corporate environment. I can do amazing things with MS Office – but I have to use workarounds and tricks to make it work. For example – 1. I can recreate anything from a Desktop Publishing program like Quark or InDesign in a Word Doc. This has enabled my customer base to do their own edits as most of their employees know how to work in Word but do not know the Desktop Publishing programs (which are costly and licensure is limited per user). Very useful for any industry which needs to limit their graphic design budget. Particularly areas like Marketing, Sales and client reporting schemas. 2. I can pull back end data from server environments into Excel spreadsheets, which in turn feed charts and graphs that can be used in Word or PowerPoint docs. Linked to those documents, the Word or PowerPoint docs will auto update themselves, thus limiting data entry edits and recreates for Charts and Graphs. Very useful for the Financial Industry. 3. I have created multiple PowerPoint slide decks for the consulting companies – of which use highly sophisticated graphing techniques. I have numerous ways in which to improve upon the PowerPoint standards and functionalities. Have someone from your group – or even better – from Sun Microsystems – contact me and I will work with them to show them how to create a better tool than what has currently monopolized the corporate arena. Thanks! Anastasia Mathis-Belay ------------------------------ *From:* Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:49 PM *To:* [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Subject:* Re: [discuss] I would like to be a power tester OOo is open source, supported and staffed predominately by volunteers. I'm sure, on a volunteer, basis the QA area would love to hear from you. Have a look at : http://contributing.openoffice.org/qa.html /paul On 4/28/06, *Anastasia Mathis-Belay* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I am a private contractor that has been using MS Office in the working world since it's inception. I have had various gigs in and around several Financial Institutions, Academia, Medical Institutions and have done various PowerPoint decks in the Consulting Field. I have over 12 years of Office Experience doing various things. MS Office sucks! Big Time! Every time I have contacted the MS Group with complaints or questions on how to with their new releases – particularly backward compatible software version problems – I usually end up telling them how to fix it or what is wrong. Since MS refuses to bring on power test users that know how to use their software on an expert level and in ways they never knew could be done – I would love to become a power test user for you and show you how to make a better tool than theirs from an operational standpoint. There are others I know too. Any bite? MS wouldn't! Let me know what you think. I am at this gig – and this email – for only another week or two. However, here is my personal email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for thinking this over. Ana Mathis-Belay HBS Executive Education 617.496.5720
