Joe Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uwe Fischer wrote: >> ... >> Currently, you can press F1 to open the Help Viewer, then enter >> something like "Microsoft" on the Index tab page, and you find a lot >> of help pages. Is this sufficient? Should we use another >> presentation, as WordPerfect did it with that special command in >> their Help menu? ... > > Great! Anything that can be done to ease migration will have big > benefits. > A special section in the help is a great idea, but many (actually I'd > guess 'most') people will never look in the help, or at least not pick > the magic search term. So, I would say a prominent menu item would be > almost a necessity. > > I wonder if the help item could open some kind of page that would be a > "migration resource index"? Some kind of TOC with links to the online > help, web resources, or whatever. Would it make sense to ship a copy > of the migration guide, or at least link to it? > > Would it not also make some sense to actually ship some kind of > "welcome" or orientation document that would open after the first-use > wizard? Maybe a printable "reference card" or similar. That could be a > lot nicer than a blank screen. > > The most common question from new migratory users is something like > "In Office, I used (some feature) heavily, but I can't find it in OOo. > What's up?" If we had something to answer that for the top dozen or so > requests, I think it would go a long way toward making people feel > more comfortable. > > <Joe
As one going through that state at this time, I'd have to agree it would be pretty helpful. A couple of the sticking points for me were: -- Duplicating Word's Insert; Section Break; New Page for example. It's actually easily done in OOo, but when you're coming from Word, it doesn't feel "intuitive" since you think you want to Insert a special kind of Break. -- File selection dialog boxes don't seem to let me switch to a different drive or distant folder. All I have is "UP" one folder or choose from the display. I cna "up" a number of times and get there, but ... . I may take a look at the link given; OOs is well worth supporting if I can actually make some good and as yet unposted comments. Twayne --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
