that works for me ;-)
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: Hi :) > Yes, that is the best way to migrate. Keep whatever MS Office you happen > to have and install LO. There's no reason to upgrade the MS Office so you > still make the saving but you still have access to it when you need it. > Gradually you find more and more reason to use LO as you learn more about > how to use it and less reason to be pushed into using MSO. > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > From: anne-ology <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my > styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot > To: "Andreas Säger" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, 14 October, 2012, 23:21 > > why not just keep both programs on the machine ;-) > > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Andreas Säger > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Am 11.10.2012 11:43, Kyla Robertson wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm migrating from MS Word (Office 2002 !) to LibO Writer. In Word, my > > > Normal.dot template contains many, many things: about 150 styles, 250 > > > macros, some auto-insert texts, some custom shortcuts, many toolbars > > > and custom buttons. > > > > > > How can I keep this all to use it with Writer? > > > > > > In "Migration Guide: A guide to ease your migration to OpenOffice.org > > > from other office [suites] (2004)" > > > ( > > > http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/manuals/oooauthors/MigrationGuide.pdf > > ), > > > I found a few things: > > > * AutoText entries: will the built-in method to import them still > > > work with LibO 3.6.2?(should I get version 3.6.2 or 3.5.6, btw? I'm > > > not sure I understand the difference.) > > > * AutoCorrect entries: there's a work-around with a macro and the > > > editing of a ./user/autocorr/acorrXXXX.dat file... > > > * Custom dictionaries: there was a work-around to import their > > > content, but the link to download the macro isn't valid anymore. > > > > > > Do you know of a more recent migration guide, or a tutorial on the > > > Web, or forum post maybe? I couldn't find anything else. > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > > > > > > This is not a free clone of some other program. All it can do is loading > > .doc files fairly well. Please switch to this software or stay with > > WinWord. > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
