Hi:) I think just working through the "Getting Started" guide helps hugely. Pay special attention to the Styles chapter. wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
I had to help someone tidy up a Word document yday and it was a total Pita. Fortunately they are very unfamiliar with MS-anything so; 1. They didn't do so many of the weirdnesses that people learn to use to really stuff-up their documents and make them unreadable to everyone that isn't using their system 2. There is some hope of pushing them straight into using LO Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Dr. R. O Stapf <reinh...@stapf-online.com> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 8:00 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Word 2003 to Libre Writer - Comparison Chart > >When I wrote my comment I was not thinking about the change of a font, but >getting something which >helps to understand how Writer work and a support to "unlearn" Word. I am >currently struggling with >unlearning Word and Power Point. > > >On 2012-11-13 22:56, VA wrote: >> Yes, MS completely redesigned the user interface with Word 2007, so any >> chart made for Word 2003 could be very different for one made for Word 2007. >> >> I'm not sure how effective a chart would be, for LibO and Word, in many >> ways, just think differently. LibO uses not only paragraph styles but also >> page styles, which is a completely foreign concept to MS. So, it's not just >> about hitting a sequence of mouse clicks in the right order; it's about >> relearning how to create, edit, and format documents. There are typically >> several ways to accomplish a task, and the LibO method that is most like >> Word may not be the best way to get things done. To get the most out of >> LibO, you might find yourself having to deliberately unlearn Word. To be >> sure, you can find things in the Writer menu that are similar to the Word >> menu, but the power of an office suite comes in learning how the program >> thinks, which is working at a deeper level than simply selecting a font from >> a drop-down box, etc. >> >> Virgil >> >> ps. Can someone "fix" the annoying feature of this list that you must hit >> "reply all" to send a >> reply to the list? I'm constantly sending out duplicates of my messages >> because my first one only >> went to one person. No other list I belong to has that behavior. My >> apologies to Dr. Stapf for the >> rerun. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Dr. R. O Stapf >> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 2:22 AM >> To: users@global.libreoffice.org >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Word 2003 to Libre Writer - Comparison Chart >> >> I know that the creation of such a tool would take very important dev >> resources, but it would be a >> good tool to promote LIbO Writer. >> >> But why to compare with Word 2003? As far as I know a big change has taken >> place with Word 2007 (or >> 2010?)/ >> >> >> On 2012-11-13 02:27, charles meyer wrote: >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> MS Word has a comparison chart which shows you how to perform certain >>> tasks in Word compared to how you effect them in WordPerfect. >>> >>> It's an easy chart to check (and learn) Word if you've been a WordPerfect >>> user. >>> >>> Ex. Ctrl/F8 will perform a certain task in WordPerfect but that same >>> task is done with different function key combinations in Word >>> >>> I was wondering if anyone has come across a similar comparison chart >>> for Libre Writer and Word, especially Word 2003? >>> >>> The chart would show how a task is done in Word and then next to it >>> would reveal how that task is done in Libre Writer. >>> >>> Thanks so much, >>> >>> Charles. >>> >> >> > > >-- >For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >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 > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
