WE do need to have some document comparing MSO [2003, 2007, 2010, and
2013] with LibreOffice as part of a Marketing Tool. We need to be able
to show our users that what they are using MSO for, they can use LO to
do the same.
There are many advantages in using LO instead of MSO, besides the price
of the software, and we need to have some "official" list/document from
LO/TDF that describes these advantages.
YES - I would like to see a chart comparing features with MSO. The last
one I used was MSO2003, but we need to have LO compared to MSO 2010/13
as well. 2010 is the current version and we need to compare LO with
MS's current package. It would be nice to get a MSO2013 beta and see
how LO compares with that package.
I know that there are differences in the UI, but the functions are the
important part. Import/Export filters. MSO does not have a Draw style
package, as far as I remember. Things like that.
On 11/14/2012 09:05 AM, Dr. R. O Stapf wrote:
Paying special attention to the Styles Chapters is definitely
important; maybe the most important chapters to look at.A guidance for
LibO beginners could help to move people from MSO to
LibO. I observe that many people are sticking with MSO because with
huge efforts they learned to use MSO (most often just very basics)
and don't want to take an effort to learn something new without a
good guidance.On 2012-11-14 20:38, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi:)I think just working through the "Getting Started" guide helps
hugely.Pay special attention to the Styles
chapter.wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/PublicationsI 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 system2.There is some
hope of pushing them straight into using LORegards fromTom :)
From:Dr. R. O
[email protected]:[email protected]:Wednesday, 14
November 2012, 8:00Subject: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 whichhelps to
understand how Writer work and a support to
"unlearn" Word. I am currently struggling withunlearning Word
and Power Point.On 2012-11-13 22:56, VA wrote:Yes, MS completely redesigned the user
interface
with Word 2007, so anychart 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 manyways, just think differently. LibO uses
not only
paragraph styles but alsopage styles, which is a completely
foreign concept
to MS. So, it's not justabout hitting a sequence of mouse
clicks in the
right order; it's aboutrelearning how to create, edit, and
format
documents. There are typicallyseveral ways to accomplish a
task, and the LibO
method that is most likeWord may not be the best way to get
things done. To
get the most out ofLibO, you might find yourself having to
deliberately unlearn Word. To besure, you can find things in
the Writer menu that
are similar to the Wordmenu, but the power of an office suite
comes in
learning how the programthinks, which is working at a deeper
level than
simply selecting a font froma drop-down box, etc.Virgilps. Can someone
"fix" the annoying feature of this
list that you must hit "reply all" to send areply to the list?
I'm constantly sending out
duplicates of my messages because my first one onlywent to one
person. No other list I belong to has
that behavior. My apologies to Dr. Stapf for
thererun.-----Original Message----- From: Dr. R. O StapfSent: Tuesday, November
13, 2012 2:22 AMTo:[email protected]: Re: [libreoffice-users]
Word 2003 to Libre
Writer - Comparison ChartI know that the creation of such a
tool would take
very important dev resources, but it would be agood 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 (or2010?)/On
2012-11-13 02:27, charles meyer wrote:Hi Folks,MS Word has a comparison chart
which shows you
how to perform certaintasks 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 sametask is done with different function
key
combinations in WordI was wondering if anyone has come across a
similar comparison chartfor Libre Writer and Word, especially
Word
2003?The chart would show how a task is done in Word
and then next to itwould reveal how that task is done in Libre
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