On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:02:37 +1300 Came this utterance fomulated by Michael Adams to my mailbox:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:52:04 +0000 > Came this utterance fomulated by Graham Smith to my mailbox: > > > It seems standard practice to create posters in PowerPoint ( at > > least it is at my University). As part of my subtle promotion of OOo > > I would like to provide some guidance on using OOo instead. > > > > Does anyone know of some readily available guidance aimed at using > > OOo for this purpose. My google search has only come up with > > PowerPoint stuff, plus a "you can also do this in OpenOffice" > > mention. > > > > So it would be useful if there was something out there that was > > specifically aimed at OOo especially if it pointed out any > > advantages of OOo over PowerPoint. > > > > I'd look to Draw as the better tool for the task. You probably want to > make the Migration Guide and the Draw Guide available on your intranet > and have read them yourself, ready to field questions. Sorry, OO.o > v2.x only at this stage: > http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html > I should also have mentioned the Getting Started Guide which contains an introductory chapter to Draw, which you should make recommended reading for anyone doing posters. For OO.o v2.x at the above link and for OO.o v3.x here: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/index.html -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
