Liberty wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 14:13:52 +0000, Alain Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 02:07:32PM -0000, Gordon
Burgess-Parker wrote:
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> So: yes - people do need training in OO to bring
them from M$ Office.
>>>
>>> As a "middle-aged" computer user (and an Advanced
Excel User) I would say
>>> the training needed to use OO from MS Office is
about the same as that
>>> needed to go from MS Office 2000 to MS Office 2002
- ie not a lot.
>>> My 20 year-old son didn't even notice that he was
using Calc instead of
>>> Excel........
>> My kids have been using OO (& MS Office @ school &
their mum's) since age 12,
>> young people are NOT the issue - they are generally
flexible and happy to play
>> with technology.
>>
I think a person's comfort zone has something to do
with it. We always seem
willing to let the kids happily tinker with the newer
things and get them to
help us when we have a problem with the computer. I'm
mid-twenties and the kid
the family calls on to fix the problem and I still
quite happy to play with the
technology
>> You are not the sort of person that I am talking
about - by dint of being
>> subscribed to this list to start with - Some people
are upset by minor changes
>> that you or I would hardly notice -- these are the
problem people.
>>
>> However: you do make the valid point that
retraining from MSO 2000 to MSO 2002
>> is also needed for some people.
>
> I think the best way to start training people is
just to install OOo into
> their machines and invite them a "have at it" Most
will take right to it, and
> training will be minimum. As problems with
compatability (macros} crop up,
> they can be addressed at leisure. Dropping a new
version of MSO would be more
> dramatic, because it will difficult to keep the 2
versions active at the same
> time.
I think you also need to inform them why your putting
the software on the
computer, and what problems (MS format not default
used)or benefits they may
expect(Can Open MS Files, Create/Export PDF). You also
need to explain what the
program does could be used for (What tasks do they
do now with something else
that they could use the new software for instead).
Writer creates documents/letters, Newsletters. It is
Like MS Word
Calc used for calculations, budgets, Numbers. It is
Like MS Excel
Impress used to make presentations. It is Like MS
Power Point
Internet/Web browsing Firefox has tabs, blocks pop-ups
Use Instead of MS IE
Your point of multiple versions coexisting is a
good-one I have 1.1.5 (use for
the smaller sized PDF that are exported alongside
2.0.1 (and I forgot about that
point)
Cameron Smith
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