[ILUG] Open Source workshops...

[PJ Wall]

Kevin Philp wrote:

>I would be interested in what the problems where. We use Openoffice here and 
>the complaints can be boiled down to two types:
>
>1. I have open/saved as MS Office and the formatting has gone wrong.
>
>2. In MS Office I do xyz and I can't/don't know how to in OpenOffice.
>
>Problems with formatting have improved but its not and never will be perfect. 
>We send our documents out of the company as pdf. If they were expecting a 
>seamless interchange of editable documents with MS Office users they will be 
>disappointed.
>
>The second problem usually involves people who have no concept of how to use 
>the help system.
>
>Are you going to share your ideas on making the transition less painful???
>
>Kevin.
>
>  
>


Yes, I would be very happy to share all my research findings.  If anyone 
has any ideas about the most efficient way to do this, I'm open to 
suggestions.

I hope such an informed group as ILUG would find my research useful... 
it might be the case that organisations without indepth knowledge of 
OSS, but who are considering such a migration might get most benefit 
from what I have to say.

PJ