Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars from Normal.dot

Hi :)
Yes, that is the best way to migrate.  Keep whatever MS Office you happen to have and install LO.  
There's no reason to upgrade the MS Office so you still make the saving but you still have acess to 
it when you need it.  Gradually you find more and more reason to use LO as you learn more about how 
to use it and less reason to be pushed into using MSO.  
Regards from
Tom :)  


--- On Sun, 14/10/12, anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com> wrote:

From: anne-ology <laginnis@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: From MS Word to Writer: keeping my styles, macros, toolbars 
from Normal.dot
To: "Andreas Säger" <villeroy@t-online.de>
Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Sunday, 14 October, 2012, 23:21

       why not just keep both programs on the machine  ;-)



On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> wrote:

Am 11.10.2012 11:43, Kyla Robertson wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm migrating from MS Word (Office 2002 !) to LibO Writer. In Word, my
> > Normal.dot template contains many, many things: about 150 styles, 250
> > macros, some auto-insert texts, some custom shortcuts, many toolbars
> > and custom buttons.
> >
> > How can I keep this all to use it with Writer?
> >
> > In "Migration Guide: A guide to ease your migration to OpenOffice.org
> > from other office [suites] (2004)"
> > (
> http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/manuals/oooauthors/MigrationGuide.pdf
> ),
> > I found a few things:
> >   * AutoText entries: will the built-in method to import them still
> > work with LibO 3.6.2?(should I get version 3.6.2 or 3.5.6, btw? I'm
> > not sure I understand the difference.)
> >   * AutoCorrect entries: there's a work-around with a macro and the
> > editing of a ./user/autocorr/acorrXXXX.dat file...
> >   * Custom dictionaries: there was a work-around to import their
> > content, but the link to download the macro isn't valid anymore.
> >
> > Do you know of a more recent migration guide, or a tutorial on the
> > Web, or forum post maybe? I couldn't find anything else.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> This is not a free clone of some other program. All it can do is loading
> .doc files fairly well. Please switch to this software or stay with
> WinWord.

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