Re: [libreoffice-users] Word 2003 to Libre Writer - Comparison Chart

Hi:)
I think just working through the "Getting Started" guide helps hugely.  Pay special attention to 
the Styles chapter.  
wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications

I 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 system
2.  There is some hope of  pushing them straight into using LO
Regards from 
Tom :)





> ________________________________
> From: Dr. R. O Stapf <reinhold@stapf-online.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 8:00
> Subject: 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 which 
> helps to understand how Writer work and a support to "unlearn" Word. I am currently struggling 
> with 
> unlearning Word and Power Point.
>
>
> On 2012-11-13 22:56, VA wrote:
> > Yes, MS completely redesigned the user interface with Word 2007, so any
> > chart 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 many
> > ways, just think differently. LibO uses not only paragraph styles but also
> > page styles, which is a completely foreign concept to MS. So, it's not just
> > about hitting a sequence of mouse clicks in the right order; it's about
> > relearning how to create, edit, and format documents. There are typically
> > several ways to accomplish a task, and the LibO method that is most like
> > Word may not be the best way to get things done. To get the most out of
> > LibO, you might find yourself having to deliberately unlearn Word. To be
> > sure, you can find things in the Writer menu that are similar to the Word
> > menu, but the power of an office suite comes in learning how the program
> > thinks, which is working at a deeper level than simply selecting a font from
> > a drop-down box, etc.
> >
> > Virgil
> >
> > ps. Can someone "fix" the annoying feature of this list that you must hit "reply all" to send a 
> > reply to the list? I'm constantly sending out duplicates of my messages because my first one 
> > only 
> > went to one person. No other list I belong to has that behavior. My apologies to Dr. Stapf for 
> > the 
> > rerun.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Dr. R. O Stapf
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 2:22 AM
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Word 2003 to Libre Writer - Comparison Chart
> >
> > I know that the creation of such a tool would take very important dev resources, but it would be 
> > a
> > good 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 
> > (or
> > 2010?)/
> >
> >
> > On 2012-11-13 02:27, charles meyer wrote:
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > MS Word has a comparison chart which shows you how to perform certain
> > > tasks 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 same
> > > task is done with different function key combinations in Word
> > >
> > > I was wondering if anyone has come across a similar comparison chart
> > > for Libre Writer and Word, especially Word 2003?
> > >
> > > The chart would show how a task is done in Word and then next to it
> > > would reveal how that task is done in Libre Writer.
> > >
> > > Thanks so much,
> > >
> > > Charles.
>
>
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