Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Macro to abandon edits

On 31/10/14 15:58, Andreas Säger wrote:
> Am 31.10.2014 um 12:20 schrieb rmg:
> > I'm migrating a bunch of spreadsheets from Debian Lenny/Openoffice to
> > Debian Wheezy/Libreoffice 3.5.x. This is a dedicated setup used by many
> > once-a-year users (who aren't chosen for their familiarity with
> > computers) and, for instance, boots straight into a front end when
> > switched on and shuts down when you close the front end. All driven by a
> > startup script which launches the front end and waits for it to close.
> This sounds like a horrible mess. As far as I know, you can control the
> entire office process through a real program (Java, Python, Java Script)
> which starts up the office suite in listening mode, connects to the
> listening office, plays games with the same UNO-Api as macros do and
> finally takes care of the proper shutdown.
>
> I would train my users instead.
Best of luck. It's for a club and there are 80 or so people who use it. 
If you had a well publicised training session you might get 15 or 20 
turn up - and they'd have forgotten it all when it came to their turn to 
use it up to a year later.

--
Dick Georgeson


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