-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Anastasia Diamond-Ortiz wrote:
> Hi all, > > My name is Anastasia Diamond-Ortiz (anastasia_diamond) and I'm a librarian > in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, where I run a computer training lab for the > public. Cleveland is a large urban area where many people don't have > computer skills or the money to buy expensive software but are now forced to > apply for even the most menial of jobs online and create professional > documents. We used to be able to lend software many years ago but since > that is no longer possible and we have limited resources at the library, > marketing Open Office by supplying it on a CD for patrons sounds like it > might be a great solution. Unfortunately our library is not interested in > using Open Office throughout the library but I may be able to convince them > to let me run it in the lab--maybe from a flash drive. If that is the case > I'd like to know if there are training materials for print I could use to > teach the public. It is intuitive to use for many people but our typical > patrons have no prior experience with computers, using a mouse or word > processing. > > Thank you for any help you can provide. I'm really excited about this > project. Keep up the good work. There are a number of books in print, and there are a lot of materials available for download. Try some of these: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation http://www.learnopenoffice.org/index.htm http://training.bytebot.net/ http://openoffice.resolvo.com/Student/studentIndex.jsp - -- Steven Shelton Twilight Media & Design www.TwilightMD.com www.GLOAMING.us -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) iD8DBQFIEG6PKP0FWmSVanERAunjAKCzD09Oi6sokxiDAFvTMNASvAL6LACghDiy jKhAH/TstGf22czDXEBgcHM= =KcuR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
