On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> I'm thinking of starting to create an updated migration guide for AOO. > If you have any thoughts on this, or want to help, let me know. > Excellent idea, it's in need of it, especially around network installs and network wide customisations. So I'm up for helping out. > > Target audience includes: > > 1) Individual Microsoft Office users, where such users provide their > own technical support. > > 2) IT departments who support users migrating from MS Office to OpenOffice > > 3) Groups considering moving to AOO and wanting some guidance on > migration strategy > > Rather than starting from scratch, I looked around to see if there is > anything close that could be updated. I saw that we have a few older > versions of this kind of document: > > 1) "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 > > 2) OpenOffice.org 2.0 Migration Guide (2006) > > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Migration_Guide > > 3) OpenOffice.org Migration Guide (2006) > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/images/7/79/0600MG-MigrationGuide.pdf > > Does anyone know of anything more recent than the 2006 version? Does > anyone know where the source for the 2006 PDF is? Or was it generated > from the wiki? > Originally it was generated from ODT files, that came from oooauthors. I have copies of those, unfortunately this is the latest version I have and I'm pretty sure nothing came after this. I also have a PDF of SUN Star Office migration white paper from 2009 which may be helpful Cheers GL > > I don't think it would be extremely difficult to update the guide. The > tasks would be mainly: > > 1) Update branding, logos, references to websites, ownership, license, > etc., of OpenOffice. > > 2) Update screenshots to current UI of AOO > > 3) Update any technical content that has changed, e.g., platforms > supported, file filters, etc. > > 4) Write content for new migration-relevant features in AOO. > > 5) General technical and editorial review of the content. > > Any other ideas? > > Regards, > > -Rob > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
