I've downloaded the drafts and intend to read. Unfortunately, I am not a
particularly good copy editor, but I am willing to mark and report what I find.
How do I learn the process for this?
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins-at-hillmanncarr.com
On Aug 9, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Dan wrote:
> T Hopkins wrote:
>> The ribbon interface is definitely MO's big vulnerability.
>>
>> I would also argue that continuing development and promotion of Base is
>> important. In
>> particular, decreasing the accessibility curve and making the usefulness of
>> Base more
>> apparent to users.
>>
>> Cheers, tod
>>
>> Tod Hopkins Hillmann & Carr Inc. todhopkins-at-hillmanncarr.com
>
> I agree. But where are the people who are willing to write the Base
> Guide? This takes time. I have been working on this project since OOo 2.0.
> (OK, I may be rather slow.) I just completed a rewrite of chapter 2 this
> afternoon. Rewrites of Ch 3 & 4 should take less time. Furthermore, there are
> very few volunteers to review my work. Then they need to be proof read for
> grammar, spelling, etc.
>
> --Dan
>
>> On Aug 9, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Jay Lozier wrote:
>>
>>> On 08/09/2012 02:43 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>>>> On 08/08/12 22:26, T Hopkins wrote:
>>>>> The difference in cost of the initial license, when considered from the
>>>>> full
>>>>> deployment/productivity calculation of an IT manager, is often not the
>>>>> deciding
>>>>> factor. The primary cost of changing software is not the license, but
>>>>> installation, configuration, training, and lost productivity during
>>>>> conversion.
>>>>
>>>> The total costs of all that would be FAR lower by converting from Office
>>>> 2003 or
>>>> any of its predecessors to LO compared to converting to Office
>>>> 2007/2010.....users
>>>> could at least get going almost immediately with LO whereas the new ribbon
>>>> seemed
>>>> to be almost unfathomable to a lot of people, so yes, going from one
>>>> version of MS
>>>> Office to a SIMILAR version (as in Office XP to Office 2003 or Office 2007
>>>> to 2010)
>>>> I agree. Going from a menu-based Office to a ribbon-based Office no, I
>>>> don't
>>>> agree.
>>>>
>>> AFAIK, MSO 2007/2010 are the only major packages that use the ribbon
>>> interface. All
>>> other recent Windows software I have seen still uses the traditional menus.
>>> IMHO most
>>> users can adapt to a reasonable menu layout fairly quickly; it is more
>>> about finding
>>> how to access a command than fighting the interface and finding the command.
>>>
>>> I would expect most users could "learn" the LO fairly quickly because it is
>>> same
>>> familiar menu style interface they are using on most packages.
>>>
>>> The total cost to install includes rolling out the software to the users.
>>> If a
>>> company is not planning a major office suite roll out then converting to
>>> any other
>>> suite will not occur. The ideal time to convert an organization is when
>>> they are
>>> planning to replace their current suite. Then the a comparison of all costs
>>> makes
>>> sense.
>>>
>>> -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>
>>
>
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