Re: [seul-edu] OSS for schools

[Randy Edwards <redwards@golgotha.net>]

> Are there any good How-Tos on this?  Or do any of the StarOffice or
> OpenOffice.org books[*] cover switching from MSO->OOo?
   I don't know of any how-tos, sorry.  The way we handled this was simply 
to tell people to do a save-as.  I do seem to recall that OOo has a function 
to do mass conversions off from its file menu, but we didn't really use that.

   We did purchase a few StarOffice books.  I wasn't particularly concerned 
with the content in them, I just wanted a basic range of books available in 
our library.  Our users are at the simple end of the spectrum and as with 
many colleges, people like to complain about anything.  Being able to refer 
them to books quiets any such complaints quickly.  Of course them reading 
them is another issue. :-)

 Regards,
 .
 Randy

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