Getting People to Use OpenOffice
I’m not very good at this myself, even though I’m personally committed. Here are some ideas that might help.
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There’s a good article on this at OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas. It’s probably just my style, but I find the entry editor harder to use than creating macros, so I like to find these good point by point directions.
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