Re: [Nolug] Computer Training in NOLA

I don't know what Ron's deal is<grin>, but what about online training. I
wish I could recall the learning resource that the University of
Houston (my employer) uses for training "MSFT lackeys", but it is
video-based and interactive. This might be the most cost effective,
but I've never sat through anything like it.

I do agree that the biggest change in Office over the years is the UI
and the collaboration capabilities, but in reality the same "go to"
features that I use are always accessible and able to be found - the
biggest one for me is the mail merge.

For all of my other office needs, I use Open Office, but have been
using Google Docs with success lately. That said, I do very basic
stuff and don't usually need more than quick access to a word
processor. You're also talking to a guy who straddles the fence
between Open Office presentations and LaTeX/Beamer for slides.

Brett

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 07:04:15PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> MSFT and their lackeys always say that FLOSS is really expensive
> because users need retraining...
>
>
> On 01/20/2011 05:29 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote:
> >Sure. The UI between Office 2003 and Office 2010 is very different. If we
> >did a major upgrade of any major application, such as Photoshop in an arts
> >shop, or even the OS, we would train the users. That's how you ensure
> >they're productive. Or am I missing something in your question?
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org
> >[mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Ron Johnson
> >Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 6:55 PM
> >To: nolug@nolug.org
> >Subject: Re: [Nolug] Computer Training in NOLA
> >
> >On 01/17/2011 03:05 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote:
> >>I'm looking for computer training for a client on Office 2010 in
> >>NOLA. Recommendations welcome. It's about 15 people. They need
> >>training for their migration from Office 2003 to Office 2010. Onsite
> >>or in a lab is fine.
> >>
> >
> >Office users need training when upgrading?
> >
> >But, but, but... OpenOffice, FUD, my head is exploding!!!
> >
>
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