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We are a small consulting company, preparing to exploit what we hope will be a profitable a market niche, i.e. installing non-MS systems for small businesses.
As part of the plan, we dropped MS-office and have been using Open office for about 6 mo now. The intent was to give the product a throrough workout, hopefully becoming experts in the process. Our evaluation of the experiment is as follows:
Open office is OK but not great. For 90% of the documents we produce (reports, letters, and spreadsheets), it is perfectly adequate.
Exchange of documents with Clients using MS Office is not problematic. Most reports are acceptable in PDF format, and simple spreadsheets convert well between the two office platforms. RTF has been found to be an acceptable (but not ideal) means of document transfer into Word for clients that require it.
The major problem with successfully introducing Open Office has been lack of classroom training in use of the Tools.
Actually, lack of training was an incentive for us to explore the issue. We hoped that we would be able to develop the expertise in house, and then give classes for profit, assuming that OpenOffice would have sufficient growth to make a good business case.
Unfourtunately, we are still not able to exploit some features of the product ourselves, and do not find the documentation to be helpful in this regard. We too need some training. We are definitely not ready to start promoting Open Office to customers, and face the decision of continuing to use and promote Open Office (and the Java Desktop), versus reverting to MS Office.
Our local Sun Office say they have no interest in Open Office, and after (unsuccessfully) browsing OpenOffice and this site for information on OpenOffice training/certification, I'm posting here to see if I have missed some offering in that domain
Bill Winspur
Wynnon Systems inc.

You'll find web-based and classroom training on StarOffice here:
http://training.sun.com/US/catalog/staroffice.html
We also have training specific to the Sun Java Desktop:
http://training.sun.com/US/catalog/courses/WOD-1000-90.html
I hope this helps you meet your client's needs.

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Hello, longtime listener/user, first time caller
I've been using Muse since jumping on the Creative Cloud train a couple years ago, but to date all my experience had been in maintaining and updating a desktop version of a couple small sites. I loved the idea of Muse being able to assist in the creation of separate desktop/tablet/mobile layouts (ie responsive design), and this past week was my first experience in using it as I worked on a ground-up rebuild of http://www.eridusociety.org. I started with a Phone layout, with the intention of getting that right and then expanding outward to a tablet version, and once that was finished, adding a desktop layout.
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Sanjit, I think one of us is missing the point. It could be me - is there some way to easily and quickly pop open multiple layouts and pages? Because for me (running a 12-core Mac Pro with 64GB RAM and FirePro D700 GPU's), Muse lets me switch between one layout view and the next (not open them simultaneously), and takes several seconds to do this every single time. Opening and closing pages (to create separate tabs/windows) is also incredibly tedious.
I can appreciate that select and drag works just as well as selecting all and using copy/paste shortcut keys, but that is the least time consuming part of the process.
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Hi Daryl
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Hi
thought I would post there here as been having some issues with my Windows Mail but my desktop computer doesn't suffer same issues and on a Vista forum where I posted my problem a couple of very helpful told me who to try solving the issues.
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The difference between an AIR application and a browser
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I found that in many places you cannot use $(ENV_VARIABLE)
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cd c:/lcds/sampledb
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http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=60&catid=833&threadid =1387349&enterthread=y
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Hi, werty. Welcome to the Discussions.
By the numbers:
1. See my "Data Recovery" FAQ for comprehensive advice that may help you with this problem.
2. Based on what you describe, it sounds like you dragged your Documents folder to the desktop. Generally, the files and folders that appear on one's desktop are actually files and folders within your Home > Desktop folder. By default, your Documents folder is also within your Home folder, at the top level like the Desktop folder, i.e. Home > Documents. You should have moved the Documents folder back to the top level of your Home folder.
Mac OS X aliases to objects — roughly equivalent to Windows shortcuts to files and folders — are created by dragging an object while holding both the Command and Option keys. See "Mac OS X 10.4 Help: Creating an alias." An alias to an object displays a curved arrow in its lower-left corner — a badge — to differentiate itself from the actual object.
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Finally, you wrote: "My previous experience has been on Windows PCs, and as a result, I make assumptions and get frustrated on my new Macbook."While Macs are quite intuitive, there are some significant differences between Mac OS X and Windows and an associated learning curve. In some cases, the key to switching is, as Yoda said, that "you must unlearn what you have learned."
Since you are new to Mac, you will find my "Learning About Mac OS X" FAQ helpful. It lists a number of resources that you will find useful in your transition to Mac including books, online training, switching from Windows, and more.
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Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.

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My 5 yr old 2 GHz Intel Core Duo 20" iMac, right after I disconnected
an external HD that had been on the desktop (i.e. I forgot to eject it
properly), started displaying video anomalies (lines); testing
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replaceable? If so, is the "MPC ClientPro 434 All In One ATI MXM X1600
PCIe 128MB Video Card" I found on eBay (for $25, used) essentially the
same unit?
My soldering skills are, sadly, poor.
And it only dawned on me a couple days ago that because this iMac does
not have a Core 2 Duo processor, it will not be able to enter the
"Lion" generation.
Thanks,
Patrick
PS Are manuals for this model available? I have a copy of the Peachpit
Apple Training Series "Desktop and Portable Systems, Second Edition"
but it only goes up to the G5 20" iMac. There doesn't appear to be a
3rd or later edition in the series.

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Can anyone recommend some online training in the Adobe web design suite that would be suitable for a traditional designer crossing over into web design? Just need to start somewhere!
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Paperie37$ wrote:
Can anyone recommend some online training in the Adobe web design suite that would be suitable for a traditional designer crossing over into web design? Just need to start somewhere!
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