As a pre-requisite, I hope we have all moved to using the following set: Firefox/IE, JZip, Thunderbird & Lightning, VLC and Infra Recorder... and Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player. And de-installed all of the other software for these areas.
( Take a back-up before you remove something.)
Exception: Need to keep any specific software for some reason? Please let Richa know what and why today EOD.
Done: Moved to all of these, and removed the others? Please let Richa know: send her an email with the subject line: "Office-ready".
Now, install Open Office (2.4/2.3), either from the local access (Dhiraj/Rakesh ; Richa; Nitin Kale/Vineet Jolly) ... or from www.OpenOffice.org
Installation Steps:
- Run the setup for the application.
- After reading the licensing of the application, accept.
- Enter your information (User name: Your full name; Organisation: IBEXI, installation for anyone who uses the computer); then select the “Complete” tab for the setup type for installing all the features included in the application.
- Select all the file types for making open office as our default application. This will help in migrating any MS doc to open office. But you will still be able to open the documents with MS-Office with a right-click on Windows Explorer.
- Install.
When running the application for the first time, select the second option to register later; go ahead and run open office.
Important comments
- Try using Open Office; you do not have to do everything it - yet. Use it as a reader and for simple documents. Aim to get familiar with its usage.
- There are some differences in features & ways to do things; we will explain these to you. Got a question? Leave it on ibexi.wikispaces.com.
- We will send you notes on settings that will help usage.
- We will also send you templates that will simplify and standardise documents.
- Do NOT send documents to others as Open Document formats; always save as .doc, .xls, .ppt before sending to anyone in IBEXI or elsewhere.
And a big thanks to the many people who helped and are helping on Open Office migration:
- Dhiraj
- Vinod
- Anirban
- Ashish Gupta
- Rakesh Kumar
- Pashupati ... yes, he's a convert!
Regards,
Surajit Basu
www.ibexi.com
Reflecting on the future
"Be the change you want to see"
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Surajit Basu wrote: Hi all,
We should all have moved to using the following set:
Firefox/IE, JZip, Thunderbird & Lightning, VLC and Infra Recorder.
Hope you are comfortable with using these by now.
If you are using other software for these areas instead, please stop using them now.
It is time to move out of them, with the following approved exceptions: Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player (not recommended, but you can use for now).
This weekend, you should de-install all of the other software for these areas.
( Check the list you have sent to Richa. Identify the offending software. Take a back-up before you remove the software. Use Add/Remove Progam from the Windows Control Panel to remove the other software).
Need to keep any specific software for some reason? Please let Richa know what and why by tomorrow EOD.
We will set-up a process to verify that there is "No IBEXIAN left behind" :-) on these.
Then, we will take the next step ( common personal computing: email, documents and media.).
I hope there will be nobody missing so far, and we will go ahead with the next step: documents
So, get ready for a new look in the office...
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Regards,
Surajit Basu
www.ibexi.com
Reflecting on the future
"Be the change you want to see"
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
