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SearchOpenSource: Easing Migration with the OpenOffice.org Menu and Toolbar Configuration Tools

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 25, 2006

[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link.
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“One of my blog readers reports that, when he migrated his
organization to OpenOffice.org, he didn’t even tell the users that
they were switching to a different office suite. He just said that
there was going to be a big upgrade. Then, he and his migration
cohorts modified the OpenOffice.org menus and toolbars to resemble
the Microsoft Office layout and phrasing as much as possible
(without violating copyright, of course) and gave that configured
version to the users. He reports very few problems with the
migration.

“I love that story. Is the biggest problem with change simply
that it is change…?”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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