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Moving from WordPerfect to Word 2007...advice?
Hi hi,
I'll try to keep it short. My girlfriend works for a large non-profit law organization who is about to move from WordPerfect to Word 2007. She had a trainer lined up for their preliminary "training" , but it fell through. That's when I heard I was Plan B.
That being said, does anyone have any resources/ideas/experiences to share for migrating from WP to Word 2007? Anything related to legal practices would be ideal. I'm sure I will be able to answer most Word specific questions they might have, but I don't know anything about WP or the terminology of it, and I'm pretty sure that's where I'd be lost.
I'm hoping they can find someone else, but If I actually have to present this training I only plan on doing the initial training and sending out maybe a months worth of "tip of the day"'s afterwards, and do not plan on providing any follow-up or refresher training.
Or should I just run away?
I'll try to keep it short. My girlfriend works for a large non-profit law organization who is about to move from WordPerfect to Word 2007. She had a trainer lined up for their preliminary "training" , but it fell through. That's when I heard I was Plan B.
That being said, does anyone have any resources/ideas/experiences to share for migrating from WP to Word 2007? Anything related to legal practices would be ideal. I'm sure I will be able to answer most Word specific questions they might have, but I don't know anything about WP or the terminology of it, and I'm pretty sure that's where I'd be lost.I'm hoping they can find someone else, but If I actually have to present this training I only plan on doing the initial training and sending out maybe a months worth of "tip of the day"'s afterwards, and do not plan on providing any follow-up or refresher training.
Or should I just run away?
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Slowhand
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I'm not sure about what you'll find out there in terms of migrating from WordPerfect to Word, but I can strongly recommend the training from Lynda.com to get up to speed on Word 2007 functionality and features. In particular, have a look at Word 2007 Essentials, which may be a good place to start for your girlfriend's office.
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http://www.amazon.com/Lawyers-Guide-Microsoft-Word-2007/dp/1604427612 I have a client who got the outlook version and it has changed the way they use it -
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Thanks to both of you for the suggestions. I had thought about telling her to ask her boss about contracting professional training, but those in charge of the budget don't see this as a transition worth investing more money in, which is very unfortunate.
Fortunately, I think she'll be able to swing the idea of purchasing a dozen or so books to have in all the offices. Netsysllc has given me a third book choice to suggest, but it's the first one with a good review. We'll see I guess.