[mso] Re: Suggestions needed from Word Perfect converts
- From: "Anne Robson" <anne.robson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 09:19:34 +0100
Oh dear Linda - I think you have a tougher job than just teaching the
conversion phase. There *are* templates in WP, and it's easy enough to create
your own. But if they've never mastered the idea of not retyping everything
within WordPerfect then that job needs to be taught simultaneously with your
other task.
I used to use mailmerge within WP very happily - it's dead easy, as is creating
standard letters/templates.
If the class is a secretarial pool, would there be a pool supervisor who might
be worth spending some time with, before the classes start? My guess would be
that they may be entrenched in some very old-fashioned (ie typewriter derived,
rather than PCs and wordprocessor derived) practices that you need to know
about to be sure you are even speaking the same language when you talk to them.
Otherwise you can find yourself talking straight over the heads of them all if
they aren't even familiar with basic word processing (as distinct from typing)
concepts and practices!
Just a thought - but I *think* you might save yourself some time later by
investing a little with their leader now!
Anne
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda F. Johnson
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 6:00 PM
Subject: [mso] Re: Suggestions needed from Word Perfect converts
Their job is mostly preparing financial reports for clients....up until
now they have been manually typing the info they receive in Excel files
into Word Perfect letters....so, I KNOW I can automate this for them since
Excel is going to be way more compatible for them in Word than in Word
Perfect (imagine receiving data in an Excel spreadsheet and manually
retyping all of that into a document....what a waste of time...LOL) They
emailed me a Word Perfect document they had done (along with the Excel
spreadsheet that they used to get the data), where they manually typed all
the Excel data in, using tabs to set it into columns....Evidently, they
have a standard letter they retype for EVERY client and put all of this
stuff in by TYPING....I just made a Word template with all the basics in
it and quickly copy/pasted the stuff in from Excel and did one entire
5-page letter in less than 5 minutes...now, I KNOW manually typing each
letter in it's entirety HAS to take longer than five minutes, no matter
how fast you type....so, I'm pretty confident I can show them that this
will be easier and faster for them. I have to wonder why they never used
a template...doesn't Word Perfect have templates? Why would they do this
manually when 3/4s of the letter is the same for every one they do?
Now if I can just deal with their "attitude"....*sigh*
Linda
Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers
Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop
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