a couple of suggestions:
(1) choose LO as the default - in this way, these documents
should open well in LO.
(2) When you open these documents, 'save as' using the LO suffix.
(3) do not delete MS Word.
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 4:43 AM, Kyla Robertson <[email protected]>wrote:
Hello,
>
> I'm migrating from MS Word (Office 2002 !) to LibO Writer. In Word, my
> Normal.dot template contains many, many things: about 150 styles, 250
> macros, some auto-insert texts, some custom shortcuts, many toolbars
> and custom buttons.
>
> How can I keep this all to use it with Writer?
>
> In "Migration Guide: A guide to ease your migration to OpenOffice.org
> from other office [suites] (2004)"
> (
> http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/manuals/oooauthors/MigrationGuide.pdf
> ),
> I found a few things:
> * AutoText entries: will the built-in method to import them still
> work with LibO 3.6.2?(should I get version 3.6.2 or 3.5.6, btw? I'm
> not sure I understand the difference.)
> * AutoCorrect entries: there's a work-around with a macro and the
> editing of a ./user/autocorr/acorrXXXX.dat file...
> * Custom dictionaries: there was a work-around to import their
> content, but the link to download the macro isn't valid anymore.
>
> Do you know of a more recent migration guide, or a tutorial on the
> Web, or forum post maybe? I couldn't find anything else.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
>
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