StarOffice Migration Partner

Trainingsziel

Dieser Kurs vermittelt folgende Kenntnisse und Fähigkeiten:

• Sell StarOffice software and services



• Plan a software migration



• Answer detailed questions from customers about StarOffice software components



• Point to key benefits of the StarOffice Writer software



• Point to key benefits of the StarOffice Calc software



• Point to key benefits of the StarOffice Impress software



• Connect StarOffice software with databases



• Install StarOffice software correctly



• Configure StarOffice software correctly



• Integrate software user profiles on a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server

Teilnehmerkreis

Students who can benefit from this course are technical consultants and sales representatives.

Voraussetzungen

Um diesen Kurs erfolgreich absolvieren zu können, sollten Sie über folgende Vorkenntnisse verfügen:

• Use StarOffice software as an end user



• Install and configure the software on computer systems



• Describe Sun Microsystems hardware desktop solutions that support the StarOffice software

Überblick über den Inhalt des Trainings

The StarOffice Migration Partner course provides students with the details and information needed to guide customers through the process of migrating from the Microsoft Office to the StarOffice product. This course focuses on sales information and on the technical details needed to support a successful migration. Students learn how to integrate the sales of other Sun Microsystems hardware and services with sales of the StarOffice software.

The hands-on exercises offered in this course might involve the access of equipment that resides in a location other than that in which this training is delivered.

An Introduction to StarOffice

• Sun Vision, value proposition
• Selling StarOffice
• The StarOffice software - history and facts

Installation and Basic Configuration

• The different types of installation
• Working with response files
• The Extensible Markup Language (XML) file format (introduction)
• System configuration files
• User configuration files

Brief Introduction in Configuring the User Environment

• The user information
• Configuring helper applications
• Working with Microsoft Office documents
• General configuration
• Information for help desk employees on StarOffice Writer, Calc, and Impress software

The migration of Microsoft documents

• Understanding the concept of templates
• Known problems
• Document preparation
• Developing a document migration scenario
• Developing a customized solution for mixed environments

Writer, Calc, Impress, and Draw

• Configuring the StarOffice Writer software
• Using the stylist
• Working with the navigator
• Configuring the StarOffice Calc software
• Benefit of using the stylist
• Introduction to using Impress software
• Introduction to working with Draw software

Working With Databases

• Connecting StarOffice software to different databases
• Brief introduction to using forms
• Brief introduction to working with reports
• Working with mass mailings
• Variables and functions in StarOffice software and how to use them

Document Security

• Password protection of documents
• Password protection of sheets and cells
• Documentation of changes on document content
• Version control on documents

The StarOffice Migration Toolkit

• Total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis and using a Calc spreadsheet
• The document analyzer, interpreting the report
• The macro converter
• General introduction
• Installing the helper application programming interface (API)
• Converting Microsoft software macros to StarOffice software macros

The Migration

• Prepare your customer
• Planning a pilot study
• First steps and milestones
• Developing the migration plan
• Calculating cost and complexity
• Different types of educational services and their cost

The Configuration Manager

• The concept of LDAP
• Preparation of the LDAP server
• Preparation of StarOffice software
• Installation of the Configuration Manager (CM)
• Using the CM

Kurssprache deutsch, Unterrichtsmaterial überwiegend in englischer Sprache.