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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.
Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are technical consultants and sales representatives.
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Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
- 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
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Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- 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
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Course Content
Module 1 - An Introduction to StarOffice
- Sun Vision, value proposition
- Selling StarOffice
- The StarOffice software - history and facts
Module 2 - 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
Module 3 - 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
Module 4 - 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
Module 5 - 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
Module 6 - 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
Module 7 - Document Security
- Password protection of documents
- Password protection of sheets and cells
- Documentation of changes on document content
- Version control on documents
Module 8 - 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
Module 9 - 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
Module 10 - 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
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