Many organizations start their transition away from Microsoft Office by switching to OpenOffice.org
on Windows. This way you can have both Office and OpenOffice.org running on the same systems as
you gradually work out any conversion issues. Once the issues have been resolved, you can migrate to
Linux. In any migration effort, follow good practices such as starting with smaller groups to ensure
any glitches or problems are properly handled.
Using Traditional Linux Publishing Tools
With old-school text processors such as Groff and TeX, you can ignore document appearance while
writing. Plain-text macros instruct postprocessors how to lay out a document for printing after
writing is done. With word processors such as OpenOffice.org Word and StarOffice Writer, you
mark up text and see the basic layout of the document as you write.
Some attributes of the traditional Linux document preparation tools make them particularly well
suited for certain types of projects. TeX and Groff are a pair of these ???classic??? tools and have been
popular among technical people because:
You can manipulate files in plain text. Using tools such as sed and grep, you can scan
and change one document or hundreds with a single command or script. This makes it
easier when company or product names change, for example.
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