Re: Affecting Institutional Change (Yeah Right)
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 03:49:54PM -0400, Amy Templeton wrote:
>
> Can anybody recommend a *really, really convincing* source of
> information I can give people/my college that will aid in deterring
> them from trying to force people to use MS-Office files (by sending
> them via email and posting them on official college sites)? The
> ones I've been using
Change colleges?
Talk directly to the people creating the files. Explain the problem and
ask them what they would need to effect change. I've never used an MS
office product so I don't know what's involved, also I don't know the
content of the files or how they are generating them.
What about talking to the people who supply the authors with the
computers? Perhaps they can provide an easy pointy-clicky-gimmik that
transforms their doc files to something useful. It may be as simple as
adding a button to a tool bar, right beside the "save as doc file", a
"save as something useful" button. The author may not have the
skill or permission to change the toolbar directly.
Good luck,
Doug.
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