Re: Searching for Webbased MSWord look a like

Dances With Crows wrote:

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:36:05 +0100, Chris staggered into the Black Sun
and said:
Christian Maier wrote:
I want to implement wikimedia in our company and there for I would
like to use an alternate frontend. Problem is, most of the staff
knows MS Word and know nothing about html or Wiki-Tags.
Is it really too hard to try and train the staff to use Wiki-Tags? It
would probably only take a couple of sessions - an initial one and a
follow-up - plus online help on the Wiki to get people up to speed.

I guess you've never worked with the general public. A lot of people
just *don't get* markup languages, or they're unwilling to do anything
differently, or they don't want to learn anything new.

They don't /need/ to get it, all they need to do is learn the basics.
Wiki tags aren't as bad as HTML and you only need to learn a few to get
a legible document. The OP could even just generate a bunch of template
pages which people could just cut and paste what they need/want.

It might be
easier to use a blog-like approach as Michael H. suggested in the
other branch of this thread if the users aren't capable of grokking
wiki tags.

Michael also made a similar comment as I did regarding the ineptitude of
the 'staff'. Although, of course, it's up to the OP to decide which is
a better use of his time :-) Train the staff or try to fit into their
mold.

Try to sell it to the users as "It's like MySpace, but
work-related and
with no pictures of half-naked drunk girls!" Maybe that'll help.


Perhaps a few strategically placed said pictures would sell it even
better ;-)
.

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