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On Monday 21 December 2009, Terry Hill wrote: > I've been trying to get a few of the people at college to try some > open source stuff and am enjoying a lot of success for a change. > > I've managed to push openoffice almost without opposition; it seems > the last m$ office outing has left those who struggle a bit out in the > cold after they "moved everything". Once I showed a small group they > could load/save m$ formats they've done the job of evangalising for > me. Anyway, to this end I've been asked to find two more > alternatives: > > Something for making charts, mind maps, flow charts etc, like Smart > Draw - eg very easy to use, semi-automatic. > > Something for converting PDF's or a way to get PDF's inside Openoffice > text documents. I havent been asked to get text in, just downloaded > charts etc found on the net. > > I couldn't push anything as "complicated" as gnuplot on anyone. > Anyway, I've been hunting around all day, and found masses of > shareware, freeware and suchlike, but isn't open source. Google isn't > my friend today... > > Does anyone know of anything fairly easy to use that I can show off to > the group? > > I'll carry on searching myself of course, but if you've seen something > that makes it a doddle (or if openoffce does both these things already > and I've just missed it!) let me know. > > Imagemagik will be too complex for them, nothing "command line" will > be any good. Oh, and they're all still using either xp or > vista..think it'll be a while before I get anyone to change on that > note, although I am wondering about getting the IT department in on a > "Free Software" demo... Dia and Kivio are a simple flowcharting tools. Inkscape does a reasonable job and a lot more too. Open Office Impress is even better and it may be an advantage that it is part of OO. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html