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Revision as of 10:06, 2 July 2007
Competitive Documentation Analysis
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Contents
Project Owner
Competitor Products
OpenOffice.org/StarOffice | Microsoft Office | WordPerfect Office | SoftMaker Office | GNOME Office | KOffice |
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Writer | Word | WordPerfect | TextMaker | AbiWord | KWord |
Calc | Excel | QuattroPro | PlanMaker | Gnumeric | KSpread/KChart |
Impress | PowerPoint | Presentations | Presentations | - | KPresenter |
Draw | - | - | (vector drawing integrated in TextMaker) | (GIMP/Inkscape) | Karbon14/Krita |
Base | (Access) | (Paradox) | DataMaker | Gnome-DB | Kexi |
Math | - | - | Editor for math. formulas | - | Kformula |
Windows, Unix, Linux, (OS X) | Windows, OS X | Windows | Windows, Linux | Windows, Unix, (OS X) | Unix, Linux |
Other competitor products that were not analyzed are:
- iWork and Apple Works from Apple
- Ability Office from Ability Software
- Applixware from Vista Source
- ONE from e-press
- Lotus SmartSuite from IBM (Lotus)
- Papyrus from R.O.M. Logicware
- ThinkFree Office from ThinkFree Office
- Mariner Pak from Mariner Software
For further information look at Comparison of office suites in Wikipedia
Competitive Analysis
- Documentation types:
to get an overview of how much documentation is designed for being printed and how much documentation is designed for online use, and to see what different types of documentation are existing (help, manuals, tutorials, training courses, videos, tips and tricks ...)
OpenOffice.org/StarOffice | Microsoft Office | WordPerfect Office | SoftMaker Office | GNOME Office | KOffice |
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"* PerfectExpert is a tool for beginners, a totally conceptual help with templates and tutorials that provide advice and guidance specific to the task"
- Search functions
to have a closer look at the different search functionalities in Application Help and printed documentation (search boxes, index, glossary, chapter headings ...)
OpenOffice.org/StarOffice | Microsoft Office | WordPerfect Office | SoftMaker Office | GNOME Office | KOffice |
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- Information types
to rate the distribution of the four information types:
- instructional information: detailed stepwise instructions
- conceptual information: explanation of specific office terms, particularly important for beginners
- referential information: functional descriptions (of dialog items or spreadsheet functions for example)
- examplary information: examples that help to understand actions and concepts.
OpenOffice.org/StarOffice | Microsoft Office | WordPerfect Office | SoftMaker Office | GNOME Office | KOffice |
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- Visualization
to examine the visual elements that help understanding text (graphics, icons, tables, screenshots, colors, layout)
OpenOffice.org/StarOffice | Microsoft Office | WordPerfect Office | SoftMaker Office | GNOME Office | KOffice | |
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Graphics | none | to explain concepts (for ex. footers) | to explain concepts, with captions | none | none | to explain concepts, barely used |
Icons | for buttons, notes, tips | for tips, notes | for buttons, tips, notes | for buttons | for buttons, tips, notes (badly integrated in text) | for buttons (badly integrated in text) |
Tables | for shortcut lists and some other stuff | for shortcut lists and Excel functions | for shortcuts lists, QuattroPro functions and instructional text ("You can also...", "To ... do the following") | simple but clear, for shortcut lists, commands, icon explanations | barely used and in a mess | barely used |
Screenshots | in spreadsheet examples and to explain the workspace | to explain screen elements | in spreadsheet examples and to explain the workspace | to explain the workspce and particular screen elements, frequent in instructional information | no consistent use | frequent in instructional information |
Colors | none | for headings and definitions | none | for notes and tips background, bullets and numbers and marks in screenshots | for marks in screenahots | for marks in pictures and terminal commands |
- Navigation
to see how links and cross-references are used
OpenOffice.org/StarOffice | Microsoft Office | WordPerfect Office | SoftMaker Office | GNOME Office | KOffice |
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- Contents organization
to answer the questions "Where are the contents?" and "Are the contents easy to find?"
OpenOffice.org/StarOffice | Microsoft Office | WordPerfect Office | SoftMaker Office | GNOME Office | KOffice |
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Recommendations for OpenOffice
Recommendations | Reason | |
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Documentation types | none | to explain concepts (for ex. footers) |
Search functions | for buttons, notes, tips | for tips, notes |
Information types | for shortcut lists and some other stuff | for shortcut lists and Excel functions |
Visualization | for shortcut lists and some other stuff | for shortcut lists and Excel functions |
Information types | for shortcut lists and some other stuff | for shortcut lists and Excel functions |
Information types | for shortcut lists and some other stuff | for shortcut lists and Excel functions |
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