[Lvlug] Office activities

Randy Kramer rhkramer@fast.net
Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:10:43 -0400


Faber Fedor wrote:
> For those of you in the audience that work in an office, what activities
> do you need your software to do?
> 
> All I can figure out is: word processing, faxing, spreadsheets, and the
> occasional presentation.
> 
> Have I forgotten anything (I hope I did, otherwise it's going to be a
> short presentation!).

Well, in an engineering office, you might:

    * Make Cad drawings
    * Make simpler sketches (like with Visio)
    * Make and monitor schedules using something like Primavera or
Microsoft Project
    * Make engineering calculations, possibly using something like
MathCad

Randy Kramer