On 3/2/2010 11:50 AM, Josh wrote:
Hey everyone. I am new to the mailing list so please let me know if I am
missing something or doing something wrong.
I run the site easy10seconds.com, which is a "video how to" site with the idea of
supplying short& free videos for others to link to. I have 3 OOo right now; Calc,
Writer& Impress. (http://easy10seconds.com/How-To-Video/OpenOffice.org) I am starting off
small and simple and just making short how-to's of the commands in action. Tutorials will most
likely come later, but there are usually enough full tutorials out there already. My idea right
now is to see if integrating these small videos into a text tutorial might be beneficial to an
end user learning the software.
For example:
Say the section of the how to is talking about "fill a range of cells with
data" any word could then be hyperlinked to this video:
http://easy10seconds.com/How-To-Videos/OpenOffice.org/Calc/Fill-a-Range-of-Cells-with-Data/video
This would allow the user to be able to read over the hyperlinked word if they already
know it or click on the link if they would like to see an example of this being done.
This could be done for a number of commands or actions, anywhere from "Insert a
Column" 11 seconds
(http://easy10seconds.com/How-To-Videos/OpenOffice.org/Calc/Insert-a-Column/video)
To
"Combine Data from Cell Ranges" 16-seconds
(http://easy10seconds.com/How-To-Videos/OpenOffice.org/Calc/Combine-Data-from-Cell-Ranges/video)
I am open to suggestions& am willing to put in some time to help make more
videos if people find it helpful.
I have a few more ideas that people might be interested in, one is a "quiz" or "software
Training" that makes use of these "Video Hints" in an interactive quiz like format. You can
try it out on the home page bottom right (http://easy10seconds.com/) or specific ones: Photoshop
(http://easy10seconds.com/Demo/Photoshop-CS4/25/33) Flash (http://easy10seconds.com/Demo/Flash-CS4/59/40)
PowerPoint (http://easy10seconds.com/Demo/PowerPoint-2007/19/13)
I have a calc one that I will be putting out on the site this week or next week.
Let me know your ideas.
Thanks,
-Josh
A tutorial I would like to see would be a definitive, detailed guide for
employing Writer with master documents for creating books and such.
Master documents is a major area where Writer compares unfavorably with
Adobe FrameMaker. Having a solid tutorial with master documents,
possibly with macros, user source files, and sample templates added
would be a nice addition. Such a tutorial would need to employ much of
the functions that OOo has.
If any writer or team of writers and editors wants to author/edit such a
tutorial, I would volunteer as its lead technical editor.
Gary
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