Jean,
Thank you for the welcome. I am looking forward to helping.
Waiting for the login info...
In the meantime, I will be creating a new account on my computer so
there is no cross-contamination with my LO configuration and files.
Take care.
Girvin
Jean Weber wrote:
Welcome, Girvin! We are especially delighted to have someone to help
with the Base Guide.
I will set up your ODFAuthors account. You will receive a confirmation
email with a link to set your password.
As you probably know, Dan Lewis is the coordinator of the Base Guide.
I'm sure he will be in contact with you soon, regarding things like
the version being documented and other matters.
--Jean
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Girvin R. Herr
<girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Greetings,
Some time ago, it was suggested I offer to help out with the LibreOffice
documentation. I have looked at the documentation guides and I think I have
an understanding of how to proceed. My focus is with the Base documentation,
since I believe that is the most immature and in most need of support. My
Base experience is with the external database server, MySQL on Linux. I
have two mainly inventory databases containing over 11 main tables and 33
subtables. Several of the main tables have over 1000 records and increasing.
I have also created over 20 forms for data entry and maintenance. I stopped
using Oracle Report Builder (ORB) for my reports because it just doesn't
work for me. I am now using a 3rd-party report builder called DataVision
until ORB gets fixed. I am currently creating queries for my forms in order
to add some calculated fields to the forms.
Obviously, I have already signed up for this forum and have been monitoring
the messages for a few weeks to try to get a feel for the processes. I am
now actively offering to help. I downloaded the draft copies of chapter 2
and 3 of the Base guide yesterday and after reading the first 10 pages of
chapter 3 with red pencil in hand, I made several corrections to it. I now
believe my help may be needed as far as the Base documentation is concerned.
If the team wants me to help, I believe the next step is to get an
ODFAuthors account so I can access the original documents and get to work
proofreading/correcting them. I also will need to know which files the Base
team needs me to look at.
I should add that I am using LO version 3.6.4.3, not the latest 4.x. I have
a computer policy of never installing any software which has a version
ending in zero. Therefore, I cannot help much with the 4.x documentation
until 4.1+ or at least 4.0.6 is released. That said, I can help with the
older 3.6 documents until then.
Looking forward to helping out.
Girvin Herr
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