Re: [documentation-dev] How to add an extended tip to a new UI element?

[Uwe Fischer]

Hi,


Gregor Hartmann wrote On 03/15/06 08:32,:


Hi,

Am 14.03.06, 16:10:21, schrieb Uwe Fischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] zum Thema 
Re: [documentation-dev] How to add an extended tip to a new UI element?:



 


Hi,
   



 


Ivo Hinkelmann wrote On 03/14/06 14:45,:
   



 


Hi Uwe and Andras,

I think there is a small misunderstanding. Andreas has a patch to
modify helpcontent2 source file while Uwe is speaking about the
StarOffice Product Patch mechanism.

 


No, I did not. What I wanted to express is that it is not sufficient to
supply a patch file for a *.xhp file to see the changed content in the
help. Instead, the help must be compiled as part of the overall office
   



OK but why is it not sufficient to supply this patch in a bug so it can 
be applied and committed to CVS. It is already a change to the xhp file 
so there is really no other process needed or am I wrong.

And remember not everybody has CVS commit rights.

 



to change something in OOo including the online help, for normal users 
it is the recommended way to submit an Issuezilla issue and attach the 
files. (Power users may just go ahead and change the sources on one of 
their CWSses.) I already gave that advice.
But this would only work if the submitter wants the changes to be 
generally available. As I understand the first mail from Andras, he 
might want to supply the change only for a more restricted or private 
audience. But that may be only my misunderstanding.
So if the new feature should be available to all users of OOo and 
StarOffice, it would be best to submit the feature using Issuezilla. If 
the feature gets integrated to the software, we at the Documentation 
team will supply the online help - and we would be happy to get the 
necessary information from the developer in an issue, too. This way Sun 
will take care (and pay) for the translations into all major languages, too.




build. Frank gave most of the info you need to know (unfortunately not
all the info) in his HelpAuthoring.pdf manual on
documentation.openoffice.org - see
http://documentation.openoffice.org/online_help/HelpAuthoring.pdf
   





this link unfortunately is broken. It is also used several times on 
http://documentation.openoffice.org/online_help/index.html



 



I submitted http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=63197

Grüße
Uwe

[documentation-dev] Document-template update not working

[Jean Hollis Weber]

Someone on the Writer forum reported this: the message you used 
to get when opening a document linked to a template, asking if 
you wanted to apply your current styles (after the styles in 
the template were changed), no longer appears in OOo2.0.2, and 
there seems to be no way to have the document's styles update if 
you want it to. I have confirmed this, but I don't know when the 
function (and the message) disappeared from OOo, because I 
haven't used linked templates since 1.1.x.


Does anyone on this list know if this problem has been reported 
and if so, what the issue number is? (I can never find anything 
by searching IssueTracker.) I certainly hope it wasn't a 
deliberate omission, because this is a very important feature for 
many people, esp. those involved in a group project such as 
writing chapters of a book.


Yes, I know the workaround: Use Load Styles. But that's 
cumbersome, not automatic, and requires users to know that the 
template has changed so they need to update their styles.


Thanks! -- Jean

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