Re: New Volunteer/Introduction
On 7/23/2014 11:35 PM, Sarah Spiers wrote: Hello everyone, I am a sophomore studying Writing, Literature, and Publishing at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, though I am currently petitioning to create my own major combining Writing and Video Game design. Volunteering for OpenOffice is not for a class, but I hope to apply the experience I gain to my academic pursuits. I have experience with and am interested in writing, marketing/communication, and basic graphic design. However, I am more than willing to help with anything else. I am a quick learner and will do my best. That being said, since I will be studying abroad in Europe this semester, I can only volunteer 5-7 hours a week of my time. However, when I return home this December, my availability will increase. I hope to work with all of you for a while and become a valuable part of the team. Thanks, Sarah Spiers Hell-o Sarah and welcome to Apache OpenOffice. Our documentation team is always looking for people to help with writing and editing our user documentation. We also have an active marketing team. If you haven't seen them already you should look at our orientation pages at http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html. They will give you some background and an introduction to the many ways that you can help. Again welcome and I look forward to working with you. As a courtesy I have cc'd you as you are not subscribed to the list. Please reply only to the mailing list. Also consider subscribing to the list so as not to miss other replies. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to dev-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org and follow the instructions in the reply you will receive. Regards Keith McKenna signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: New Volunteer/Introduction
Sarah Spiers wrote: Volunteering for OpenOffice is not for a class, but I hope to apply the experience I gain to my academic pursuits. I have experience with and am interested in writing, marketing/communication, and basic graphic design. However, I am more than willing to help with anything else. I am a quick learner and will do my best. You would be a perfect documentation volunteer. We have an ongoing documentation project where we start having quite a few people ready to help, but still need help from someone who is a good writer (and preferably a native speaker) and who can provide some continuity. You can find the work-in-progress documentation here: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide It's a wiki, so it will be fairly easy to edit. But you will need an account for that. Accounts are created on request: just let us know your preferred username and we can create it for you. Then the main discussion hub for documentation is the dedicated doc list: http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html ; make sure you read http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html and then please post to the doc list; you are free to pick the pages/sections you would like to work on, but we can also have suggestions for you if you prefer. Regards, Andrea. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: New Volunteer/Introduction
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: Sarah Spiers wrote: Volunteering for OpenOffice is not for a class, but I hope to apply the experience I gain to my academic pursuits. I have experience with and am interested in writing, marketing/communication, and basic graphic design. However, I am more than willing to help with anything else. I am a quick learner and will do my best. You would be a perfect documentation volunteer. We have an ongoing documentation project where we start having quite a few people ready to help, but still need help from someone who is a good writer (and preferably a native speaker) and who can provide some continuity. You can find the work-in-progress documentation here: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide Welcome, Sarah. I'm also a volunteer, and my main focus now is translating the UI Help System to Hebrew. Andrea mentioned an ongoing effort to make documentation move to wiki. I'm not sure what the future state of AOO [desktop] Help System would be, but I encourage you to review it too, and make it more clear, at times. Good luck!
Re: New volunteer introduction
sumit Murari wrote: Is there any complete ZIP File for the source, so that any it can be directly downloaded ... A ZIP source package can be downloaded from http://www.apache.org/dist/openoffice/4.0.0/source/apache-openoffice-4.0.0-r1503704-src.zip Getting the sources through SVN is equivalent for the purpose of building, but more convenient since you can easily update and see changes. Make sure you read http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO and possibly the section specific to your operating system. Regards, Andrea. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: New volunteer introduction
thnks for reply :) I can do development in C,C++ or JAVA, and frankly i want to contribute something. I just use OSS, for my work and haven't done any contribution yet, so it doesn't feels nice .. I'm comfortable with development, but i don't know, where to start and how to start . On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 3:22 AM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:45 AM, sumit Murari murarisu...@gmail.com wrote: hello all, My name is timus, i've been using OpenOffice, and many OSS, now i want to contribute some to openOffice. I'm from India, and i'm interested in contributing to OpenOffice. I've never contributed in any OSS so far, my contribution was limited to using software sending statistics and sending the crash report if i encountered any. Looking for anyone who can guide me ... Any help will be appreciated .. Hello timus and it's great that you want to get involved with OpenOffice. It would help if we had an idea of what areas you would like to help with. Some of our major areas, aside from direct user support through the Forums or users list, are discussed in the orientation modules: http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html So, if you can tell us a little more about what you'd like to do, we can assist you with your OpenOffice volunteer efforts better. -- - MzK When in doubt, cop an attitude. -- Cat laws -- *Sumit*
Re: New volunteer introduction
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:16 AM, sumit Murari murarisu...@gmail.com wrote: thnks for reply :) I can do development in C,C++ or JAVA, and frankly i want to contribute something. I just use OSS, for my work and haven't done any contribution yet, so it doesn't feels nice .. I'm comfortable with development, but i don't know, where to start and how to start . OK, thanks for this information. If you've finished the general orientation modules on how the project works, I think you should take a look at the developer orientation: http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-development.html As a first step, you could download and build Apache OpenOffice. Also on the Developer orientation page above is a link to easy hacks to get you started on actual code changes. Our development information documentation is in need of an organizational update, but I think you will find the api area contains a LOT of useful information: http://www.openoffice.org/api/ (use the left hand navigation items instead of the search) This will give you a nice overview of the structure of the program modules and what area does what. Thanks again for wanting to join Apache OpenOffice. We want your participation to be rewarding, and we're here to help. On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 3:22 AM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:45 AM, sumit Murari murarisu...@gmail.com wrote: hello all, My name is timus, i've been using OpenOffice, and many OSS, now i want to contribute some to openOffice. I'm from India, and i'm interested in contributing to OpenOffice. I've never contributed in any OSS so far, my contribution was limited to using software sending statistics and sending the crash report if i encountered any. Looking for anyone who can guide me ... Any help will be appreciated .. Hello timus and it's great that you want to get involved with OpenOffice. It would help if we had an idea of what areas you would like to help with. Some of our major areas, aside from direct user support through the Forums or users list, are discussed in the orientation modules: http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html So, if you can tell us a little more about what you'd like to do, we can assist you with your OpenOffice volunteer efforts better. -- - MzK When in doubt, cop an attitude. -- Cat laws -- *Sumit* -- - MzK When in doubt, cop an attitude. -- Cat laws
Re: New volunteer introduction
thnks Kay, I'm building the environment .just got a thought; while moving in the trunk, i saw all the files and tools. Is there any complete ZIP File for the source, so that any it can be directly downloaded ... I got it from sourcefourge.net and i found sourgeforge an easier way ..!! On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:16 AM, sumit Murari murarisu...@gmail.com wrote: thnks for reply :) I can do development in C,C++ or JAVA, and frankly i want to contribute something. I just use OSS, for my work and haven't done any contribution yet, so it doesn't feels nice .. I'm comfortable with development, but i don't know, where to start and how to start . OK, thanks for this information. If you've finished the general orientation modules on how the project works, I think you should take a look at the developer orientation: http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-development.html As a first step, you could download and build Apache OpenOffice. Also on the Developer orientation page above is a link to easy hacks to get you started on actual code changes. Our development information documentation is in need of an organizational update, but I think you will find the api area contains a LOT of useful information: http://www.openoffice.org/api/ (use the left hand navigation items instead of the search) This will give you a nice overview of the structure of the program modules and what area does what. Thanks again for wanting to join Apache OpenOffice. We want your participation to be rewarding, and we're here to help. On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 3:22 AM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:45 AM, sumit Murari murarisu...@gmail.com wrote: hello all, My name is timus, i've been using OpenOffice, and many OSS, now i want to contribute some to openOffice. I'm from India, and i'm interested in contributing to OpenOffice. I've never contributed in any OSS so far, my contribution was limited to using software sending statistics and sending the crash report if i encountered any. Looking for anyone who can guide me ... Any help will be appreciated .. Hello timus and it's great that you want to get involved with OpenOffice. It would help if we had an idea of what areas you would like to help with. Some of our major areas, aside from direct user support through the Forums or users list, are discussed in the orientation modules: http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html So, if you can tell us a little more about what you'd like to do, we can assist you with your OpenOffice volunteer efforts better. -- - MzK When in doubt, cop an attitude. -- Cat laws -- *Sumit* -- - MzK When in doubt, cop an attitude. -- Cat laws -- *Sumit*
Re: New volunteer introduction
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:45 AM, sumit Murari murarisu...@gmail.com wrote: hello all, My name is timus, i've been using OpenOffice, and many OSS, now i want to contribute some to openOffice. I'm from India, and i'm interested in contributing to OpenOffice. I've never contributed in any OSS so far, my contribution was limited to using software sending statistics and sending the crash report if i encountered any. Looking for anyone who can guide me ... Any help will be appreciated .. Hello timus and it's great that you want to get involved with OpenOffice. It would help if we had an idea of what areas you would like to help with. Some of our major areas, aside from direct user support through the Forums or users list, are discussed in the orientation modules: http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html So, if you can tell us a little more about what you'd like to do, we can assist you with your OpenOffice volunteer efforts better. -- - MzK When in doubt, cop an attitude. -- Cat laws
