Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

[Olivier Hallot]

Hello Andrea

Em 19/03/2017 19:59, Andrea Mussap escreveu:
> Hi all, Hi Olivier.
> I'm using this tread because I still have this question... I already helped 
> by writting one guide (the help page for Title Page),

Yes... we thank you for that, the contents you wrote are already in the
LibreOffice 5.3 release.

 but it's still confusing for me how can I continue contributing to the
project.

The documentation project has a wide range of activities. Most are
listed here:
http://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/join-community/


> I've read a lot of links and I still don't know what's the better way to help 
> you: I don't know if I should try to fix some bug from this list: Product: 
> LibreOffice, Status: all, 

That is a search too wide. It list development bugs.

The list of specific issues on Help documentation is this one (bookmark it!)
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=80430_resolved=1

Your last contribution was taken from this list.

For example, these topics
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80367
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80658

are topics to be written from scratch and are unassigned.


or if there's a place where I can see what Guides do you need to get
writen or updated???
> 

OK. The guides need writers, and all of the need to be updated. I am
evaluating the amount of effort to update the Calc guide to 5.4. Jean
Weber took the Writer guide update.


> @Olivier,by this time I believe that the introductory text "Getting Started" 
> from version 5.2 to v 5.3 is done?! So, if you need I can update something to 
> version 5.3, or write something from scratch. 

I will publish the list of tasks to update the Getting Started guide
5.3. in this mailing list.

Is this 'Documentation missing' still valid?

Probably not, because the effort to fill the page is almost the same as
fixing the documentation gap itself.

regards


> 
> ThanksAndrea.
> _______________
> 
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>- From: Olivier Hallot <olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org>
>- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 10:45:56 +0100
>- To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org
> Welcome Matthew
> 
> Your skills in LibreOffice are indeed important to our community and you
> will find a lot to do.
> 
> We have a set of guides that need to be updated. These guides are edited in 
> Writer with our best practices (e.g. styles, master documents, etc...)
> 
> We can start in 2 directions
> 
> --> one, is to update our introductory text "Getting Started" from version 
> 5.2 (almost done) to version 5.3 (easy to medium difficulty).
> 
> ---> The second is to take one of our module guide (e.g. spreadsheet book) 
> and update to version 5.3, requiring quite deep knowledge in the module
> software (medium to hard difficulty).
> 
> To get the guides and have a glimpse on how they actually look like please 
> get any of them in the documentation website at 
> http://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/
> 
> and let me know your prefered project.
> 
> Kind regards
> Olivier
> 
> 
> Em 06/02/2017 23:50, Matthew An escreveu:
>> Hello there,
>>
>> My name is Matthew An and I am a recent graduate of the Rhetoric and
>> Professional Writing program at the University of Waterloo. I was hoping to
>> contribute to the LibreOffice documentation as a Writer or Reviewer. I have
>> previous experience at IBM as a technical writer as well as a small startup
>> company in New Jersey. At the moment, I am in the process of entering
>> graduate school in the fall, so I thought I could use my free time to hone
>> my tech writing skills.
>>
>> Please let me know if you would like a copy of my resume. I hope that I can
>> give back to the software that I developed most of my writing skills with!
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>>
>> Matthew

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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

[Andrea Mussap]

Hi all, Hi Olivier.
I'm using this tread because I still have this question... I already helped by 
writting one guide (the help page for Title Page), but it's still confusing for 
me how can I continue contributing to the project.
I've read a lot of links and I still don't know what's the better way to help 
you: I don't know if I should try to fix some bug from this list: Product: 
LibreOffice, Status: all, or if there's a place where I can see what Guides do 
you need to get writen or updated??? 

@Olivier,by this time I believe that the introductory text "Getting Started" 
from version 5.2 to v 5.3 is done?! So, if you need I can update something to 
version 5.3, or write something from scratch. Is this 'Documentation missing' 
still valid?

ThanksAndrea.
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documentation
   - From: Olivier Hallot <olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org>
   - Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 10:45:56 +0100
   - To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org
Welcome Matthew

Your skills in LibreOffice are indeed important to our community and you
will find a lot to do.

We have a set of guides that need to be updated. These guides are edited in 
Writer with our best practices (e.g. styles, master documents, etc...)

We can start in 2 directions

--> one, is to update our introductory text "Getting Started" from version 5.2 
(almost done) to version 5.3 (easy to medium difficulty).

---> The second is to take one of our module guide (e.g. spreadsheet book) and 
update to version 5.3, requiring quite deep knowledge in the module
software (medium to hard difficulty).

To get the guides and have a glimpse on how they actually look like please get 
any of them in the documentation website at 
http://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/

and let me know your prefered project.

Kind regards
Olivier


Em 06/02/2017 23:50, Matthew An escreveu:
> Hello there,
> 
> My name is Matthew An and I am a recent graduate of the Rhetoric and
> Professional Writing program at the University of Waterloo. I was hoping to
> contribute to the LibreOffice documentation as a Writer or Reviewer. I have
> previous experience at IBM as a technical writer as well as a small startup
> company in New Jersey. At the moment, I am in the process of entering
> graduate school in the fall, so I thought I could use my free time to hone
> my tech writing skills.
> 
> Please let me know if you would like a copy of my resume. I hope that I can
> give back to the software that I developed most of my writing skills with!
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Matthew
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

[Matthew An]

Thanks for the help Dave! You're right-it looks like I wasn't logged into
my account, my mistake.

@Jean: I now have access to the docs as well as a wiki account, and I will
try my best to look through the docs for the next little while.

Regards,

Matthew

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:24 PM Dave  wrote:

> On 08.02.2017 16:16, Matthew An wrote:
> > Thank you for your help Jean, I just finalized my account on ODFAuthors.
> > However, both the feedback 5.2 and drafts 5.2 folders are empty for me,
> do
> > I need additional privileges to fully access them?
>
> Hi Matthew,
>
> It sounds like you have not logged in to your authors account. Do you
> see your name in the top right hand corner of the window, or the words
> "Log In"? If you see "Log In", click that link and use the credentials
> Jean arranged for you.
>
> For GS52 the are no files in the "Drafts" folder (not surprising), but
> there are ~15 files in the "Feedback" folder.
>
> HTH
>
> Dave
>
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

[Dave]

On 08.02.2017 16:16, Matthew An wrote:
> Thank you for your help Jean, I just finalized my account on ODFAuthors.
> However, both the feedback 5.2 and drafts 5.2 folders are empty for me, do
> I need additional privileges to fully access them?

Hi Matthew,

It sounds like you have not logged in to your authors account. Do you
see your name in the top right hand corner of the window, or the words
"Log In"? If you see "Log In", click that link and use the credentials
Jean arranged for you.

For GS52 the are no files in the "Drafts" folder (not surprising), but
there are ~15 files in the "Feedback" folder.

HTH

Dave

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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

[Matthew An]

Thank you for your help Jean, I just finalized my account on ODFAuthors.
However, both the feedback 5.2 and drafts 5.2 folders are empty for me, do
I need additional privileges to fully access them?

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 11:41 PM Jean Weber  wrote:

> Matthew,
> You should have received an email in the last half hour or hour with a
> link to set your ODFAuthors password. Sorry for the delay; I had some
> minor hardware dramas this morning, resolved now.
>
> I forgot to mention that you can create your own wiki account, if you
> don't already have one.
>
> Regards, Jean
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Matthew An  wrote:
> > Thank you for the information Jean. I'll take a further look through the
> > documentation in the morning. Also, I don't seem to have an ODFAuthors
> > account yet, so I haven't been able to review the links you sent me.
> >
> > Thanks for letting me know about the processes though, I look forward to
> > contributing to the project in the near future!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Matthew
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 6:00 PM Jean Weber  wrote:
> >>
> >> Matthew,
> >>
> >> Welcome to the team!
> >>
> >> More info on our processes is here:
> >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development
> >>
> >> Some of that is a bit out of date, but you should get the idea.
> >>
> >> If Olivier hasn't already done so, I'll create an account for you on
> >> ODFAuthors, which is where we store the working files of the chapters of
> >> the various books.
> >>
> >> As for something to get you started, I'm updating the Writer Guide from
> >> v4.2 to 5.2, which is a big jump and needs to include a lot of changes.
> I
> >> would appreciate a careful and thorough review of the chapters I've
> done,
> >> which are here:
> >> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/drafts-v5.2
> >> Or here:
> >> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/feedback-5.2
> >>
> >> Note 1: you'll need to be logged in to see these.
> >> Note 2: I am making some changes in the organisation of this book. You
> can
> >> see the chapter structure listed here:
> >>
> >>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Writer_Guide
> >>
> >> --Jean
> >> (Former Team Leader, LibreOffice Documentation)
> >>
> >> On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 at 00:16 Matthew An  wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi Olivier,
> >> >
> >> > Thank you for your response. Are the docs mainly situated in the books
> >> > on
> >> > the documentation page? I think I would prefer to handle the Getting
> >> > Started pages first, and then progressing from there to other
> projects.
> >> > That being said, is there any rudimentary work that I can do to get
> >> > familiar with your protocols? I downloaded the doc template off of the
> >> > website, but I was wondering if there was some proofreading work or
> >> > basic
> >> > writing work that I could practice on before handling a larger
> project.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Matthew
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 4:46 AM Olivier Hallot <
> >> > olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Welcome Matthew
> >> > >
> >> > > Your skills in LibreOffice are indeed important to our community and
> >> > > you
> >> > > will find a lot to do.
> >> > >
> >> > > We have a set of guides that need to be updated. These guides are
> >> > > edited
> >> > > in Writer with our best practices (e.g. styles, master documents,
> >> > > etc...)
> >> > >
> >> > > We can start in 2 directions
> >> > >
> >> > > one, is to update our introductory text "Getting Started" from
> version
> >> > > 5.2 (almost done) to version 5.3 (easy to medium difficulty).
> >> > >
> >> > > The second is to take one of our module guide (e.g. spreadsheet
> book)
> >> > > and update to version 5.3, requiring quite deep knowledge in the
> >> > > module
> >> > > software (medium to hard difficulty).
> >> > >
> >> > > To get the guides and have a glimpse on how they actually look like
> >> > > please get any of them in the documentation website at
> >> > >
> >> > > http://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/
> >> > >
> >> > > and let me know your prefered project.
> >> > >
> >> > > Kind regards
> >> > >
> >> > > Olivier
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Em 06/02/2017 23:50, Matthew An escreveu:
> >> > > > Hello there,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > My name is Matthew An and I am a recent graduate of the Rhetoric
> and
> >> > > > Professional Writing program at the University of Waterloo. I was
> >> > hoping
> >> > > to
> >> > > > contribute to the LibreOffice documentation as a Writer or
> Reviewer.
> >> > > > I
> >> > > have
> >> > > > previous experience at IBM as a technical writer as well as a
> small
> >> > > startup
> >> > > > company in New Jersey. At the moment, I am in the process of
> >> > > > entering
> >> > > > graduate school in the fall, so I thought I could use my free time
> >> > > > to
> >> 

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

[Jean Weber]

Matthew,
You should have received an email in the last half hour or hour with a
link to set your ODFAuthors password. Sorry for the delay; I had some
minor hardware dramas this morning, resolved now.

I forgot to mention that you can create your own wiki account, if you
don't already have one.

Regards, Jean


On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Matthew An  wrote:
> Thank you for the information Jean. I'll take a further look through the
> documentation in the morning. Also, I don't seem to have an ODFAuthors
> account yet, so I haven't been able to review the links you sent me.
>
> Thanks for letting me know about the processes though, I look forward to
> contributing to the project in the near future!
>
> Regards,
>
> Matthew
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 6:00 PM Jean Weber  wrote:
>>
>> Matthew,
>>
>> Welcome to the team!
>>
>> More info on our processes is here:
>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development
>>
>> Some of that is a bit out of date, but you should get the idea.
>>
>> If Olivier hasn't already done so, I'll create an account for you on
>> ODFAuthors, which is where we store the working files of the chapters of
>> the various books.
>>
>> As for something to get you started, I'm updating the Writer Guide from
>> v4.2 to 5.2, which is a big jump and needs to include a lot of changes. I
>> would appreciate a careful and thorough review of the chapters I've done,
>> which are here:
>> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/drafts-v5.2
>> Or here:
>> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/feedback-5.2
>>
>> Note 1: you'll need to be logged in to see these.
>> Note 2: I am making some changes in the organisation of this book. You can
>> see the chapter structure listed here:
>>
>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Writer_Guide
>>
>> --Jean
>> (Former Team Leader, LibreOffice Documentation)
>>
>> On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 at 00:16 Matthew An  wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Olivier,
>> >
>> > Thank you for your response. Are the docs mainly situated in the books
>> > on
>> > the documentation page? I think I would prefer to handle the Getting
>> > Started pages first, and then progressing from there to other projects.
>> > That being said, is there any rudimentary work that I can do to get
>> > familiar with your protocols? I downloaded the doc template off of the
>> > website, but I was wondering if there was some proofreading work or
>> > basic
>> > writing work that I could practice on before handling a larger project.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Matthew
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 4:46 AM Olivier Hallot <
>> > olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Welcome Matthew
>> > >
>> > > Your skills in LibreOffice are indeed important to our community and
>> > > you
>> > > will find a lot to do.
>> > >
>> > > We have a set of guides that need to be updated. These guides are
>> > > edited
>> > > in Writer with our best practices (e.g. styles, master documents,
>> > > etc...)
>> > >
>> > > We can start in 2 directions
>> > >
>> > > one, is to update our introductory text "Getting Started" from version
>> > > 5.2 (almost done) to version 5.3 (easy to medium difficulty).
>> > >
>> > > The second is to take one of our module guide (e.g. spreadsheet book)
>> > > and update to version 5.3, requiring quite deep knowledge in the
>> > > module
>> > > software (medium to hard difficulty).
>> > >
>> > > To get the guides and have a glimpse on how they actually look like
>> > > please get any of them in the documentation website at
>> > >
>> > > http://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/
>> > >
>> > > and let me know your prefered project.
>> > >
>> > > Kind regards
>> > >
>> > > Olivier
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Em 06/02/2017 23:50, Matthew An escreveu:
>> > > > Hello there,
>> > > >
>> > > > My name is Matthew An and I am a recent graduate of the Rhetoric and
>> > > > Professional Writing program at the University of Waterloo. I was
>> > hoping
>> > > to
>> > > > contribute to the LibreOffice documentation as a Writer or Reviewer.
>> > > > I
>> > > have
>> > > > previous experience at IBM as a technical writer as well as a small
>> > > startup
>> > > > company in New Jersey. At the moment, I am in the process of
>> > > > entering
>> > > > graduate school in the fall, so I thought I could use my free time
>> > > > to
>> > > hone
>> > > > my tech writing skills.
>> > > >
>> > > > Please let me know if you would like a copy of my resume. I hope
>> > > > that I
>> > > can
>> > > > give back to the software that I developed most of my writing skills
>> > > with!
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks for your time,
>> > > >
>> > > > Matthew
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Olivier Hallot
>> > > LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator
>> > > Comunidade LibreOffice
>> > > Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-02:00
>> > > http://tdf.io/joinus
>> > >
>> > > --

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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

[Matthew An]

Thank you for the information Jean. I'll take a further look through the
documentation in the morning. Also, I don't seem to have an ODFAuthors
account yet, so I haven't been able to review the links you sent me.

Thanks for letting me know about the processes though, I look forward to
contributing to the project in the near future!

Regards,

Matthew

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 6:00 PM Jean Weber  wrote:

> Matthew,
>
> Welcome to the team!
>
> More info on our processes is here:
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development
>
> Some of that is a bit out of date, but you should get the idea.
>
> If Olivier hasn't already done so, I'll create an account for you on
> ODFAuthors, which is where we store the working files of the chapters of
> the various books.
>
> As for something to get you started, I'm updating the Writer Guide from
> v4.2 to 5.2, which is a big jump and needs to include a lot of changes. I
> would appreciate a careful and thorough review of the chapters I've done,
> which are here:
> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/drafts-v5.2
> Or here:
> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/feedback-5.2
>
> Note 1: you'll need to be logged in to see these.
> Note 2: I am making some changes in the organisation of this book. You can
> see the chapter structure listed here:
>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Writer_Guide
>
> --Jean
> (Former Team Leader, LibreOffice Documentation)
>
> On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 at 00:16 Matthew An  wrote:
>
> > Hi Olivier,
> >
> > Thank you for your response. Are the docs mainly situated in the books on
> > the documentation page? I think I would prefer to handle the Getting
> > Started pages first, and then progressing from there to other projects.
> > That being said, is there any rudimentary work that I can do to get
> > familiar with your protocols? I downloaded the doc template off of the
> > website, but I was wondering if there was some proofreading work or basic
> > writing work that I could practice on before handling a larger project.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matthew
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 4:46 AM Olivier Hallot <
> > olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Welcome Matthew
> > >
> > > Your skills in LibreOffice are indeed important to our community and
> you
> > > will find a lot to do.
> > >
> > > We have a set of guides that need to be updated. These guides are
> edited
> > > in Writer with our best practices (e.g. styles, master documents,
> etc...)
> > >
> > > We can start in 2 directions
> > >
> > > one, is to update our introductory text "Getting Started" from version
> > > 5.2 (almost done) to version 5.3 (easy to medium difficulty).
> > >
> > > The second is to take one of our module guide (e.g. spreadsheet book)
> > > and update to version 5.3, requiring quite deep knowledge in the module
> > > software (medium to hard difficulty).
> > >
> > > To get the guides and have a glimpse on how they actually look like
> > > please get any of them in the documentation website at
> > >
> > > http://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/
> > >
> > > and let me know your prefered project.
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > >
> > > Olivier
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Em 06/02/2017 23:50, Matthew An escreveu:
> > > > Hello there,
> > > >
> > > > My name is Matthew An and I am a recent graduate of the Rhetoric and
> > > > Professional Writing program at the University of Waterloo. I was
> > hoping
> > > to
> > > > contribute to the LibreOffice documentation as a Writer or Reviewer.
> I
> > > have
> > > > previous experience at IBM as a technical writer as well as a small
> > > startup
> > > > company in New Jersey. At the moment, I am in the process of entering
> > > > graduate school in the fall, so I thought I could use my free time to
> > > hone
> > > > my tech writing skills.
> > > >
> > > > Please let me know if you would like a copy of my resume. I hope
> that I
> > > can
> > > > give back to the software that I developed most of my writing skills
> > > with!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your time,
> > > >
> > > > Matthew
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Olivier Hallot
> > > LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator
> > > Comunidade LibreOffice
> > > Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-02:00
> > > http://tdf.io/joinus
> > >
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

[Jean Weber]

Matthew,

Welcome to the team!

More info on our processes is here:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development

Some of that is a bit out of date, but you should get the idea.

If Olivier hasn't already done so, I'll create an account for you on
ODFAuthors, which is where we store the working files of the chapters of
the various books.

As for something to get you started, I'm updating the Writer Guide from
v4.2 to 5.2, which is a big jump and needs to include a lot of changes. I
would appreciate a careful and thorough review of the chapters I've done,
which are here:
http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/drafts-v5.2
Or here:
http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/feedback-5.2

Note 1: you'll need to be logged in to see these.
Note 2: I am making some changes in the organisation of this book. You can
see the chapter structure listed here:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Writer_Guide

--Jean
(Former Team Leader, LibreOffice Documentation)

On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 at 00:16 Matthew An  wrote:

> Hi Olivier,
>
> Thank you for your response. Are the docs mainly situated in the books on
> the documentation page? I think I would prefer to handle the Getting
> Started pages first, and then progressing from there to other projects.
> That being said, is there any rudimentary work that I can do to get
> familiar with your protocols? I downloaded the doc template off of the
> website, but I was wondering if there was some proofreading work or basic
> writing work that I could practice on before handling a larger project.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthew
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 4:46 AM Olivier Hallot <
> olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org> wrote:
>
> > Welcome Matthew
> >
> > Your skills in LibreOffice are indeed important to our community and you
> > will find a lot to do.
> >
> > We have a set of guides that need to be updated. These guides are edited
> > in Writer with our best practices (e.g. styles, master documents, etc...)
> >
> > We can start in 2 directions
> >
> > one, is to update our introductory text "Getting Started" from version
> > 5.2 (almost done) to version 5.3 (easy to medium difficulty).
> >
> > The second is to take one of our module guide (e.g. spreadsheet book)
> > and update to version 5.3, requiring quite deep knowledge in the module
> > software (medium to hard difficulty).
> >
> > To get the guides and have a glimpse on how they actually look like
> > please get any of them in the documentation website at
> >
> > http://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/
> >
> > and let me know your prefered project.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Olivier
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Em 06/02/2017 23:50, Matthew An escreveu:
> > > Hello there,
> > >
> > > My name is Matthew An and I am a recent graduate of the Rhetoric and
> > > Professional Writing program at the University of Waterloo. I was
> hoping
> > to
> > > contribute to the LibreOffice documentation as a Writer or Reviewer. I
> > have
> > > previous experience at IBM as a technical writer as well as a small
> > startup
> > > company in New Jersey. At the moment, I am in the process of entering
> > > graduate school in the fall, so I thought I could use my free time to
> > hone
> > > my tech writing skills.
> > >
> > > Please let me know if you would like a copy of my resume. I hope that I
> > can
> > > give back to the software that I developed most of my writing skills
> > with!
> > >
> > > Thanks for your time,
> > >
> > > Matthew
> > >
> >
> > --
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

[Matthew An]

Hi Olivier,

Thank you for your response. Are the docs mainly situated in the books on
the documentation page? I think I would prefer to handle the Getting
Started pages first, and then progressing from there to other projects.
That being said, is there any rudimentary work that I can do to get
familiar with your protocols? I downloaded the doc template off of the
website, but I was wondering if there was some proofreading work or basic
writing work that I could practice on before handling a larger project.

Thanks,

Matthew

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 4:46 AM Olivier Hallot <
olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org> wrote:

> Welcome Matthew
>
> Your skills in LibreOffice are indeed important to our community and you
> will find a lot to do.
>
> We have a set of guides that need to be updated. These guides are edited
> in Writer with our best practices (e.g. styles, master documents, etc...)
>
> We can start in 2 directions
>
> one, is to update our introductory text "Getting Started" from version
> 5.2 (almost done) to version 5.3 (easy to medium difficulty).
>
> The second is to take one of our module guide (e.g. spreadsheet book)
> and update to version 5.3, requiring quite deep knowledge in the module
> software (medium to hard difficulty).
>
> To get the guides and have a glimpse on how they actually look like
> please get any of them in the documentation website at
>
> http://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/
>
> and let me know your prefered project.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Olivier
>
>
>
>
> Em 06/02/2017 23:50, Matthew An escreveu:
> > Hello there,
> >
> > My name is Matthew An and I am a recent graduate of the Rhetoric and
> > Professional Writing program at the University of Waterloo. I was hoping
> to
> > contribute to the LibreOffice documentation as a Writer or Reviewer. I
> have
> > previous experience at IBM as a technical writer as well as a small
> startup
> > company in New Jersey. At the moment, I am in the process of entering
> > graduate school in the fall, so I thought I could use my free time to
> hone
> > my tech writing skills.
> >
> > Please let me know if you would like a copy of my resume. I hope that I
> can
> > give back to the software that I developed most of my writing skills
> with!
> >
> > Thanks for your time,
> >
> > Matthew
> >
>
> --
> Olivier Hallot
> LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator
> Comunidade LibreOffice
> Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-02:00
> http://tdf.io/joinus
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

[Olivier Hallot]

Welcome Matthew

Your skills in LibreOffice are indeed important to our community and you
will find a lot to do.

We have a set of guides that need to be updated. These guides are edited
in Writer with our best practices (e.g. styles, master documents, etc...)

We can start in 2 directions

one, is to update our introductory text "Getting Started" from version
5.2 (almost done) to version 5.3 (easy to medium difficulty).

The second is to take one of our module guide (e.g. spreadsheet book)
and update to version 5.3, requiring quite deep knowledge in the module
software (medium to hard difficulty).

To get the guides and have a glimpse on how they actually look like
please get any of them in the documentation website at

http://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/

and let me know your prefered project.

Kind regards

Olivier




Em 06/02/2017 23:50, Matthew An escreveu:
> Hello there,
> 
> My name is Matthew An and I am a recent graduate of the Rhetoric and
> Professional Writing program at the University of Waterloo. I was hoping to
> contribute to the LibreOffice documentation as a Writer or Reviewer. I have
> previous experience at IBM as a technical writer as well as a small startup
> company in New Jersey. At the moment, I am in the process of entering
> graduate school in the fall, so I thought I could use my free time to hone
> my tech writing skills.
> 
> Please let me know if you would like a copy of my resume. I hope that I can
> give back to the software that I developed most of my writing skills with!
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Matthew
> 

-- 
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LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator
Comunidade LibreOffice
Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-02:00
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