A first post

2013-01-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
This list has been active for over 2 weeks now and this appears to be the first post. I am really beginning to wonder if documentation is really something that project cares about. We are pushing for an April release of AOO 4.0 and it is the middle of January and we do not even have a an

Re: confirm subscribe to doc@openoffice.apache.org

2013-01-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Original Message Subject: Re: confirm subscribe to doc@openoffice.apache.org From: Keith N. McKenna meriodoc_brandyb...@yahoo.com To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Date: Sun Dec 23 2012 18:13:40 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org wrote: Hi

Re: Possible workflow [was: Re: Proposal for Moving Forward with Documentation]

2013-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob; There is already a Notes template that could be used for relaying that a feature is new and with with what revision. If you look at section 7.2 of the Wiki Editing Policy at

Re: [Discuss][User Guide]Screenshots

2013-01-24 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Mike Tuma mtuma5...@gmail.com wrote: Rob, Ok, sounds good, I understand about the copyright issue, however that begs the question how other software companies do it? Anyway my vote would be Ubuntu, but we would have to agree a version so that

Re: Introduction

2013-03-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Kalyani Chakraborty wrote: Hi, I am Kalyani from India. With experience as a C++ Developer and Product Manager, I would like to contribute in the following areas : - Write or update documentation - Test the program and report bugs - Code new features/Fix bugs - Maintain the website and

Re: Completed Introduction to Documentation

2013-03-23 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Steven Vollmer wrote: Finished! Congratulations and welcome to the documentation group. Currently we are working on the User Guides for AOO version 4.0. These are bing done on the mwiki and can be found at http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide. At the bottom of that page

Response to follow-up e-mails Was Re: Use of Ricardo's Status page.

2013-04-27 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: Rob Weir robw...@apache.org To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:07:53 -0400 On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Keith N. McKenna keith.mcke...@comcast.net wrote: Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:47 AM

Re: Introduce Myself

2013-05-08 Thread Keith N. McKenna
to work on the Draw sections or any others that you feel comfortable with. Regards Keith On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Keith N. McKenna keith.mcke...@comcast.netwrote: erica g wrote: Hi everyone. Just joined up as a volunteer. A bit about me: former QA tester for three years and now

Re: Is the path to the options menu consistent across all operating systems in the AOO UI

2013-05-12 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: hi On 2013-05-12, at 10:51 , Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: On 05/05/2013 Keith N. McKenna wrote: Since the User Guides are aimed at v4.0, is the Mac path still OpenOffice.org -- Preferences or would it be OpenOffice -- Preferences or Apache OpenOffice

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-07-02 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Hello Alex and welcome to the documentation group. With your skills as an author and in publishing you can be of great help to us. The first step is to subscribe to this mailing list so that you do not miss any of the discussion that goes on. Your initial email was sent through the moderator

Re: Proposal: Writer draft outline

2013-07-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Natasha Selvey wrote: I would like to propose some changes to the outline of the Writer draft. The first change is under the first topic page Getting to know Writer. The first subsection is titled Editing text, but includes Writer's User Interface and Writer's sidebar, which I consider

Re: It is time to update your entry in the Directory of Volunteers

2013-07-19 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Alex Stillwell wrote: I thought I had signed in but I cannot find my name in the list although it is shown at the top and you have my details. There is so much going on and it would be better for you to suggest where I would be most useful. I think my input would be best used in suggesting how

Re: Hello

2013-08-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
existing material: discuss first on the list! Tester, editor or writer? You choose Regards Keith N. McKenna - To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h

Re: Use GDB but no debugging symbols found

2013-08-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
have been cc'd as you are not subscribed to this list. Regards Keith N. McKenna - To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-08-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Brandon Youngdale wrote: Hi, My name is Brandon Youngdale and I just joined the volunteer documentation team today. I love OpenOffice and I have appreciated it so much as I have gone through my Bachelors and Masters degree in Writing that I wanted to start giving back to the community however I

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-08-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
? Thanks, Brandon Hi Brandon, That sounds fine. Wherever you are most comfortable at this point. I look forward to seeing your contributions. Regards Keith On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Keith N. McKenna keith.mcke...@comcast.net wrote: Brandon Youngdale wrote: Hi, My name is Brandon

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-09-15 Thread Keith N. McKenna
dbclinton wrote: Hi, I've been using open source software (including OpenOffice) for just about ten years now, and exclusively Linux for about six. Since I am a writer and editor with some enterprise software documentation experience (especially using Confluence), I figured it's about time I

Re: user guide - Impress

2013-09-28 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Valerie Clark wrote: Hello all! I'm new to this group and am interested in trying technical writing, and I noticed that there aren't any user guides yet for the Impress program. Is this something that I can take on, or is anyone already working on it? I wouldn't want to duplicate efforts but

Re: Introduction to Documentation

2013-10-31 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Humpherys wrote: Hi! I just finished the module for the introduction to documentation and I'm trying to figure out where I can help out. Can anybody give me some directions? Thanks! Sincerely, Mike Humpherys Mike; Along with

Re: Introduction to Documentation

2013-10-31 Thread Keith N. McKenna
. Regards Keith On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Keith N. McKenna keith.mcke...@comcast.net wrote: Michael Humpherys wrote: Hi! I just finished the module for the introduction to documentation and I'm trying to figure out where I can help out. Can anybody give me some directions

Test of Availability

2013-12-23 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is a test of a problem sending messages to the list reported on the Dev list. Regards Keith -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/

Re: Check my work?

2014-01-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 swh...@frontier.com wrote: Keith, Thank you! Your comments are clear and very helpful. Somewhere along the line I had gotten the message about not copying, but I didn't know why. Now I do. Thanks again. Steven Hupp

Re: Check my work?

2014-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 01/10/2014 12:04 AM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 01/07/2014 01:25 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- snip The getting started guide has a section

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
for all things related to documentation so please direct any questions you might have as to how best you might contribute here. Regards Keith N. McKenna -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net

Re: Where to start?

2014-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Status. Just enter 5 ~'s in the section checked for accuracy with OpenOffice 4. You can ignore the ones for version 3.4. Regards Keith On 1/7/14, Keith N. McKenna keith.mcke...@comcast.net wrote: De Angela Jackson wrote: Hi. I've read through all

Re: Check my work?

2014-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 01/14/2014 02:32 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Thank you very much for your permission to use these documents. I have downloaded the 2 you gave links for and will take a look at them. If you could send me CG

Re: How to change OOo to AOO quickly and efficiently?

2014-02-11 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On a whim I took a look at the BASIC Guide (https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/BASIC_Guide), which reads as follows: This guide provides an introduction to programming with OpenOffice.org Basic. I then looked at the WIKI source, which reads as

Changed User Guide Status File

2014-04-27 Thread Keith N. McKenna
I have updated the User Guide Status file to remove all reference to v3.4.1 accuracy checks and added accuracy check with v4.1.0. Please update this file when you make changes to any of the user guide pages by adding ~ to the check that you did on any page. This will add your name and a date

Apache OpenOffice User Interface Page

2014-04-27 Thread Keith N. McKenna
I have done an accuracy check with V4.1.0 RC4 as this is expected to be what will be released as version 4.1.0. This page know needs another critical proofread from an editor other than myself so that it can be taken out of the draft category and formally released. Please reply to this if you have

AOO 4.x User Guide page Formating a Document Ready for Release

2014-04-30 Thread Keith N. McKenna
I have performed a final accuracy check with version 4.1.0 for this page. As this was the last thing to be done I have removed the Draft Template. If there are any objections or suggested changes please reply here. Regards Keith signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: New doc volunteer

2014-05-06 Thread Keith N. McKenna
you a good overview of how decisions are made in the project and the technical infrastructure that we utilize. Any questions should be directed to the mailing list. Again welcome and we look forward to working with you. Regards Keith N. McKenna signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: New doc volunteer

2014-05-13 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Ben Hunt wrote: Hi, I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and another IT student have a project to help contribute to an open source project (due in June) so we decided to try and help out with open office. We have no particular set of skills, we have done some Java and C#

Re: Creating user ID

2014-05-19 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Ben Hunt wrote: Hi, I am just replying to get a user ID created. For the user ID: bjhunt would be good for me or something similar. We will be working on the calc guides over the next few days and once we have done those we will work on from there. Thanks for all your help everyone. Hi

Re: Creating user ID

2014-05-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 19/05/2014 Keith N. McKenna wrote: Ben Hunt wrote: Hi, I am just replying to get a user ID created. For the user ID: bjhunt would be good for me or something similar. ... If no one has set up the account for you yet, please send your email address as a reply

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-06-03 Thread Keith N. McKenna
...@public.gmane.org? Kind regards, Yuko -Original Message- From: Keith N. McKenna [mailto:keith.mckenna-wuw85uim5zdr7s880jo...@public.gmane.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:18 AM To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer Yuko Imai wrote: Hi, I've

Re: Stepping back from trying to drive this effort

2014-06-08 Thread Keith N. McKenna
now I was about to email about what documentation has to do with the design process of the documentation. On 6/7/14, Keith N. McKenna keith.mckenna-wuw85uim5zdr7s880jo...@public.gmane.org wrote: It has become painfully obvious over the last 6 months or more that I am not the person to push

Re: Stepping back from trying to drive this effort

2014-06-10 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Keith, Keith N. McKenna schrieb: It has become painfully obvious over the last 6 months or more that I am not the person to push this effort forward. I am tired of answering queries about how to help and then never having people come back to the list. I

Re: Stepping back from trying to drive this effort

2014-06-11 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 08/06/2014 Keith N. McKenna wrote: I am more than willing to help but I am tired of beating my head against walls. Well, volunteers come and go. Your messages had the effect to reactivate some people, fortunately! We really do not have a documentation team

Re: Sign up

2014-06-15 Thread Keith N. McKenna
An Onymous wrote: preferred username: Panagea email: an...@panagea.co.uk Account Panagea has been created and a temporary password has been sent to the supplied e-mail account. Regards Keith signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Requesting MWiki Account

2014-09-08 Thread Keith N. McKenna
On 9/8/2014 6:00 PM, Aarti Varma wrote: Hi, I would like to request an MWiki Account with email address: ms.aartiva...@gmail.com username:sonusonu Thank you, Sonu MWiki account created. You should be receiving an e-mail with a temporary password shortly. Regards Keith

Re: Looking to contribute

2014-09-24 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Tariq Rahuma wrote: Hi everyone, I've been a user of OpenOffice for a few years and I'd like to be able to give back and get some practice in technical documentation. I want to contribute as a writer but I'm unsure of where to begin looking for a topic to write about. I'm most familiar with

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-11-08 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 17/10/2014 Steve Wolf wrote: I would love to volunteer my time (Which I have plenty of) learning documentation writing. I have strong English writing skills and technical knowledge. Thank you for the opportunity. Plenty of time? Sounds very good, and as you can

Re: Subcribe

2014-11-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: Keith N. McKenna keith.mckenna-wuw85uim5zdr7s880jo...@public.gmane.org To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:11:48 -0500 Steve Wolf wrote: Subsribe Steve; I am curious why you are trying to subscribe

Re: Apply for a volunteer tech writer

2015-02-05 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 03/02/2015 Keith N. McKenna wrote: Once again our esteemed chair has beaten me to the punch. You should be all set to start. I'll be happy to delegate! Since they almost always come in pairs (a MWiki and a CWiki request), would you be able to manage the CWiki

Re: Where are we with the documentation?

2015-04-29 Thread Keith N. McKenna
if there is any other idea that can help this project get off the ground. And finally build a report for the next apache cycle on what has been achieved on this project. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Keith N. McKenna keith.mcke...@comcast.net wrote: Greetings All; Just checked

Re: Where are we with the documentation?

2015-04-29 Thread Keith N. McKenna
jonathon wrote: On 29/04/15 17:09, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Jonathon; We have a tracking document that is supposed to be used so all members of the team know where things are and what is needed but it rarely gets used. I'd suggest the tracking document is rarely used, because nobody

Re: Where are we with the documentation?

2015-04-30 Thread Keith N. McKenna
jonathon wrote: On 30/04/15 15:29, Regina Henschel wrote: And you cannot blame the people, who write for LibreOffice. There are so few persons working on LibreOffice documentation, that they cannot follow the changes in LibreOffice soon. I'll grant that ODFAuthors doesn't have many

Re: Where are we with the documentation?

2015-04-29 Thread Keith N. McKenna
. Hopefully all of this will generate more concrete discussion on how we should proceed. Regards Keith Just some thoughts. De Angela On 4/29/15, Keith N. McKenna keith.mcke...@comcast.net wrote: jonathon wrote: On 29/04/15 17:09, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Jonathon; We have a tracking

Re: Where are we with the documentation?

2015-04-29 Thread Keith N. McKenna
jonathon wrote: On 29/04/15 19:58, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Work has been on certain pieces of the documentation but the status document has never been updated, Other than some documentation on the wiki, what has been produced within the last two years, that is not currently listed

Re: Requesting MWiki Account

2015-09-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Bilal Coleman wrote: > Preferred username : nightwriter > Email address: bilalcole...@gmail.com > > > MailGate made the following annotations > - > NOTICE: This message is intended only for the individual to whom it is >

Re: Can we get this started again?

2015-12-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
toki wrote: > On 09/12/2015 03:09, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > >> There are ways to document the differences where they exist. > > This gets into what qualifies as a difference that is significant enough > to mention: Those are editorial decisions that would be have to be mad

Re: Requesting Wiki Account

2015-12-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Dana Moran wrote: > Preferred username: danas > Greetings Dana, Account danas created on the mwiki. You will receive a temporary password at this e-mail address. Once you log in the first time you will be prompted to change it. Regards and Welcome Keith signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: Whitelist CWiki Account

2015-12-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
ith login name rchan1218 and see what happens. Though where there is an account already there under the name Robyn Chan it may not let you. Regards Keith > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net >> wrote: > >> Robyn Chan wrote: >&

Re: User Interface Page

2015-12-10 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Amy Mason wrote: > Keith, > > Just had a read through the User Guide Status, if you're still needing > another member to proofread the Apache OpenOffice User Interface page I'd be > happy to do it. > > Kind Regards, > > Amy > Amy; jusr saw the notice that you had finished both the proofread

Strongly Reccomended Reading for Team Members

2015-12-10 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Greetings All; Here are a couple of links to documents I highly recommend all team members to read. Granted they are a little out of date but they still contain valuable information. The first is the Wiki Editing Policy at

Re: Can we get this started again?

2015-12-10 Thread Keith N. McKenna
archana nagarajan wrote: > Thanks for the details, Keith. I will get started right away. > > Regards > Archana > Fantastic. I look forward to seeing your work. Regards Keith > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net >> wrote: &g

Re: Something useful to add to the OpenOffice FAQs?

2015-12-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Kay Schenk wrote: > We seem to suggest deleting the user profile fairly often to solve > problems. However, I don't see any mention of it in the FAQs > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ > > although it is mentioned in the How Tos page -- > >

Re: User Interface Page

2015-12-10 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Amy Mason wrote: > Keith, > > Just had a read through the User Guide Status, if you're still needing > another member to proofread the Apache OpenOffice User Interface page I'd be > happy to do it. > > Kind Regards, > > Amy > Amy; Go for it Amy. Be sure to add your sig to the status

Re: Whitelist CWiki Account

2015-12-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
please reply only to the list. That way everyone benefits from the answer and in a case like this someone with greater knowledge than mine also sees it and can reply if necessary. Regards Keith > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Keith N. McKenna > <keith.mcke...@comcast.net <mailto:

Some helpful templaes being added to user guide pages

2015-12-11 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Hi All, In an effort to help make pages that need work I am in the process of adding the NeedRework Template to all the pages that need it. This puts them in a special category. To check this category when you are on the wiki click the Documentation link in the Left Hand Navigation pane. This

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2016-01-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
communication channel. All questions or discussion should take place here so that all members of the team can participate. Again welcome and feel free to dive in and if you have questions or suggestions etc. Please ask hear. Regards Keith N. McKenna signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Requesting M Wiki Account

2016-01-02 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Elaine Morin wrote: > User name:Elaine MorinEmail: en...@hotmail.com > > Elaine; Account Elaine Morin created on M wiki. A temporary password is being sent to your e-mail address. Regards Keith N. McKenna signature.asc De

Re: Whitelist CWiki Account

2016-01-03 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Elaine Morin wrote: > Account: Elaine Morinusername: elainemorinemail: en...@hotmail.com > > Elaine; Your account elainemorin has been white-listed on the Cwiki. Regards Keith signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Something useful to add to the OpenOffice FAQs?

2015-12-24 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Kay Schenk wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net >> wrote: > >> Kay Schenk wrote: >>> We seem to suggest deleting the user profile fairly often to solve >>> problems. However, I don't see any

Re: Accuracy Check against v4.1.2 : Status Update

2015-12-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
archana nagarajan wrote: > Got it Keith. I have added my signature against the sections I checked. > > Regards > Archana > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net >> wrote: > >> archana nagarajan wrote: >>>

Re: Accuracy Check against v4.1.2 : Status Update

2015-12-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
archana nagarajan wrote: > Hi, > > I reviewed the sections mentioned below for accuracy against v4.1.2. They > are good and no changes are required. > > *Formatting a document > * > *Find & Replace >

Re: Our second page was released today

2015-12-19 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Keith N. McKenna wrote: >> With Archana's accuracy check of the Formatting a Document Introduction >> page it met it's requirements for release. This is the second page that >> has been released. > > Thank you all for restarting this work, a

Our second page was released today

2015-12-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
With Archana's accuracy check of the Formatting a Document Introduction page it met it's requirements for release. This is the second page that has been released. Regards Keith signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Accuracy Check against v4.1.2 : Status Update

2015-12-23 Thread Keith N. McKenna
archana nagarajan wrote: > Hi, > > I have verified below section for accuracy against v4.1.2. I made a > correction to the Rulers section > > *Editing text > * > Please add the Checked for Accuracy template to the

Re: Cwiki account request

2015-12-17 Thread Keith N. McKenna
archana nagarajan wrote: > Thanks Keith. > > I have created my username on cwiki - it is "archana". Please whitelist it. > > Regards > Archana > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net >> wrote: > &g

Re: Preferred user name and email

2015-11-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Leo Romero wrote: > LeoRomero > l...@leoromero.org > Account LeoRomero created. A message has been sent to your supplied e-mail with a temporary password. Regards Keith N. McKenna signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2015-11-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
, you can take a look at where we are currently with the Guide here: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide I look forward to working with you on this important piece of Apache Open Office. Regards Keith N. McKenna signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Something useful to add to the OpenOffice FAQs?

2015-11-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Kay Schenk wrote: > We seem to suggest deleting the user profile fairly often to solve > problems. However, I don't see any mention of it in the FAQs > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ > > although it is mentioned in the How Tos page -- > >

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2015-11-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Documentation/UserGuide. I look forward to working with you on this important piece of Apache Open Office. Regards Keith N. McKenna signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Requesting MWiki Account

2015-11-19 Thread Keith N. McKenna
y password has been sent to your e-mail account. This password needs to be changed on first logging in. Welcome to Apache Open Office. Regards Keith N. McKenna signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: New Volunteer - Technical Writing Experience

2016-01-11 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Jessica Steel wrote: > Hello, > > I am an Australian who would like to be a volunteer. I have a Bachelor > in Writing and I have > just completed a Certificate in Technical Writing as well. I am now > seeking to gain some work experience in technical writing with Apache. > > I have read through

Re: New Volunteer - Technical Writing Experience

2016-01-13 Thread Keith N. McKenna
project. > > Thanks again for the quick response. > > Regards, > > Jessica > > On 12 January 2016 at 13:06, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> Jessica Steel wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am an Australian

Re: New Volunteer - Technical Writing Experience

2016-01-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
d/Wiki_Editing_Policy, and the Style Guide at https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Help_Style_Guide. Regards Keith > On 14 January 2016 at 02:19, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> Jessica Steel wrote: >>> Hello again, >&

Re: Whitelist request for CWiki

2016-01-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Allison Nonko wrote: > Hello, > > I just created my CWiki account. My username is anonko. > > Best, > Allison > Allison; You CWiki account anonok has been whitelisted. Regards Keith signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Documentation Team Intro

2016-02-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
ailing list is the main communication vehicle for the team and it is highly recommended that you subscribe to it so as not to miss any discussion. You will find links and info to subscribe in the orientation pages and the wiki. Again welcome and when you are ready to delve in come back and we

Re: Documentation Team Intro

2016-02-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
ailing list is the main communication vehicle for the team and it is highly recommended that you subscribe to it so as not to miss any discussion. You will find links and info to subscribe in the orientation pages and the wiki. Again welcome and when you are ready to delve in come back and we

Re: openoffice writer guide 2.0 (column)

2016-02-12 Thread Keith N. McKenna
led? Sajjad; No. When the first line on the second column fills, text will flow to the second line of the first column then from there to the second line of the second column, ad infinitum. Also please ply only to the list and not to my personal account. Regards Keith > From: Keith N. McKenn

Re: New Volunteer - Technical Writing Experience

2016-01-28 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Jessica Steel wrote: > Hi Keith, > > I am able to proofread/edit the sections, Find & Replace, Extensions > and General Options is that does not step on any toes. > > Thanks, > > Jess > > On 24 January 2016 at 02:36, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.

Re: Work Experiene

2016-02-25 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Jessica Steel wrote: > Hi Keith, > > Is it possible to use you as a reference for my work experience in > technical writing? I would like to add I will still continue to > volunteer regardless. Is it entirely up to you how you would like to > approach this, whether you would prefer to give a

Re: Edits

2016-02-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Ann Thomas wrote: > >> >> >> Can you please tell me how to get removed from your email list? I >> do not belong to your group and do not want to receive emails from >> you and your members. > Thank you. gipanntho...@aol.com >> >> Ann; At some point you subscribed to this list to

Re: Rebooting the Documentation Effort

2016-01-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
need to decide collectively what needs to be done and in what order of >> priority. They would have to be democratically elected by the rest of >> us... >> >> Regards, Dave >> >> 2016-01-20 21:57 GMT+01:00 Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net>: &

Re: Rebooting the Documentation Effort

2016-01-21 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > Response below, > >> -Original Message- From: Keith N. McKenna >> [mailto:keith.mcke...@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, >> 2016 18:39 To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Rebooting the >> Documentation Effort &

Re: Rebooting the Documentation Effort

2016-01-21 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Keith N. McKenna wrote: >> Personally I had enough political and turf battles when I >> worked in the corporate world; I certainly do not need them now > > Sure. You are coordinating volunteers here without the need of any > formal structure. N

Re: Rebooting the Documentation Effort

2016-01-21 Thread Keith N. McKenna
toki wrote: > On 21/01/2016 23:26, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > >> Actually that is incorrect. > > You're not looking at psycho-demographic groups, based upon their > preferred formats for receiving new data. > > What the documentation states it is focused upon me

Re: New Volunteer - Technical Writing Experience

2016-01-21 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Jessica Steel wrote: > Hi Keith, > > I have completed an edit/proofread and light re-write of Automatic > Options. If all is well I will start on Support File Formats. > > Thanks, > > Jess > > > On 21 January 2016 at 01:10, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke.

Re: New Volunteer - Technical Writing Experience

2016-01-22 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Keith N. McKenna wrote: >> however the wiki appears to be down at the moment so I cannot check to >> see what actually changed. > > The wiki was down for 20 minutes due to maintenance by the Apache Infra > team. You can receive automated e-mai

Re: Edits

2016-01-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Allison Nonko wrote: > Hi, > > Wanted to give a heads up that I will be editing/checking for accuracy > "Writers User Interface," "Options menu → OpenOffice," and adding to the > "Options menu →Load/save" and "Options menu →Language Settings." Thanks. > > Allison > Thank you Allison. Keith

Re: Rebooting the Documentation Effort

2016-01-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > [bcc: dev@] > > Hi Keith, > > I have belatedly noticed your efforts to reboot the documentation > effort, first in April and again in December, 2015. > > I commend you on this. Thank You Dennis, I appreciate it. > > While people raise their hands, we don't seem to

Re: New Volunteer - Technical Writing Experience

2016-01-23 Thread Keith N. McKenna
est way to move forward. Regards Keith > On 23 January 2016 at 09:47, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> Andrea Pescetti wrote: >>> Keith N. McKenna wrote: >>>> however the wiki appears to be down at the moment so I cannot check t

Re: New Volunteer - Technical Writing Experience

2016-01-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Jessica Steel wrote: > Hi Keith, > > I am happy to work on the Auto correct and Support File Formats if that suits? > > Thanks, > Jess > > On 19 January 2016 at 01:30, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> Jessica Steel wrote: &

Re: New Volunteer - Technical Writing Experience

2016-01-22 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Keith N. McKenna wrote: > Jessica Steel wrote: >> Hi Keith, >> >> I have done as requested though my name did not show up on the main >> status page. I'm not overly concerned but I just thought I should >> mention it. I will commence work on Support File Forma

Re: Rebooting the Documentation Effort

2016-01-21 Thread Keith N. McKenna
toki wrote: > On 20/01/2016 23:02, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > >> I think that having a structure for contributors finding work and also > finding any guidance they need is a great idea. > > One individual whose sole function is to say: "Do this", and then > follows up weekly, to see how "this"

Re: FW: About ODFAuthors (was RE: Can we get this started again?)

2016-01-22 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > Jean Weber had an after-thought that might be useful to know. > > I am forwarding it to the list with her permission. > > - Dennis > >> -Original Message- >> From: Jean Weber [mailto:jeanwe...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 17:10 >> To:

Re: openoffice writer guide 2.0 (column)

2016-02-12 Thread Keith N. McKenna
On further investigation with AOO 4.1.2 it appears that the evenly spaced option does work as you you were asking about. As to why it does I am not really sure. Regards Keith ____________ > From: Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> Sent:

Re: New Volunteer - Technical Writing Experience

2016-02-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Jessica Steel wrote: > Hi Keith, > > The Find and Replace section has now also been proof read/edited. I > will continue just working through the rest of the user guide where > ever a second reader/editor is needed if that suits. > > Thanks, > > Jess > That sounds good to me Jessica. Thank you

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