Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

2017-03-20 Thread Olivier Hallot
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

2017-03-19 Thread Andrea Mussap
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

2017-02-08 Thread 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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

2017-02-08 Thread 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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

2017-02-08 Thread 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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

2017-02-07 Thread 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.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

2017-02-07 Thread 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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

2017-02-07 Thread 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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

2017-02-07 Thread 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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

2017-02-07 Thread 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,

[libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to LibreOffice documentation

2017-02-06 Thread Matthew An
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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to technical writing and documentation

2016-10-08 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hello Dave Please consider Calc chapter. Kind regards Olivier Em 08/10/2016 03:35, Dave Koelmeyer escreveu: > Hi Jean, Olivier, > > Sure thing, does any chapter in particular suit? > > Cheers, > Dave > > On 07/10/16 12:00, Jean Weber wrote: >> I suggest reviewing a different chapter. I am

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to technical writing and documentation

2016-10-08 Thread Dave Koelmeyer
Hi Jean, Olivier, Sure thing, does any chapter in particular suit? Cheers, Dave On 07/10/16 12:00, Jean Weber wrote: > I suggest reviewing a different chapter. I am updating the Writer > Guide and can easily transfer any relevant updates to the chapter on > Writer in the Getting Started Guide.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to technical writing and documentation

2016-10-06 Thread Jean Weber
I suggest reviewing a different chapter. I am updating the Writer Guide and can easily transfer any relevant updates to the chapter on Writer in the Getting Started Guide. --Jean On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 7:40 AM, Olivier Hallot wrote: > Hello Dave > > Welcome to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to technical writing and documentation

2016-10-06 Thread Dave Koelmeyer
Hi Olivier, I'll be delighted to work on this. I think what I'm also seeking is some guidance from you and the other documentation experts as to what you assess my current technical writing ability to be based on my basic portfolio (relayed off list if that suits better), and then assign work to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to technical writing and documentation

2016-10-06 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hello Dave Welcome to the Documentation team. Contributions from individuals skilled in LibreOffice are most appreciated. What about updating our Getting Started manuals to the 5.2 release? The task is really easy: Review the 5.1 contents versus 5.2 new features. For example, pick the chapter

[libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to technical writing and documentation

2016-10-06 Thread Dave Koelmeyer
Hello, Regarding the recent TDF blog post soliciting documentation contributors, I am absolutely interested in this. Completely coincidentally I am presently looking to break into technical writing as an alternate career path, and would also be interested in mentoring (if any is available). I

[libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to the project

2011-11-03 Thread Peter Schofield
Hello LibreOffice I would like to volunteer as a Technical Author for LibreOffice now that I can devote time to projects like this after 26 years of technical publications. I have covered a wide range of subjects and produced a wide range of documents with a good deal of success (nobody is

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to the project

2011-11-03 Thread David Nelson
Hi Peter, On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: David Nelson will set up your Alfresco account. I've set up your account and mailed you the details. If you have any questions about Alfresco, please do ask and I will respond quickly. Thanks for joining the team.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to the project

2011-11-02 Thread David Nelson
you like about Alfresco and I'll answer them for you. -- David Nelson On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: David Michel dsmic...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 09:25 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation

[libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to the project

2011-11-01 Thread David Michel
Hello, I would like to contribute to your project.  My preference is to write documentation, but I am also available for editing and proofreading.  I worked as a proofreader and I was the editor of a newsletter.  I also have had several technical writing courses.  Thank you. Sincerely, David

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to the project

2011-11-01 Thread Jean Weber
Welcome, David. We're always looking for writers! Whether writing something new or updating/improving existing material, we have a lot of things that need to be done. The first step is to subscribe to this list. To do that, send an email to documentation+subscr...@global.libreoffice.org Some

Fwd: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to the project

2011-11-01 Thread Jean Weber
-- Forwarded message -- From: David Michel dsmic...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 09:25 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing to the project To: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com Hi Jean, Thank you for your email.  I have subscribed to the list. My preference

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Please can we have a link so that 'anyone' can proof-read it? Regards from Tom :) From: David Nelson comme...@traduction.biz To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 15 January, 2011 13:21:39 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing Hi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-16 Thread David Nelson
Hi Tom, :-) http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_LibreOffice_on_Linux David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-15 Thread Rogerio Luz Coelho
2011/1/14 David Nelson comme...@traduction.biz Hi Rogerio, :-) Today, I looked at your work on the Linux install instructions, in view of using your version to replace the existing instructions on the libreoffice.org site. In the end, I put your version on hold because the work is not yet

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-15 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 21:07, Rogerio Luz Coelho luz.roge...@gmail.com wrote: don´t sweat about it ...  I am not mad in any way. Thanks for your understanding. I know how frustrating it is to spend time and do work only to see it apparently wasted. If no-one else gets around to it,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-13 Thread David Nelson
Hi Rogerio, :-) Today, I looked at your work on the Linux install instructions, in view of using your version to replace the existing instructions on the libreoffice.org site. In the end, I put your version on hold because the work is not yet *entirely* finished: the English needs proofreading

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-06 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/6/2011 12:36 AM, Ron Faile wrote: On 1/5/2011 9:35 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: OK, I'd like to work on Chapter 9, Working with Tables. I see that I should put my wiki ID (Dupreyb) in the Checkout column. The existing file already is using the template, so would there still be a need for

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-05 Thread Ron Faile
On 1/5/2011 9:35 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: OK, I'd like to work on Chapter 9, Working with Tables. I see that I should put my wiki ID (Dupreyb) in the Checkout column. The existing file already is using the template, so would there still be a need for me to install that anywhere? Where am I

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-04 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/4/2011 1:57 AM, David Nelson wrote: Hi Barbara, :-) You could try telling us briefly about your degree of experience in documentation-writing? We might be able to better advise you in that case... ;-) You could also take a look at [1], where you will see a list of documentation still

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-04 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/4/2011 2:25 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 09:17 -0600, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 1/4/2011 1:57 AM, David Nelson wrote: Some people like to work on LibreOffice documentation via the oooauthors site [2]... (Surprised to see the reference to the oooauthors site, thought

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-04 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/4/2011 4:21 PM, David Nelson wrote: Hi Barbara, :-) Well, that's quite a resume you have, and you'd certainly be a valuable asset for the docs team. Thanks! At the present time, there's not yet a great deal of hard organization within the LibreOffice documentation project. This is

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-04 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:17 PM, David Nelson comme...@traduction.bizwrote: Hi guys, :-) *If* you feel up to trying to use Alfresco as a platform for your work, please don't feel shy... Although that is obviously entirely up to you. ;-) We talked a bit on this list a few days ago about

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-04 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:49, Hal Parker halparke...@gmail.com wrote: We talked a bit on this list a few days ago about setting up the spaces for docs work, but I'm not sure whether we agreed on what to do. I'm happy to set up a working space for the Writer Guide, if that's okay with

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-04 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Rogerio Luz Coelho luz.roge...@gmail.comwrote: Ok just finished the Installation on Linux face lift to the wiki ... http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_LibreOffice_on_Linux Can anyone tell if there is a magic way to import my Chapter configuration

[libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-03 Thread Barbara Duprey
I'd be glad to help with documentation -- how can I start being useful? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***