[libreoffice-documentation] WGChapter11-Mail Merge

2014-07-04 Thread John Smith
Hi. I've uploaded this chapter to ODF into the Writer Draftsv4.2 folder. Regards JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Two files ready to be cleaned for publication

2014-07-04 Thread John Smith
cases one normally sees all icons in red. On XP a user must be administrator to modify them, too. I recommend to return to the old wording and eventually add a comment about the possibility to modify the themes in administration mode (if there is a reason to do that). John Smith made those changes

[libreoffice-documentation] WG Chapter 10, Templates in Writer

2014-05-27 Thread John Smith
Hi This chapter has been uploaded to ODF into the WG Drafts4.2 folder. Hi Jean, welcome back. Because of a bug in the Wizards in Writer not permitting Letter, Fax or Agenda to be created (reported as Fixed for V4.3) I'm unable to verify the Wizards section in the chapter and have left the

[libreoffice-documentation] GS Chapter 11, Graphics, Gallery and Fontwork

2014-05-27 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean I know this chapter has been published, but I had cause to refer back to it and have come across a number of issues with both the text and also associated graphics. I have fully commented my issues in the chapter. I have uploaded this chapter to ODF into the GS Drafts4.2 folder. The

[libreoffice-documentation] WG4209 - Working with Tables

2014-05-18 Thread John Smith
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] possible errors in documentation

2014-05-07 Thread John Smith
Hi Thank you for your comments. They will be actioned in the next release of the User Guide. Regards JohnS On 04/05/2014 11:31, yahoo-pier_andreit wrote: taken from here https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ the writer manual errors should be in table chapter... errors should

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide Ch4 Ch7

2014-04-22 Thread John Smith
Hi. Chapters 4 and 7 of the Writer Guide have now been uploaded to ODF into the Drafts4.2 folder. JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-documentation] WG Chapter 3

2014-04-06 Thread John Smith
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS4209 - Getting Started With Math

2014-04-04 Thread John Smith
am removing it wherever it appears. --Jean On Friday, April 4, 2014, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk mailto:clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Sorry, I should have said, that it can be removed ok with no negative effects. It is entered manually in order to use it, it's

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS4209 - Getting Started With Math

2014-04-03 Thread John Smith
Hi That macro was required, if for some reason, when the template had been changed, you elected to not update the document on opening. The option to update was not offered when opening the document again and in order to then update to the changed template, you needed to run the macro.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS4205 Calc

2014-04-03 Thread John Smith
slide. Regards JohnS On 03/04/2014 19:47, John Smith wrote: Hi Martin Just had another look at this chapter out of curiosity and I see you've replied to a comment I left, regarding a cell's content changing immediately when the formatting is changed, from say, a number to text. I have 4.2.3.1

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ch1-4 of GS4.2 published

2014-04-02 Thread John Smith
I've reworded this explanation and replaced the file on ODF. Regards JohnS On 31/03/2014 20:07, Jean Weber wrote: So that needs rewording. Number of is misleading. On Tuesday, April 1, 2014, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Milos By default, the Lightproof Grammar Checker checks

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ch1-4 of GS4.2 published

2014-04-02 Thread John Smith
on my system. Not all the options selectable work however, but that's for the bug-fixers to deal with. The bug report was made on the 17th Feb and appears to be still awaiting triage. Regards JohnS On 02/04/2014 08:04, Milos Sramek wrote: Hi John, Dňa 31.03.2014 20:03, John Smith wrote

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ch1-4 of GS4.2 published

2014-03-31 Thread John Smith
Hi Milos By default, the Lightproof Grammar Checker checks only for the duplication of the words 'and', 'or', 'for' and 'the'. By enabling the option described in the guide, the text is checked for the duplication of all words. Regards JohnS On 31/03/2014 09:50, Milos Sramek wrote: Dňa

[libreoffice-documentation] WG Chapter 6; Intro to Styles

2014-03-28 Thread John Smith
Hi I've placed this chapter in the Writer Drafts 4.2 folder. Regards JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-documentation] GS4205 Calc

2014-03-27 Thread John Smith
Hi I've gone over this chapter and added text and screen shots for the Sidebar. The screen shots may need replacing with ones taken in the OS, or not used at all, that the others are taken in. There are a number of errors which need to be checked and agreed by the original reviewer, Martin?,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS4.2 Ch.3 Styles Templates

2014-03-27 Thread John Smith
Hi I've made a single sentence correction in 'Deleting Styles' to remove an incorrect statement. I've left the corrected chapter in the same place. Regards JohnS On 24/03/2014 18:53, Martin Saffron wrote: Hello, I've replaced screen captures in the GS4203 file uploaded to the feedback

[libreoffice-documentation] GS4.2 Ch 5 Calc

2014-03-23 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean I've taken GS Ch5 and will deal with the Sidebar addition. I've logged it out on the wiki. Regards JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines +

[libreoffice-documentation] GS4.2 Ch10 Printing exporting emailing

2014-03-22 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean I've looked over this chapter for any possible Sidebar content (none found). I've made some minor edits with record changes on, but that's all I've done with it. Accordingly I've left it in the Drafts folder, but have marked the wiki with today's date. Regards JohnS -- To

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Template manager

2014-03-21 Thread John Smith
HI Thanks to all who responded, particularly you Jean for the info on the experimental explanation. It is actually GS Ch3 I'm dealing with. I'll get it amended and then uploaded. Thanks to all once again. Regards JohnS On 20/03/2014 17:36, John Smith wrote: I should have included the info

[libreoffice-documentation] GS4.2 Ch3 Styles Templates

2014-03-21 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean I've done some changes with regards to the Sidebar, and a few other minor edits. All done with changes being recorded. The chapter has been uploaded back to here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/getting-started/feedback-lo4.2/gs4-2-ch3-styles-templates/view There are some

[libreoffice-documentation] GS4.2 Ch4 Writer

2014-03-20 Thread John Smith
This chapter has been uploaded to here after further edits; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/getting-started/feedback-lo4.2/gs4-2-ch4-writer/view Regards JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-documentation] Template manager

2014-03-20 Thread John Smith
Hi all. In one of the latest user guides is a screen-shot of the Template Manager, taken from a Mac I think, showing a Repository button (File New Templates, or whatever route you wish to use to open it). This button does not exist on my Win XP system in LO release 4.2.3.1. Would someone

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Template manager

2014-03-20 Thread John Smith
I should have included the info that the button appears in the screen-shot to the left of the 'Import' button with 'My Templates' selected in the 'Documents' tab. JohnS On 20/03/2014 17:26, John Smith wrote: Hi all. In one of the latest user guides is a screen-shot of the Template Manager

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] WG Chapter 5; PrintingExportingEmailing

2014-03-17 Thread John Smith
the chapters. I'll finish 'WG Ch1' first and then go back to 'GS Ch4-Getting started with Writer' and do some more edits. After that I'll look at the other GS guides relevant to Writer and do the same there. Regards JohnS On 17/03/2014 05:51, Jean Weber wrote: On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 4:11 AM, John

[libreoffice-documentation] WG4.2 Ch 1 Introducing Writer

2014-03-17 Thread John Smith
This chapter uploaded to ODF here after further edits; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/feedback-4.2/wg4-2-ch1-introducing-writer/view JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-documentation] WG Chapter 5; PrintingExportingEmailing

2014-03-08 Thread John Smith
This chapter now uploaded to ODF, Writer Drafts 4.2 folder. JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: GS Ch3 Styles Templates

2014-03-02 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean I'll continue to clean up as I go then. Regards JohnS On 02/03/2014 01:34, Jean Weber wrote: On Thursday, 27 February 2014, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk mailto:clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Further to this, I've just downloaded the GS Styles and Templates chapter to have

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer guide chapter 4

2014-02-28 Thread John Smith
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Information request

2014-02-27 Thread John Smith
a system that doesn't show all the options. Regards Johns On 26/02/2014 10:01, C wrote: Umm.. I replied 6 days ago :-) Are you not subscribed? Or did you want more info? Clayton On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:30 AM, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: No takers on this? Just a few lines from

[libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started chapter 2; Setting up LO

2014-02-27 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean. I've placed this chapter into the GS Drafts 4.2 folder on ODF. I've responded to comments you left and carried out some further edits - thanks to Clayton for pointing me in the right direction. I noticed in this chapter, the task bar indicated 'Multiple Languages', and in the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Information request

2014-02-26 Thread John Smith
No takers on this? Just a few lines from someone with a non-Windows OS would be appreciated. :-) JohnS On 20/02/2014 19:47, John Smith wrote: Hi all. On the Tools Options LibreOffice Print page is a menu item (apparently) 'PDF as Standard Print Job Format'. This menu item is not available

[libreoffice-documentation] Information request

2014-02-20 Thread John Smith
Hi all. On the Tools Options LibreOffice Print page is a menu item (apparently) 'PDF as Standard Print Job Format'. This menu item is not available in Windows - my system - so I can't see it or try it to write it up. Would someone be good enough to write a paragraph or so giving me the

[libreoffice-documentation] GS4202-Setting up LO

2014-02-17 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean I've gone through this chapter as requested. Apart from some very minor edits, I've written up the 'English sentence checking' section and left a comment. I replaced figure 25 too as it showed Dev version menu items. Have a look to see if you want to replace it from your system's UI.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Guide Chapter 4, Getting started with Writer

2014-02-04 Thread John Smith
correct the script, if it is an error. It should not touch any styles except for removing OOODefault. Milos Dňa 2014-02-03 19:33, John Smith wrote / napísal(a): With respect to the Writer guides, Milos has done some work and 'cleaned' them using some software routines. Unfortunately

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Guide Chapter 4, Getting started with Writer

2014-02-03 Thread John Smith
of this guide which includes the same typo :-[ . Maybe something to note down for the next version? Cheers On 02/02/14 09:33, John Smith wrote: Hi The GS Guide Ch4 has been uploaded to here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/getting-started/draft-lo-4.2/chapter-4-getting-started-with-writer

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Guide Chapter 4, Getting started with Writer

2014-02-03 Thread John Smith
graphics still intact--thus not losing all that editing effort. Gary On 2/2/2014 2:03 PM, John Smith wrote: Hi Gary No, no idea why it crashed. I was just editing happily and it disappeared off screen, with no announcement, on one of the occasions, another occasion had the look of a 'standard

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Guide Chapter 4, Getting started with Writer

2014-02-02 Thread John Smith
file unto a clean, new ODT file from the most current template? Gary On 2/1/2014 5:33 PM, John Smith wrote: Hi The GS Guide Ch4 has been uploaded to here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/getting-started/draft-lo-4.2/chapter-4-getting-started-with-writer/view Unfortunately

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide; Preface and Chapter 1

2014-02-02 Thread John Smith
Hi These two chapters have been uploaded to here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/drafts-v4.2 Chapter 1 should be considered as preliminary. I'm waiting on a bug resolution to replace a screen-shot. Apart from that, with v4.2 evolving all these chapters posted will be

[libreoffice-documentation] GS Guide Chapter 4, Getting started with Writer

2014-02-01 Thread John Smith
Hi The GS Guide Ch4 has been uploaded to here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/getting-started/draft-lo-4.2/chapter-4-getting-started-with-writer/view Unfortunately, with this copy I had a lot of trouble with LO crashing and file corruption. There are almost no recorded changes

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started book for LO v4.2

2014-01-27 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean I can detour to this with no trouble. I'm currently doing Writer. JohnS On 26/01/2014 06:39, Jean Weber wrote: The Getting Started guide is, not surprisingly, the most popular book we produce, with the Writer Guide running a close second. PeterS, if you can update the chapters on Draw

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Technical writing about LibO 4.2 lists/headings bullet/numbering

2014-01-25 Thread John Smith
Hi Dominique This list strips attachments from mail. If you would like to email the document to me directly, as I am dealing with the Writer documentation, I will be pleased to look at it. Regards JohnS On 25/01/2014 13:16, dominique.bout...@laposte.net wrote: Hi, I wrote the attached

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Adding definitions to description of statistical functions in Calc

2014-01-04 Thread John Smith
, Silas Ørting wrote: 2013/12/30 John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk: Hi Silas You can get a lot of information from here, in section 6.18: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part2.html#__RefHeading__1018622_715980110 The Semantics part is exactly what I am looking

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Adding definitions to description of statistical functions in Calc

2013-12-30 Thread John Smith
Hi Silas You can get a lot of information from here, in section 6.18: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part2.html#__RefHeading__1018622_715980110 Regards JohnS On 25/12/2013 15:21, Silas Ørting wrote: Hi Whenever I need a statistical function in Calc, it

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc guide chapter 8 - PivotTables

2013-12-11 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean A bug fix for the GETPIVOTDATA function has been released and tested for 4.1.5. This bug is the subject of a CAUTION table, the very last item, in this chapter. As this is, or will be, a 4.1 release it may be an idea to republish the chapter. I have altered the text in the CAUTION

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO Calc and the ImageMap Editor

2013-12-05 Thread John Smith
Hi Peter I've just given this a go and it works fine using LO4.1.3.2 on WinXP and it launches Firefox 25.1. It also works ok with an internal URL (C:\Documents and Settings\...) Being pedantic, you say 'click the hotspot...', this is of course, Ctrl_click the hotspot. Regards JohnS On

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Release 4.2 icon set

2013-12-03 Thread John Smith
the goal of having a beautiful non-distracting icons to help the user concentrate on the document. (Issa Alkurtas, Norah Abanumay, Mirek M., Pavel Haratický and Ahmad Harthi) Thanks Martin On 02/12/13 23:28, Jean Weber wrote: On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 3:20 AM, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote

[libreoffice-documentation] Next task

2013-12-02 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean Just to let you know I've made a start on the Writer guide for 4.2. Regards JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-documentation] Release 4.2 icon set

2013-12-02 Thread John Smith
Jean, Just had a thought on this subject. Are we staying with Galaxy, which I see is no longer listed as Galaxy(default), or are we going with Tango? I know we had this discussion earlier this year, but is it now time to bite the bullet? On another point, is the template being changed from

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc guide chapter 16 (Annex B)

2013-11-24 Thread John Smith
Hi This chapter has been uploaded to ODF here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/calc-guide/draft-lo4.1/chapter16-appendix-b-calc-functions/view There are a number of comments which need review/ decisions. I've now removed the temporary folder in Calc where I had the unfinished

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Annex B

2013-11-19 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean. The chapter has now had its first pass through with all the functions looked at. I'm just doing a final pass. Where a function's arguments are lower case, and a sentence begins with that name, does it retain its lower case formatting because it's a variable's name? Regards JohnS --

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide v4.1, Chapter 8, Pivot Tables, has been published

2013-11-14 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean I've not had a look at this, but if it mentions within the chapter the function GETPIVOTDATA(), then it may be informative to readers that a bug exists within it. The bug number is 71234 and can be found here; https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71234 Regards JohnS On

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GETPIVOTDATA

2013-11-14 Thread John Smith
Good stuff. Well done. JohnS On 14/11/2013 12:39, K-J LibreOffice wrote: Hi John, Jean, Am 14.11.2013 11:28, schrieb John Smith: Hi Jean I've not had a look at this, but if it mentions within the chapter the function GETPIVOTDATA(), Yes then it may be informative to readers that a bug

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Calc Guide chapter 7, formulas functions

2013-10-01 Thread John Smith
] On 16 Sep 2013, at 01:08, Jean Weber [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] [hidden email] wrote: On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 5:38 AM, John Smith [hidden email] wrote: Hi. I've uploaded chapter 7 to the Calc Drafts 4.0 folder here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/calc-guide/draft-lo4

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] CONVERT function in Calc

2013-09-18 Thread John Smith
for the convert function in the help and that works for converting deutchmarks to euros. Cheers Shelagh On 18 September 2013 06:45, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk mailto:clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi all. I'm working on the Appendix B chapter for Calc and I am looking

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] CONVERT function in Calc

2013-09-18 Thread John Smith
Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com *To:* John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk *Cc:* documentation documentation@global.libreoffice.org *Sent:* Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 11:43 *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-documentation] CONVERT function in Calc Isn't it, and some other functions, still there so old

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide chapter 7, formulas functions

2013-09-17 Thread John Smith
19:00, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk mailto:clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Jean. I will update to v4.1 then and make a start on Appendix B for Calc 4.1. Thanks to all who have offered to check the guide's Excel statement for me. Regards JohnS On 16/09/2013

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Calc Guide chapter 7, formulas functions

2013-09-17 Thread John Smith
, at 01:08, Jean Weber [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] ml-node+s969070n4074293...@n3.nabble.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 5:38 AM, John Smith [hidden email] wrote: Hi. I've uploaded chapter 7 to the Calc Drafts 4.0 folder here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/calc-guide

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Calc Guide chapter 7, formulas functions

2013-09-17 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean Yes, the bug came to light as I worked on Appendix B using v4.1.1.2. I posted it to Bugzilla after some research and it as been confirmed in v4.1.3.0. but not present in v4.0.5. Regards JohnS On 17/09/2013 12:20, Jean Weber wrote: On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:55 PM, John Smith clicks

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Calc Guide chapter 7, formulas functions

2013-09-17 Thread John Smith
Hi I've incorporated Shelagh's information into the text and I've added a Caution about the Function Wizard bug. The file's been updated on ODF. Back to Appendix B. Regards JohnS On 17/09/2013 13:24, John Smith wrote: Hi Jean Yes, the bug came to light as I worked on Appendix B using

[libreoffice-documentation] CONVERT function in Calc

2013-09-17 Thread John Smith
Hi all. I'm working on the Appendix B chapter for Calc and I am looking at the =CONVERT function. This function converts a numerical value from one unit of measure, to another unit of measure in the same group, for example feet into yards, both in the distance group. Within the dialogue of the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide chapter 7, formulas functions

2013-09-16 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean. I will update to v4.1 then and make a start on Appendix B for Calc 4.1. Thanks to all who have offered to check the guide's Excel statement for me. Regards JohnS On 16/09/2013 00:08, Jean Weber wrote: On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 5:38 AM, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi. I've

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide chapter 7, formulas functions

2013-09-15 Thread John Smith
Hi. I've uploaded chapter 7 to the Calc Drafts 4.0 folder here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/calc-guide/draft-lo4/chapter-7-formulas-and-functions/view I have left a few comments in the chapter, one of which I need someone to answer. It concerns a statement about Excel which

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Chapter 6-Printing Exporting E-mailing

2013-06-24 Thread John Smith
Hi This chapter has been uploaded to ODF here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/calc-guide/draft-lo4/chapter-6-printing-exporting-e-mailing/view Regards JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Calc Guide chapter 5 - Using graphics in Calc

2013-06-22 Thread John Smith
Hi This chapter has further edits as suggested by Chris69 and Dave. The file has been placed on ODF here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/calc-guide/draft-lo4/chapter-5-using-graphics-in-calc/view Regards JohnS On 19/06/2013 09:35, Chris69 wrote: Hello John, I reviewed your

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide chapter 5 - Using graphics in Calc

2013-06-18 Thread John Smith
Hi This chapter has been uploaded to ODF and placed in the Calc Drafts 4.0 folder here; http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/calc-guide/draft-lo4/chapter-5-using-graphics-in-calc/view Wiki pages updated. Regards Johns -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc guide Chapter 4

2013-06-09 Thread John Smith
Hi all. Just to let you know I've checked out chapter 4 of the Calc guide to work on. JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide Chapter 13 - Master docs

2013-05-09 Thread John Smith
18:16, Kieran Peckett wrote: I have uploaded my comments to the Feedback folder. On 7 May 2013 22:31, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi I've uploaded this chapter to ODF and put it in the Writer Drafts folder. Wiki page updated too. JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide Chapter 13 - Master docs

2013-05-07 Thread John Smith
Hi I've uploaded this chapter to ODF and put it in the Writer Drafts folder. Wiki page updated too. JohnS -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

2013-04-26 Thread John Smith
Hi Gary I'm currently working through WG Chapter 13 Working with Master Documents. Regards JohnS On 25/04/2013 14:40, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 4/25/2013 5:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The old lurgy of disappearing pictures seems to have reappeared (or perhaps just never went away since it's

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide Chapter 12 - TOCsIndexesBiblios

2013-04-15 Thread John Smith
Peckett wrote: It has now been moved to Old Drafts: does this mean that it has been reviewed and is ready for publication? On 14 April 2013 21:11, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: This chapter has been uploaded to ODF Authors, Writer Guide Drafts 4.0 folder. JohnS -- Unsubscribe

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide Chapter 12 - TOCsIndexesBiblios

2013-04-14 Thread John Smith
This chapter has been uploaded to ODF Authors, Writer Guide Drafts 4.0 folder. JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer guide chapter 11 - Mail Merge

2013-04-07 Thread John Smith
Hi, I've posted this chapter to ODF Authors, into the Writer Drafts 4.0 folder. Regards JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Chapter 3 - Styles and Templates

2013-04-01 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean The Templates Manager has evolved, and so I've updated the above chapter to reflect this, and placed it into the GS Drafts 4.0 folder. Regards JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide Chapter 8 Working with graphics

2013-03-22 Thread John Smith
This chapter has been uploaded to ODF. Placed in the Writer Guide Drafts 4.0 folder. JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Unable to log in to ODFAuthors?

2013-03-11 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean I hung on but for a while, but have no access to ODF using my johnsmith log-in. Regards JohnS On 05/03/2013 04:48, Jean Weber wrote: I've received reports that people can't log in to the updated ODFAuthors website; they're getting a message that their username cannot be found. it's an

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide Chapter 7, Styles and Formatting

2013-02-26 Thread John Smith
Hi This chapter has been uploaded to Writer Guide Draft LO 4.0 folder on ODF Authors. JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Chapter 11, Graphics, Gallery and Fontwork

2013-02-26 Thread John Smith
Hi From Hazel p.304. Adding images. First sentence is confusing; inserting from a file is mentioned twice. Better would be by inserting an image directly...from a scanner, from a file... Or the section from a file stored on your computer, could be deleted. From Tim Page 306

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Chapter 11, Graphics, Gallery and Fontwork

2013-02-26 Thread John Smith
This chapter now on ODF Authors, Getting Started Feedback folder JohnS On 26/02/2013 21:25, John Smith wrote: Hi From Hazel p.304. Adding images. First sentence is confusing; inserting from a file is mentioned twice. Better would be by inserting an image directly...from a scanner

[libreoffice-documentation] LO 4.0.1

2013-02-23 Thread John Smith
LO 4.0.1 RC1 was released yesterday 22 Feb 13 JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Templates and out of date help

2013-02-22 Thread John Smith
Hi Peter No bugs have been raised by me about this. If you don't have the two posts from Alex Thurgood on your computer still, from the 15th January you can find them on Nabble. In a nutshell, he asserts that A), the devs are still dealing with Template Manager, and that B), the Help files are

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO4.0 Getting Started: Chapters 9/10 - Getting Started With Math/Printing

2013-02-21 Thread John Smith
Hi Tim Your first three points have been taken care of. An updated chapter is in the GS 4.0 Feedback folder. Your final point is somewhat debatable. There are a number of instances in the chapter where Click the Print button is not a separate point. Perhaps they ought to be, but they went

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Book Prefaces

2013-02-20 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean I've added the section to the Writer Guide Preface and placed it back into the Feedback folder. JohnS On 19/02/2013 23:49, Jean Weber wrote: Some changes are needed to the Preface of the v4.0 books. These include: * Make http://ask.libreoffice.org prominent. I don't think it's even

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO4.0 Getting Started: Chapter 3 Using Styles and Templates

2013-02-18 Thread John Smith
Hi Jean Tim I've done a revision of that Note. I've placed the revised GS Chapter 3 StylesTemplates into the GS Feedback folder on ODF. If Tim can look again to see if it's still confusing that will be good. I fully expect the event to which it refers to be changed, as it does give me the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Chapter 3: Using styles and templates

2013-02-18 Thread John Smith
Thanks Hazel All three points are now incorporated into the file on ODF in the GS Feedback folder. JohnS On 18/02/2013 14:26, Hazel Russman wrote: p.63 Note at bottom of page contains bad reference. p.64. Section at bottom of page refers to itself. p.68. Creating a template from a

[libreoffice-documentation] LO 4.0 Writer Guide Chapter 4, Formatting Pages

2013-02-18 Thread John Smith
This chapter uploaded to ODF Writer LO 4.0. Drafts folder JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-documentation] LO 4.0, Writer Guide Chapter 5

2013-02-18 Thread John Smith
Hi This chapter uploaded to ODF Writer v4.0 Drafts folder JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Font Sizes

2013-02-14 Thread John Smith
Guide v3.6. :-) Jean On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 6:35 AM, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Peter I'll make sure to add it into the Styles chapter JohnS On 13/02/2013 11:36, PeeWee wrote: Hello Problem solved. Jean came up with the solution. If you have a percentage figure in the font

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Font Sizes

2013-02-13 Thread John Smith
Hi Peter I'll make sure to add it into the Styles chapter JohnS On 13/02/2013 11:36, PeeWee wrote: Hello Problem solved. Jean came up with the solution. If you have a percentage figure in the font size for a style, just highlight the percentage figure and, for example, type 16pt. This turns

[libreoffice-documentation] GS Chapter 3, Styles and Formatting

2013-02-10 Thread John Smith
Hi This chapter now uploaded to Feedback folder on ODF. Starting the GS Math now. JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide

2013-02-07 Thread John Smith
Chapters 0,1,2, and 3 uploaded to ODF, Writer Draft folder. Chapter 0, Figure 1 is the same as the GS 0 guide. It can be altered as required. JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-documentation] LO set-up options - View options

2013-02-04 Thread John Smith
Hi Could someone with a Linux set-up please confirm, or otherwise, that the Automatic icon style is KDE or Gnome as stated in the documentation. In Windows it is Automatic(Tango). I'm just after confirmation of the Automatic setting. Thanks JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

[libreoffice-documentation] LO set-up options - View options

2013-02-04 Thread John Smith
Thank you to all who replied. May I just repeat that I only want to know what the Automatic setting is (Automatic(xx) in Tools-Options-LibreOffice-View in the User Interface icon style list box. This is only to verify the accuracy of the statement in the guide, irrespective of what we

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Marking up graphics

2013-02-04 Thread John Smith
Thanks to all for opinions. I agree that 0.05cm works well and I'm going with that. JohnS On 04/02/2013 20:55, Leo Moons wrote: Hello, In the Dutch guides we use LibO green 1 and thickness 0.05 cm and do find it great. Best regards -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draft LO 4.0 Chapter 4 - Getting started with Writer

2013-02-03 Thread John Smith
Hi Tim The thing I usually do is select the file and then in the Actions menu item, select Check out. This locks the file, creates another copy in the folder, and you take away a copy to work on. Have 'Record changes' enabled when you open the document on your system to work on it, change

[libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide

2013-02-02 Thread John Smith
Chapters 14 and 15 uploaded to Draft 4.0 folder on ODF. JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette

[libreoffice-documentation] Formatting

2013-01-28 Thread John Smith
Hi I'm doing a chapter which has a mix of style formatting ON (Emphasis), and NOT ON (oooTextbody), for dialog names. What's the correct way to go here? Thanks JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Menu path on a Mac

2013-01-27 Thread John Smith
...? I'd like to put it in full in the document. Thanks John Smith On 26/01/2013 21:23, Jean Weber wrote: Yes, that's correct. On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 3:48 AM, John Smith clicks...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi Can a Mac user please tell me if this statement is correct, as it appears in a chapter I'm

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Menu path on a Mac

2013-01-27 Thread John Smith
Thanks Dan Can you mail that directly to my email so I can see it please? John Smith On 27/01/2013 12:06, Dan Lewis wrote: I have attached a screen shot of LibreOffice open on the Mac. It has a panel at the top like the Unity desktop. The panel contains the menus for any window that has been

[libreoffice-documentation] GS Guide Chapter 10

2013-01-27 Thread John Smith
Hi This chapter uploaded to ODF GS Draft 4.0 folder. JohnS -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette

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