noticed an archived tender (July 2016) to redesign the
download page. Does anyone know if that means that it has already been
redesigned and that it will not be changed for a while?
Thanks again.
Cathy
On 7/26/2017 7:00 PM, Olivier Hallot wrote:
Hi Cathy
Em 25/07/2017 22:08, Cathy Crum
wrote:
Hello Cathy
Em 27/07/2017 15:16, Cathy Crumbley escreveu:
Hi Olivier,
(snip)
Finally, I downloaded the file and realized what I have been missing.
Perhaps I am a dunderhead but if I missed the Help files, perhaps others
have. I would strongly recommend that the download page be clearer
ve a group of people specialized in software user interface design
that evaluates all aspects of the human interaction with the software.
Em 28/07/2017 23:27, Cathy Crumbley escreveu:
I appreciate your advice about how to get the wording revised on the
program download page. Unfortunately, I don't
ibreOffice is in the works. I don't really understand the
rest of it, but at least I now know that Pootle is related to that project.
On 7/28/2017 4:41 AM, Sophie wrote:
Hi Cathy,
Le 27/07/2017 à 21:55, Cathy Crumbley a écrit :
Hi Olivier,
Thanks again for the responses.
If this has been a problem for
wrote:
Hi Cathy,
Cathy Crumbley wrote on 28-07-17 06:18:
Just to be clear, I was not expressing problems with the Help files. In
fact, I was not even aware that they exist when I wrote this.
In know that you was talking about the user interface. That is what my
comment is about too ;)
On 7
software, it is a
tool/facility/service used by the translators for many aspects of the
software.
On 29.07.2017 02:14, Cathy Crumbley wrote:
Thanks for your input. These is much to learn!
I am referring to the LibreOffice download page. Why? Because it sounds
like I am not the only one
Hi Cor,
Just to be clear, I was not expressing problems with the Help files. In
fact, I was not even aware that they exist when I wrote this.
Thank you!
Cathy
On 7/27/2017 3:52 AM, Cor Nouws wrote:
Hi Cathy,
Dave wrote on 26-07-17 11:26:
On 26.07.2017 03:08, Cathy Crumbley wrote
Hi Jean,
Thank you. This is what I wanted.
I have started to review the chapters and should warn you that there
will probably be a number of comments for you to look over. Nearly all
would be minor issues of formatting and clarity.
As someone still trying to figure out Libreoffice, I hope
Thank you for the helpful responses.
I tried to activate my account and received the following error message.
Can you help with this or should I send it to the list?
On 6/20/2017 5:34 AM, Jean Weber wrote:
Answers inline.
On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 at 08:00 Cathy Crumbley <catcr...@gmail.
nd you a new link. If it
still doesn't work, sounds like the website may be having a hiccup again.
Olivier, if needed, can you help? I've not been very involved for some
time, so I may not know what to do about this problem.
--Jean
On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 2:07 AM, Cathy Crumbley <catcr
, as shown in the attached screenshot (which
may not be visible on the list). Choose "File" from the drop-down
list.
As you found, there is no way to drag or paste files into the website.
--Jean
On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Cathy Crumbley <catcr...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Jean,
Th
Hi All,
I would like to introduce myself.
I am already a non-technical writer/editor and want to develop more
technical skills. I would like to start by helping to edit and write
Libreoffice documentation.
It looks like the agenda for today's meeting could be useful for me.
However, I
I will look over the Writer chapter.
On 1/24/2018 2:09 AM, Dave Barton wrote:
Hi Cathy,
On 24.01.2018 04:24, Cathy Crumbley wrote:
Hi Dave,
I could help with whatever is the highest priority for GS5--either
Base or Writer.
Thanks, that would be a big help. The Base or Writer chapters don't
documentation.
On 1/29/2018 4:51 PM, Olivier Hallot wrote:
Hello Community
Thanks to Jean Weber, Cathy Crumbley and Bruce Byfield, we have now the
latest Writer Guide available for download.
Read more on the achievement in our blog at
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2018/01/29
I have been reviewing the Writer chapter, Chapter 4 of the Getting
Started Guide, and have a suggestion.
For me, two of the more confusing issues with LibreOffice (and judging
from the forums, others as well) has been understanding how styles work
together—especially paragraph and character
there be a graphic designer who could help us?
On 1/31/2018 11:24 AM, John L Hart Jr wrote:
I agree with Cathy Crumbley with her suggestion. I have always had
some trouble using Syles and understanding just how to use them to
the fullest. Since I am not proficient in the use of Styles I do
.
Cathy
On 2/1/2018 4:33 PM, Valerii Goncharuk wrote:
Hi Cathy,
Do you remember that there a book about styles and templates?
http://designingwithlibreoffice.com/download-buy/
Best regards,
Lera
2018-02-02 0:12 GMT+03:00 Cathy Crumbley <catcr...@gmail.com
<mailto:catcr...@gmail.com>&g
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From: Valerii Goncharuk <lera.goncha...@gmail.com>
To: Cathy Crumbley <catcr...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 00:33:02 +0300
Hi Cathy,
Do you remember that there a book about styles and templates?
http://designingwithlibreoffice.com/download-buy/
Best regards,
Lera
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formatting.
I hope it makes clear the difference between direct formatting and
styles formatting.
The chapter is in the 6.0 feedback folder in ODFAuthor
Kind regards
Olivier
Em 31/01/2018 14:15, Cathy Crumbley escreveu:
I have been reviewing the Writer chapter, Chapter 4 of the Getting
Started
Hi Dave,
I could help with whatever is the highest priority for GS5--either Base
or Writer.
If Writer, I would prefer not to work on the sections that I previously
edited for the Writer 5 guide (and I think they are now in the LO 6 drafts).
If Base is the higher priority, I should note
Hi All,
I just uploaded the Writer chapter. I made a lot of changes, but most
are fairly minor. Others I described in the comments with the upload.
Mainly I tried to do things:
1. Ensure that the information is accurate and current
2. Make it a bit more understandable for someone who is not
I don't think I have access to Nextcloud. What do I need to do to get it?
Thanks.
Cathy
On 10/22/2018 1:41 PM, Drew Jensen wrote:
Updated that workflow diagram this morning.
Latest here in a jpeg
https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/z6PB5CQ7YSNHMaH
The .odg file link earlier is also
Hi,
I didn't realize that we have access to an experimental version of Calc
6.2. How do I get a copy of it?
Thanks.
Cathy
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HI,
The default icon set for LO 6.2 appears to be Colibre. Should we still
use Tango for making screenshots?
To be consistent, should we use the same software and styles to make
arrows and write text in the screenshots? I would be happy to use
whatever others use.
Have there been any
Hi All,
The Contributor Guide is extremely helpful and I deeply appreciate that
someone --presumably Jean--invested the time and energy to create it. I
would just like a little bit of clarification.
Chapter 2 provides guidelines for indexing. On page 11, the guidelines
say: "The translators
Entry
field. In order to avoid these "surrounded words", one needs to enter
something else (maybe the suggested space after) or to place the entry
to a neighboring word.
Milos
On 11/8/18 6:18 AM, Cathy Crumbley wrote:
Hi All,
The Contributor Guide is extremely helpful and I deeply app
Hi Dave,
Your revision of the template is quite helpful. Some of my thoughts follow
below.
Cathy
On 11/5/2018 4:55 PM, Dave Barton wrote:
Another "little" LO Documentation task I set for myself over the weekend
was to draft a proposal for a template for the 6.x series guides, which
I have
, 2018 at 8:07 PM Cathy Crumbley <mailto:catcr...@gmail.com>> wrote:
HI Milos,
Thank you for taking the time to explain. For editing Writer
documentation, I needed to learn about Hunspell, so understand the
issue
you are facing.
To help me understand this bette
Hi Drew,
I am not clear about why it is considered standard. It appears that
experimental features still need to be enabled.
If it will be a standard feature, then it should be mentioned in Chapter
1. Since it will not be the default view, it seems like that should be
enough.
Cathy
On
oops. I meant to say that I am *NOT* questioning the rationale.
On 11/13/2018 10:20 AM, Cathy Crumbley wrote:
Hi Martin,
I understand the need and certainly want to make sure that your needs
are met. I am questioning the rationale.
Rather, I am just trying to understand how it works
Hi Martin,
I understand the need and certainly want to make sure that your needs
are met. I am questioning the rationale.
Rather, I am just trying to understand how it works. Specifically:
1. How does simply clicking before a word or phrase rather than
selecting it give the result you
Hi All,
While merrily editing chapters in the Calc user guide, I have been
wondering about what users have the most problems with. Surely we would
provide an important service by addressing those problems in our
documentation.
Of course, there are many types of users with various levels of
I
thought it made more sense as a natural flow for the subject matter, but
yes that will involve clean up of references.. so?
Thanks,
Drew
On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 2:13 PM Cathy Crumbley wrote:
HI,
The default icon set for LO 6.2 appears to be Colibre. Should we still
use Tango for making s
Hi Drew,
I just tried to record that I am checking out Chapter 3, Charts and
Graphs. I was not able to enter any text in the Guide Status. Is it locked?
I am not sure about the return date - maybe December 10 for both
chapters (1 and 3).
Cathy
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Hi Drew,
I just tried to record that I am checking out Chapter 3, Charts and
Graphs. I was not able to enter any text in the Guide Status. Is it locked?
I am not sure about the return data - maybe December 5 for both chapter
(1 and 3).
Cathy
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Are you saying that an issue arises when there is a custom number field
inside an index entry? That seems highly unlikely. Perhaps I am not
following what you are saying.
On 11/8/2018 10:29 AM, Olivier Hallot wrote:
Em 08/11/2018 04:12, Jean Weber escreveu:
Chapter 2 provides guidelines for
e document, which I
didn't select for the index, i then forego the ability to auto select all
the instances and instead find them by hand, then select another space
character and do it all over again and again.
Is that it?
On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 8:07 PM Cathy Crumbley wrote:
HI Milos,
Thank you
Hi All,
I made a number of edits to Chapter 1, Introducing Calc. I am not
finished, but track changes has become increasingly slow. At our last
meeting, we agreed that I would share the file so that the edits to date
could be reviewed and accepted by someone else, making the file easier
for
d copy number during the
upload.
Either way works for me, but my first thought is to just work with it
on-line, which is what I'll do unless I hear otherwise from you.
Ah, and as I look I see Dave there also..
// drew
On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 12:01 PM Cathy Crumbley wrote:
Hi All,
I made a number
Hi All,
Those of us working on the next Calc user guide would like to establish
uniform guidelines for annotating graphics, mostly screenshots. We plan
to use Draw to produce arrows/lines with explanatory text.
Of course, we want the annotations to be clear and attractive as well as
wrote:
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 11:43 PM Cathy Crumbley wrote:
Hi All,
Howdy Cathy,
Just a quick comment on mining the ask bot site - added in line.
While merrily editing chapters in the Calc user guide, I have been
wondering about what users have the most problems with. Surely we would
I thought Heiko spoke with a lovely British accent.:)
On 11/22/2018 4:09 PM, Dave Barton wrote:
On 22.11.2018 18:55, Olivier Hallot wrote:
Wednesday November 21th2018, at 19:30 Berlin Time
Presents: Drew, Cathy, Heiko, Olivier, Sophia Schröder(not in the call)
Oops! Did I become invisible?
Hi Jean,
You are whipping through these chapters at an amazing rate. We are so
fortunate that you are on the team!
Cathy
On 4/3/2019 3:23 AM, Jean Weber wrote:
I have revised Chapter 5, Using Graphics in Calc, and uploaded it to
the CG 6.2 Feedback folder. I cut out much of the detail in
Good question. As you may have found out, finding a clear answer on the
US Treasury Department website is hopeless.
However, Google lists what are probably the current countries/regions:
Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria
oops. Just realized it was UTC time. Sorry to have missed the meeting.
Good to see the new people.
On 5/15/2019 8:39 AM, Olivier Hallot wrote:
Hi Documentation Team (Guides, Help contents) !
Our documentation team meeting will take place today at 18:00 UTC
We will use the following jitsi
Hi All,
It would be helpful to discuss and agree on some style and formatting
issues that are not fully covered in the Contributor Guide. These are
all small issues but it would be good to have more consistency. If time,
perhaps these issues could be discussed tomorrow. We can then update the
I was not aware of that. The Contributor Guide should be updated to
reflect this.
On 5/15/2019 7:44 AM, Olivier Hallot wrote:
Hello Kees
Thank you for reviewing Chapter 7.
When reviewing or authoring, please note that the references to tables
or figures must be restricted to the number, and
At yesterday's meeting, we decided that for annotating screenshots, we
would use the example on page 11 in Using the LO Chapter Template,
Chapter 6, of the Contributor Guide.
Might someone be able to develop specifications based on that example? I
don't have a lot of graphics expertise and
I don't have strong opinions about what we should use, but keep in mind
that we need two different terms to describe the subunits of sidebars.
Thus, at least in other LO guides I have worked on, "decks" are the
equivalent of pages and "panels" are the equivalent of sections of
pages. When I
, Drew Jensen wrote:
Howdy,
An example of deck and panel usage is in this blog from 2017
https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2017/02/16/guidelines-for-keyboard-navigation-in-the-sidebar/
On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 9:24 AM Cathy Crumbley wrote:
I don't have strong opinions about what we should
Steve,
Just realized you are working on Chapter 8, Using Pivot Tables.
I think that pivot tables should be discussed before pivot charts. Can I
assume that you will include a section on pivot charts? I would like to
refer to it in the chart chapter.
Cathy
On 5/26/2019 2:05 PM, Dave Barton
Hi Kees,
I did a lot of work on Chapter 1, in fact I pretty much rewrote it. With
track changes on, it was getting so hard to work with it that I asked
Drew to review it and accept or reject my changes. After that, using
track changes would not slow me down so much.
When Drew finished
Glad you are on the case.
On 5/10/2019 2:08 AM, kees...@libreoffice.org wrote:
Cathy Crumbley schreef op 09.05.2019 18:08:
Hi Kees,
Hi Cathy
When Drew finished reviewing Chapter 1, he put it in the Feedback
folder. There was hardly anything else there at the time and I had
forgotten
Hi All,
Dave, it is good to hear from you again.
Drew and I agreed on Wednesday that it would be great if Dave and Jean
could join the biweekly meetings. We are both in US eastern time (EDT)
and flexible about the meeting time. Olivier in Rio is one hour ahead of us.
My understanding is
:52 PM, Cathy Crumbley wrote:
Hi All,
It would be helpful to discuss and agree on some style and formatting
issues that are not fully covered in the Contributor Guide. These are
all small issues but it would be good to have more consistency. If
time, perhaps these issues could be discussed
Sorry that I was not able to join today. For some reason I thought there
was no meeting this week.
On 8/7/2019 9:47 AM, Olivier Hallot wrote:
Hi Documentation Team (Guides, Help contents) !
Our documentation team meeting will take place today at 18:00 UTC
We will use the following jitsi
Well, that is a good question. Thank you for the gentle nudge.
I certainly had no idea it would take me this long. I have substantially
revised and updated the chapter and am now tidying it up. I intend to
submit a draft in the next week or so.
I have not looked at the list for a while. Is
Hi All,
I have a conflict with the meeting today. I may be able to join toward
the end but that may not be possible.
I looked at the documentation pad and see that Steve has the same
concern I do about indexing. It would be helpful to know if chapters
other than ours were indexed.
Cathy
I was still using the older styles and assumed that the MenuPath
character style would be converted to Strong Emphasis when all of the
styles were converted to the new styles. I believe that the two styles
are exactly the same, with the exception of their names.
So, Kees, you are correct.
On
Jean,
Thank you for your work on the chapter and for the kind words. Such
praise—especially coming from you—means a lot.
I hope that you will be enjoying yourself over the next several weeks.
Cathy
On 10/18/2019 1:17 AM, Jean Weber wrote:
I have put this chapter into the new template and
Regina,
Thank you for taking the time to so clearly explain these issues.
Although I am neither a developer nor an advanced user, it helped me to
better understand some aspects of shapes and will be a useful resource.
By the way, you are wrong about your English ability. Your English is
That sounds like a good plan. I am glad that you are willing and able to
invest the time in finalizing the book..
On 11/24/2019 5:42 PM, Jean Weber wrote:
Yo, team! You may recall my suggestion 2-3 weeks ago that we leave the
proposed two new chapters out of the book we’re working on, so we
Yes, good point. I will do so.
On 11/1/2019 3:41 AM, kees...@libreoffice.org wrote:
Hi Cathy
Did you safe the files you used to make the charts for chapter 3?
If so, can you put them into a zip-file and place then in the Archive
folder?
This will help translaters to translate the documents.
Hi All,
I have finally placed Chapter 3, Charts and Graphs, in the Draft folder
on NextCloud. (I don’t know why the file icon is blue. Does anyone know?)
The chapter is substantially revised and significantly longer.
I would like to request that whoever reviews the chapter make
corrections
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