Hi,

I'm taking chapter 13 - Working with master documents.

Thanks
Joshua

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Jean Hollis Weber <[email protected]>wrote:

> Lots of people have signed up recently to proofread docs. Now is the
> time to check the published PDFs of the WRITER GUIDE for last-minute
> errors that I missed. The files are located here:
>
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Chapters
> and here:
> http://www.oooauthors.org/english/userguide3/writer3/wg3.2-published
>
> Please pick a WRITER GUIDE chapter at random. Please everyone, DON'T
> all start with chapter 1 because we end up with 15 reviews of the
> early chapters and none of the later chapters in the book.
>
> Here is what I need you to look for:
> * Missing x-refs (marked by "Error! xxxx") or wrong x-refs (usually to the
> wrong figure number)
> * Incorrect list numbering (not starting with 1, or following items in
> a list not numbered sequentially)
> * Missing figures
> * Up to date info on the copyright page (email address, date of
> publication, OOo version, and website address in footer)
> * Characters, words, graphics (especially circles and callouts on other
> graphics) in wrong places on the page
> * Conspicuously bad page breaks; for example, the lead-in sentence to a
> list on one page, with all of the list on the next page, or a table row
> split over two pages, or a very large blank space at the bottom of a page
> because a graphic or table has gone to the next page when it should not have
> done so
> * And anything else that looks wrong
>
> This sort of checking can be done fairly quickly, because you should
> be skimming, not reading in detail.
>
> At this point you should NOT primarily be looking for minor wording
> inconsistencies and other issues. Of course, if you find errors do let
> me know. An email to the list giving the file name, the page number, and
> the error is the easiest way to do this for published files. (As these are
> published files, please DO NOT "retract" them while you are reviewing them.)
>
> --Jean
>
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