Putting it on the wiki would be best, I think; then other Mac users can add to it as well and anyone can copy it to use in other docs. Let me look around a bit and get back to you on where to put it on the wiki. In fact, I wonder if something is already there, though not in the Documentation area.
Clayton or TJ or someone: do you know? --Jean On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 12:16 +0000, rachel a kartch wrote: > Thanks Jean. I noted with comments in the chapter I'm reviewing where the > keystrokes (and in some cases, menu paths) differ, and also compiled a small > list. > > Is there some place we can maintain the list--aside from my just posting it > here? > > > Rachel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean Hollis Weber [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 05:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [authors] question about Mac versus other platforms > > On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 13:44 +0000, rachel a kartch wrote: > > Hello all: > > > > I'm still working my way through the review of Ch01 of the 3.2 Impress > > Guide (and apologize that it's taking so long--my job and a few other > > obligations have taken a lot of my free time away this week). As this is > > my first contribution one problem has come up for me repeatedly: I'm > > working on a Mac, and many keystroke combinations will be different on the > > Mac than other platforms. Obvious examples are use of the Command key > > rather than Control, as well as the F11 issue (which I think I saw > > referenced somewhere on the wiki as a known difference). > > > > My question is, is there some other document that tells Mac users "Some of > > your keystrokes will be different"? I don't want to bother calling out all > > the places in this chapter where the Mac keystrokes differ from what's in > > the text if this is already covered elsewhere. > > > > Sorry if this has been addressed previously! > > Rachel, > Thanks for bringing this up. IMO it's an important topic. > > We do have a few notes in the Getting Started guide about the different > keystrokes for Mac users. I think these are mainly in Chapter 1, but > there may be some in other places. The Writer Guide probably has some > notes, too. However, we do not have a full collection of them anywhere > in the user guides, and not everyone will read the Getting Started > book. > > I think it would be very good to have a collection of the Mac keystrokes > to put somewhere in each book, so if you could make a list as you go > along, that would be very helpful. > > --Jean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
