I changed the subject line. Comments at bottom. On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 13:53 +0200, Martin Fox wrote: > On Sun, 08 May 2011 Cynthia Reed <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am really new to all of this and would love to contribute but unsure > > what I can do....everyone on this list is really smart and up to date > > with everything.....Im just trying to get there.... > > > > If anyone would like some help on a project or assign me something > > simple to get my feet wet that would be greatly appreciated.....the > > projects seem to be a bit over my current skill level.... > > - > > Hi Cynthia > We were all once new to this! > What components do you feel comfortable with? Most people use Writer, then > Calc, then probably Impress/Draw with Base the least used. > > One thing we are doing at present is seeing what changes have been made in > the upcoming 3.4 releases of OOo and LibO. The documentation was updated > to version 3.2 of all components but only some is current for 3.3. > > If you are interested in learning stuff then jumping in is the way to > go. :=) > - at least that is what I found (and continue to find.....) > > maybe Jean, our well known herder of cats, has some concrete ideas. If > not, how about looking at some Draw chapters, (this is the project I > am working on at present)?
Reviewing is a good place to start, and reviewing the Draw Guide would be most helpful at this point. We need two kinds of reviews: technical reviews by people familiar with the product (Martin is doing this for Draw) and usability reviews by people who are not so familiar with it, to see if the explanations make sense and if the instructions actually work. The "How to review a chapter" section of "Producing OpenOffice.org User Guides" summarizes what to do. Here's a direct link (or you can find it in the ODT version of the document): http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Producing_User_Guides#How_to_review_a_chapter Other info (on retracting docs, uploading reviewed docs, etc) is in "Introducing ODFAuthors", also on the wiki. Some of that info is a bit out of date (especially the illustrations), but it should steer you in the right direction. I suggest you start with Chapter 1 of the Draw Guide, which you can download from here: http://www.odfauthors.org/openoffice.org/english/userguide3/draw3/dg3.3-revisions/dg3.3-ch1-introducing-draw-1/view Martin and I have done the technical updates to OOo 3.3 for that chapter. As he updates the other Draw Guide chapters, you can have a lash at them too. Welcome to the team! And don't be shy about asking questions. As Martin said, we were all once new to this. Jean -- Jean Hollis Weber Co-Lead, OpenOffice.org Documentation Project -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For additional commands send email to [email protected] with Subject: help
