Hello,

The list has been very quiet lately, but hopefully there are a few people
around who are able to help with the final checking of the Impress Guide.
The first release candidate is available here:

http://www.odfauthors.org/openoffice.org/english/userguide3/impress3/ig3.3-published/ig3.3-rc-1/view

Here are Jean's standard instructions for this process. Please let me know
if you have any questions. Also, speaking of Jean: I altered the cover and
chapter title pages, and the pdf facing, to match the new Getting Started
Guide. If this was in error, please let me know and I'll set them back as
they were. I hope you're enjoying your vacation.

Hello all,

Try to find things like missing illustrations (blank places
where they should be), wrong cross-references to figure and table
numbers, missing cross refs (identified by Error!), wrong fonts or font
sizes, and any other weirdnesses that I can no longer see.
Please 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.

Look for errors like this:

* 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
Jared know. An email to the list giving the file name, the page number,
and the error is the easiest way to do this for PDFs.

--Jean

Thanks for your help!
Jared
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