Hi! I have "Working with Tables (Write Guide)" on my desk (eeh.. I mean disk : -) )
Not a top priority chapter according to the list below but anyhow in a migrating status, from V1 to V2 and the new template/copyright). I hope I can submit it for review in a couple of days. Has anyone heard from the author of the V1 version (an italian guy, forgot his name at the moment and do not have the .sxw file on this computer) or should I continue updating/maintaining, altough I do not have as much reviewing experience as the people you mentioned? If we do not hear from the original author I can rewrite the text and create new examples (currently this chapter is a "describe-by-creating-some-examples" chapter). Does anybody have a list of contributors to this chapter? In the chapter itself only the italian guy is mentioned. Best regards and many questions from Magnus ----Original Message---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Apr 5, 2005 1:08:39 PM To: OOo Author list <[email protected]> Subj: [authors] PING Everyone - Chapters needed. Hello, Alright, we've published several chapters lately, and most of the current chapters are in their last leg of review. So it's time to talk about getting new chapters done :-) The ideal is that the chapter writers be people who have reviewing experience (e.g. Rick, Iain, Peter, Jeff, Linda, Agnes, Janet :) However, total newbies are still welcome. Just be aware that maintaining a chapter may be difficult if you haven't reviewed before. But we'll help you. Jean declares the following chapters to be top priority: ** Printing Documents (Writer Guide) ** No existing V1 doc. Jean has some material to get things started, and I do too (somewhere). The chapter could repeat a bit from "Introducing Writer. But new stuff needs to be written, like printing envelopes. ** Working with Templates (Writer Guide) ** There is a V1 doc you can use to start with: http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide1/writerguide/working_with_templates.sxw It was written by Catherine Waterman and Paul Miller. Both have agreed to the new copyright. ** Working with Forms (Writer Guide) ** This is a totally new chapter. We have nothing here. Not even an outline. ** Working with Graphics (Writer Guide) ** This one is trickier, because it involves using a V1 doc for which only some of the authors have given permission. So it's necessary to track down their contributions and replace them by original content. I will take this one. Do we have any volunteers to take on some of the others? Rick, you've shown endurance in the face of adversity. How about it? If you can get "What is OOo?" published, you can do anything. :-) Iain, you said your chapter has been reviewed a lot. And it's in my to-do list. So maybe you want to grab one? Peter, what's your status? Agnes, you've never maintained a chapter. Would you like to try one? I'll help you. Maybe you want to try "Printing Documents"? Janet, how would you like to become an author? :-) Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://oooauthors.org |
