Daniel Carrera wrote:
Oops... I'm sorry I haven't posted to the list over the weekend, but I've been out and about...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,
Jean, I got your email initially, and I started working on converting "Working with Templates" to the new format. I don't know how accurate it is, but it's pretty much done, in terms of shifting it across to the new format, updating any menu/instruction discrepancies, and taking new screenshots of the relevant areas. I followed the checklist, but knowing my luck I've forgotten a few bits and pieces along the way (first attempt and all that *g*). It was done on the day you mentioned it actually, I just got caught up over the weekend and forgot to post to the list about it.
I'm still having this uploading issue, *but* I'm back at work now (was off last week), so I'll be able to abuse the facilities (so to speak) and hopefully get it uploaded from there.
Alan
