Daniel wrote:
So, maybe we can re-write the subtitles as:
* OpenOffice.org's Word Processor * OpenOffice.org's Spreadsheet * OpenOffice.org's Presentations * OpenOffice.org's Vector Graphics * OpenOffice.org's Database * OpenOffice.org's Equation Editor
... some of these subtitles need a noun. Impress is not "presentations"; it's a presentations component/program/editor/thingy. Likewise for Draw.
But not Calc? Although "spreadsheet" is a noun, Calc is a "spreadsheet thingy" too, isn't it?
I guess I'd prefer tacking "Editor" on those that need it, rather than tacking "Component" on all of them. So I'd make the list be:
* OpenOffice.org's Word Processor * OpenOffice.org's Spreadsheet * OpenOffice.org's Presentation Editor * OpenOffice.org's Vector Graphics Editor * OpenOffice.org's Database * OpenOffice.org's Equation Editor
Janet, you've said what was bothering (but eluding) me: some of these subtitles need a noun. I like your suggestions, though I agree with Daniel that "Presentation Editor" doesn't sound quite right. I hope we can collectively come up with a better subtitle for that one, but your suggestion is the best so far.
On a related note (and after reading Chris Bonde's comments), I'm thinking of dropping the words "Getting Started" from those chapters. It's rather redundant (with "Getting Started Guide" just above the title on the title page). I don't like Chris' suggested replacements (involving "Learning"), and now I'm thinking that maybe nothing is needed but the name of the component/program/thingy. However, that makes the title quite a bit shorter than the subtitle, which may look weird -- though with the difference in font sizes, perhaps not that weird. I'll do some trials to see how they look.
If we went that way, here's what we would have:
Writer: OpenOffice.org's Word Processor
Calc: OpenOffice.org's Spreadsheet
Impress: OpenOffice.org's Presentation Editor
Draw: OpenOffice.org's Vector Graphics Editor
Base: OpenOffice.org's Database
Math: OpenOffice.org's Equation Editor
Cheers, Jean
(whose brain is beginning to hurt with all this heavy thinking)
