Comments by Chris BONDE in line Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Janet Swisher wrote:
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.
Would the work 'compiler' fit here. I realize that compiler in the computer industry is used differently but it should better than 'editor'. Or maybe the not to often heard word 'assembler'. Or composer? Just thinking whilst waiting for coffee.
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.
I didnot like the replacements either, but, was striving to replace the 'Getting started' thing.
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.For Math, the description, to me anyways, still seems to imply that I can edit equations to use in a calculation. Whilst it is a method of formating the equations for publishing. Maybe it should be something like Equation Publisher. Equation Setup. Equation composer?
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)
Oh good coffee is poured, I can relax now.
Chris .
