Rick Barnes wrote: > do I need to explain the difference between formulas and functions,
Uhhmm... what's the differnece? Most people who know those terms use them interchangably. > or move through examples of creating simple and complex > formulas with detailed explanations of what's going on. Sounds sensible. > Or do I simple explain how to enter a formula and add functions to it > and let then figure it out? Heck no! The point of the guide is so everything is plain and clear and people don't have to struggle figuring it out. I think that one of the problems with much FOSS documentation is that the writer decides to be vague and let the user "figure it out". This is not to say that you have to explain every icon, every box and every button. You don't. But you do have to take the user by the hand, and make the instructions are accessible to as many people as possible. > I do have a lot of text that I can use from my slide show tutorials to > fill in the chapter with basic skills, so this is not really a problem. > But I don't want to add more text then will be "accepted" :-0 It's hard to tell before hand if a block of text is a good addition or not. The objective is to make it easy for everyone to learn whatever it is you are describing. Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://oooauthors.org |
