Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Earlier, I wrote:
> Hmmm... are you suggesting then that a session on something
> to do with OOo or even OOoAuthors would be a good topic to
> propose to the main LCA conference? That's an idea that
> hadn't occurred to me, but the more I think about it the
> better I like it. :-)
Heh, heh. I should propose a talk based on my book "Is the Help Helpful?
How to Produce Online Help That Meets Your User's Needs" aimed at
open-source people who want to market their product to a wider audience
than geeks, and who expect and need a different sort of help than I
usually see for open-source software.
Hmmm... perhaps I should have proposed a talk on that topic for
OOoCon2005. The help to OOo has improved vastly since I first saw it in
V1.0 (and is much better than many help systems I have seen), but it
still needs much work before it's really good for the wide range of
users we are attracting now. Indeed, if I could run myself in parallel
processing mode, I'd tackle a major edit and reorganisation of the OOo
help files. ;-)
Cheers, Jean
When you give me feedback on "Getting Started Guide", I might be ready
to tackle something larger for reviewing. I think that I might be ready
in the middle of Sep. I have a small book that I must finish reviewing
before Aug 15, then a small one to read, study and hopefully utilize
before Aug 20.
Working on the Help would certainly be one way of learning OOo.
Some of the Helps that I have seen are Bogs.
Chris
