Well Richard...or is it Dick...or worse yet, Rick? According to Peter's "unofficial" Calc guide status report there is much to do. And it appears that all of the chapters are based on version 2.0.2...which may or may not be OK: http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/calc/03_calc_guide_status_26_July_06_PK.ods
Look at the current outline for more detail: http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/calc/Calc_Guide_v2_Outline_26Jul06_PK.odt It looks like Peter was the last to fool with it on July 26. There appears to be several "orphaned" chapters, and the "Creating order from chaos: DataPilot" and "Data analysis using scenarios and goal seek" chapters have never been taken over. Your best bet is to look over one of the recently updated chapters and see if they are accurate, readable, or lacking any information or material the outline says it should address: Using Graphics in Calc: http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/calc/0308CG-UsingGraphicsInCalc_26Jul06_PK.odt/view Linking Calc Data: http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/calc/0309_calc_multiplesheets_v2_26_July_06.odt/view ...or look at the Creating Charts and Graphs chapter that Peter just updated. http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/calc/0304_CreatingChartsandGraphs_26July06_PK.odt On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 12:29 -0400, Richard Detwiler wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 07:46 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > > >> Peter Kupfer wrote: > >> > I would like to get at least a draft of each chapter in by the > >> > end of August, when school starts up. Of course, not rush, > >> > sounds like you are making some great tutorials. > >> I'm sure there was someone else who said he was working on a > >> chapter of the Calc Guide, but I don't remember who it was. > >> Peter, I'll see if I can find the note, but meanwhile I hope the > >> person sees this discussion and speaks up! > >> > > > > I have a draft that is over half done and it is..."Using Formulas and > > Functions" (Chapter 3). It will, of course, be too long and overly > > slanted to newbies, and will be heavily edited down to half of it size > > by the time the fine folks here are done with it. > > > > I will start on it in a couple of days...after I finish the Charting > > tutorial. > > > > > >> Also, a reminder to all that I would really like to have a full > >> Calc Guide to take to a conference in late October. If drafts of > >> the missing chapters are available by the end of August, they > >> could be reviewed during September and early October. A bit of a > >> fast schedule, perhaps, but I reckon if we don't have a goal to > >> shoot for, we will never reach it. > >> > >> Rick, you said that discussions on the list are "horribly slanted > >> towards Writer". Heh! You know how to fix that, don't you? :-) > >> > >> > > Find some more Calc authors? > > > > > I have a reasonably broad (although not terribly deep in some areas) > knowledge of Calc and I'm willing to help out with the Calc Guide, in > whatever way I'm able (either writing new chapters if needed, depending > on the topic of course, or reviewing existing chapters). > > Do we have a list of what is needed to be done? -- Regards, Rick Barnes www.nostabo.net View my OOo tutorials and other references at: http://www.nostabo.net/openoffice.php ******************************************************************* PRIVILEGED - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL This electronic mail is solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information which is confidential or privileged. If you receive this electronic mail in error, please delete it from your system immediately and notify the sender by electronic mail or using any of the contact details noted herein. This e-mail sent via Evolution 2.6.2 running on a Linux 2.6.17 64 bit kernel.
