It's been over a year that I made any major changes (other than
undisclosed revisions) to them. It's time to standardize them, remove
deadwood, and introduce new styles, etc. (I think that our style guide
says not to use etc...).
The older versions contained undisclosed bug fixes or kludges that were
in use previously. In case any of them still are employed, these should
be disclosed so that using the OOoAuthors template need not be so
esoteric to newcomers--with its secret handshakes and all. Perhaps, an
Appendix can contain such items.
In case any writers (instead of editors) were using any kludges of their
own, it would help to have them listed there too.
Again, we should go into some detail about how, where, when, and why
some of the various styles are used so that less editing need be
performed when standardizing various formats among chapters.
What was clearly absent from earlier versions was a set of detailed
instructions about bulleted and numbered lists. This formatting should
be made clearer.
To this end, writers/editors could make suggestions for updating the
template.
--
Gary Schnabl
2775 Honorah
Detroit MI 48209
(734) 245-3324
