Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Thank, Scott, for the quick response and the honest assessment of your
lack of time to help.
Is there anyone else willing to take on a revision of this chapter, as
discussed below? Otherwise, I suppose Scott or I will eventually get
to it, but certainly not anytime soon.
--Jean
Scott Rhoades wrote:
Jean,
I think your assessment of what the chapter needs is spot on.
Right now is definitely not the right time for me to volunteer to
take on more. I'm working long hours for the next little while to
meet work deadlines.
Maybe in two or three months, when things have settled down a bit, I
can do more, but right now I shouldn't commit to anything beyond
what's already burying me.
The ability to customize is one of my favorite things about OOo, and
I'd like to see it explained better. I wish I could be the person to
do it, but right now I just can't.
-s.
Jean Hollis Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/23/2007 6:52 PM >>>
Scott, I apologise for taking so long to get around to reviewing your
comments on Ch4 of GS: Menus and Toolbars.
I agree with all you said. Here is what I think this chapter needs:
1) A major rewrite, and possibly a new title.
2) Additional info on the Navigator.
3) Move the info on customizing menus & toolbars to a new chapter or
appendix that would also collect the scattered bits on customizing
from Ch17 & AppA & anywhere else it might be lurking. What's
currently in this chapter is both too advanced for real beginners and
too simplistic: it doesn't include enough info on how to actually do
the things one can do.
4) After rewriting, it needs new screenshots, esp. the labelled ones.
Peter H-B will do that if whoever rewrites the chapter doesn't want to.
I have accepted some of Scott's edits and added my comments (more
detail than what I've said above) to his notes. The latest iteration
of this file is here:
http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/gettingstarted/feedback/0104GS-MenusAndToolbars_SR_24Aug07_JHW.odt/file_view
Scott, if you have the time to rewrite this chapter, that would be
really great. If not, do I hear another volunteer? I am nominally the
maintainer, but only because I took it over when the previous
maintainer left. I will most definitely not have the time to do
anything about it for several more weeks if not longer and would
prefer to not have to -- I want to work on the Base Guide!
--Jean
The scattered bits on customizing in the Macros chapter provide
virtually no detail at all and refer the reader back to this chapter.
The title says "Menus and Toolbars" and then for some reason it is
discussing the Navigator.
There is talk of moving the menus and toolbars to its own appendix,
which removes the need for this chapter.
This chapter jumps right in and it really needs an introduction.
Will there be a new appendix on customization?
I guess that what I am saying is that if I were to jump in I would be
lost and have no idea what to do. If I assumed that this chapter would
cover the current subject matter, I could probably do something with it.
If you rather I focus my time/attention on other things (like the Base
guide), while realizing that it will take significant energy to prepare
this presentation (it is a big deal, over 1000 people, etc...).
--
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
My Book: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm
Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
See Also: http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html
