I propose to reorganise some of this book and perhaps drop some of the
chapters. I have put this info on the forum, but I wanted to mention
it on the list, too. Please add comments to the forum thread (okay to
comment here, if you prefer).
http://technicaleditor.freeforums.org/proposed-changes-to-getting-started-guide-for-ooo-3-0-long-t50.html
Chapters not mentioned here would be updated but not otherwise have
major changes (though the chapter number might change).
--Jean
Chapter 2: Starting OpenOffice.org
Could be retitled and have some basic bits from current Chapters 3 and
4 included.
Chapter 3: File Management
Needs rework, a new title, and possibly being split into two
chapters/appendixes; many topics in the current chapter are there only
because I couldn't think of a better place to put them.
Chapter 4: Menus and Toolbars
Needs rework, a new title, and some info put elsewhere. For example,
info on customizing menu content and customizing a toolbar should go
into a more general "Customizing OOo" appendix. Info on Navigator
needs to be expanded. Other info could go into a retitled Ch2; or
combine parts of Chs 3&4 into a new chapter with a different title.
Chapter 12: Working with Templates
I propose to combine the chapters on templates and styles, and remove
some of the detail in some of the instructions, which are very
repetitious and simplistic. Also I think that since templates and
styles are so fundamental to the way OOo works, it would be good to
put the combined chapter earlier in the book, perhaps right after
"Setting up OOo" and before "GS with Writer", or perhaps before
"Setting up OOo".
Chapter 13: Working with Styles
Combine with chapter on templates.
Chapter 14: Working with Graphics and the Gallery
Remove from this book? These topics are covered in the guides for the
various components; is a summary needed here?
Chapter 15: Using Fontwork
Remove from this book? Fontwork is covered in both the Impress and
Draw Guides and could be added to the Writer Guide, perhaps in the
chapter on graphics. Is this chapter needed here?
Chapter 16: Creating Web Pages
Remove from this book and put the relevant bits into the guides for
the various components? (The info on saving presentations as Web pages
is already in the Impress Guide.) The section on inserting hyperlinks
could go somewhere else in the GS book, as it isn't specific to
creating Web pages... though I don't know where best to put it.
Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts
Move info on assigning shortcut keys etc to new Appendix B.
Appendix B: Customizing OOo
Proposed new appendix. Include info on customizing menus, toolbars,
and shortcut keys; installing extensions, perhaps with pointers to
some specific ones. Other topics?
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