Uwe Fischer wrote:
Hi,
On 10/04/09 23:08, jonathon wrote:
Robert Derman wrote:
OOo should include a pair of manuals in the download package, either
in PDF or ODF formats, the presence of which would be made obvious
the first time you opened the suite.
I would not object in making the presence of the installed Help more
obvious. At presence, many users first refer to some mailing lists,
forums, or other sources to get help, and most often they will return
a "read the installed Help - it's all there what you're asking"
Users who don't find the installed Help will possibly not find the
enclosed manuals, too.
a) I'd suggest both PDF and ODF formats. The latter so that the user
c an add notes, documentation , etc that they (the individual) thinks
is necessary/useful. The former, because it can be read regardless
of platform, or wehther or not OOo has been installed;
b) I'd suggest a copy of all of the documentation that OOoAuthors has
produced, for that specific version of OOo. Since that documentation
lags behind OOo releases, it might be more useful
So what is wrong with the main documentation page at
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation
Everything you asked is there, and much more. And every user,
including yourself, can add to that information pool.
You probably don't realize that with the average MS Windows user, If the
users manual(s) are not visible in a large font on the first screen they
ever see when they open the OOo suite for the first time, they will
never find them. Even better, OOo should place a shortcut to them on
their desktop at the time of installation.
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