On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 5:32 AM Dick Groskamp <th.grosk...@quicknet.nl.invalid> wrote:
> Op 13-6-2022 om 20:57 schreef Keith N. McKenna: > > Dick, Francis and Jean. > > See comments in line > > Keith N. McKenna wrote: > >> Dick Groskamp wrote: > >>> Op 12-6-2022 om 22:38 schreef F Campos Costero: > >>>> I agree with Dick's plan. Thanks for volunteering to start the > >>>> revisions. > >>>> I will not be able to help with that during this coming week but I > >>>> might be > >>>> able to the following week. > >>>> I looked briefly at the text near Fig. 15 where Jean noted an > >>>> error. It > >>>> seems the paragraph styles are used correctly in that list but the > >>>> previous > >>>> list slightly earlier in the document ends with the style OOo List > >>>> 1 Cont > >>>> instead of OOo List 1 End. Maybe that is enough to cause the problem? > >>>> Francis > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 8:37 AM Dick Groskamp <di...@apache.org> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> OK, to cut things short: > >>>>> I will go over the chapters in the GitHub ForWiki folder, trying to > >>>>> eliminate the errors I find. > >>>>> After checking all the chapters I will assemble a PDF to see what > >>>>> happens > >>>>> if I make an ODM from the fixed chapters. > >>>>> > >>>>> Meanwhile I would suggest to withdraw the published PDF from the > >>>>> mwiki > >>>>> > >>>>> On 2022/06/12 00:16:41 Jean Weber wrote: > >>>>>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 1:56 AM Keith N. McKenna > >>>>>> <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > >>>>>>> Jean Weber wrote: > >>>>>>>> The PDF of the Getting Started Guide has many serious formatting > >>>>>>>> errors which I do not see in the chapter ODTs. [...] > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Jean > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Jean; > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> [...] What sort of formatting errors are you seeing? > >>>>>> Here is a sample of some things I found. There are many, many more. > >>>>>> PLEASE NOTE that most of these problems are in the full book, but > >>>>>> NOT > >>>>>> in the chapter files. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> There are many inconsistent uses of numbered and/or bulletted lists > >>>>>> throughout the book, probably due to incorrect/inconsistent style > >>>>>> use. > >>>>>> I am not going to itemize all of them, but here are some examples > >>>>>> from > >>>>>> Chapter 1. > >>>>>> Page 19, at the top is a paragraph numbered 1), but the paragraph > >>>>>> just > >>>>>> before Figure 15 on page 18 should be 1) and this paragraph 2). > >>>>>> Further down, there is another paragraph numbered 1), as it > >>>>>> should be, > >>>>>> but the next paragraph does not have a number, even though it is > >>>>>> part > >>>>>> of the same procedure; it should be 2). > >>>>>> Further down, under Saving a Document Automatically, the two final > >>>>>> paragraphs are a procedure and should be numbered 1) and 2). > >>>>>> Page 20, the use (or not) of bullet points is inconsistent, and the > >>>>>> final paragraph is centered but should not be. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> A few random examples from other chapters, after which I gave up > >>>>>> looking. > >>>>>> Page 72 (in Chapter 3), under Adding a Movie or Sound, there is an > >>>>>> un-numbered procedure. Further down is an item in a different > >>>>>> procedure numbered 3), but the other items in that procedure have no > >>>>>> numbers. > >>>>>> Under Using Mail Merge, several items should have bullet points. > >>>>>> Page 81 (in Chapter 4), there is an item numbered 4), but the other > >>>>>> items in the procedure have no numbers. > >>>>>> Page 115, list begins with 4) but the actual first list item is not > >>>>> numbered. > >>>>>> Some lists use numbers followed by a closing parenthesis; some use > >>>>>> numbers followed by a period (full stop). Again, inconsistent style > >>>>>> use, though trivial compared to the random use of numbering at all. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Other formatting errors are in the chapter files as well as the full > >>>>>> book. Examples (there are many others): > >>>>>> Page 8, the Note is formatted differently from Notes, Tips, Cautions > >>>>>> in other chapters. > >>>>>> Page 20, the final paragraph is incorrectly tagged as OOFigure, > >>>>>> so it > >>>>>> is centered but should not be. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>> > >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> Thanks Francis. > >>> > >>> Found and fixed the error near Figure 15. > >>> > >>> Have to wait how it tunrs out though :-) > >>> > >> > >> In parallel I tried a new tack. I created the pdf direct from the odm > >> file after removing the toc. It can be found in the forwiki folder. > >> > >> Keith > > > > delete that. It has problems as well. > > > > All ODT files should be checked at the top level. Those in the wiki > > folder are just copies of the originals. > > Dick and Francis. How far have you gotten? > > > > Regards > > Keith > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > Just completed checking and repairing the files in the ForWiki folder. > > I'll try to build an ODM and PDF today > > If all is well then we can replace the top level files by the fixed > ones, since > > they were mere copies of the top level ones I presume. > > -- > DiGro > ___________________________ > Apache OpenOffice 4.1.12 (Dutch) and scanned with Ziggo Safe Online > (F-Secure) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > Wow, that was quick. Thanks! What did you change in the files? Did a lot of lists not end with the appropriate style? Regards, Francis
