On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 16:37 -0600, Ron Faile wrote: > I've uploaded a new version of the Getting Started with LibreOffice > Guide. Let me know if you have any comments. This one uses the > Liberation fonts. I've updated the styles to LibO and made a few other > changes. Some of the ideas came from the Fedora 14 User Guide. It's > here: > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/pdf/User_Guide/Fedora-14-User_Guide-en-US.pdf > > if you want to take a look. I think they did a great job on their > guides. They list their typographic conventions on page 7 & 8. What do > you think about using this format? > > Ron >
In a very quick look, here are some things I noticed: 1) There is no page footer and no page numbers. 2) Paragraph styles are used inconsistently. 3) IMO, the LibO logo on the cover should be smaller. 4) IMO, explanations of typographic conventions are unnecessary in guides aimed at ordinary users. It's usually obvious what something is, and if it's not obvious, then either the something should be written differently or it doesn't matter. Pages like this are IMO just space-wasting noise in most books... and especially in individual chapters. 5) Different colours for the notes/tips/cautions is a nice touch, but I don't like the gray behind the text on the right: it's harder to read onscreen than black-on-white and prints out a bit muddy. --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
