On Sat, 2011-05-07 at 22:45 -0400, planas wrote:
> Any suggestions for the first few topics? I could write something in the
> next few days, just do not have a topic off the top of my head.
>
> Like Crabby I think it should focus on tips and tricks to do more with
> LO than answer very specific user questions.
> --
> Jay Lozier
> [email protected]
>
I would like to see a series of articles on using styles and templates
in LO Writer, aimed at people coming from MS Word and focusing on when,
why, what for as well as how, using common tasks to illustrate the
concepts.
For example, page styles are fundamental to using Writer, but many
people coming from Word are expecting to do things using "sections" that
Writer does using page styles ("sections" serve a different purpose in
Writer).
Templates have some fundamental uses, too, that many people don't
discover. For example, many MSWord users expect something similar to
Word's normal.dot, and don't make the connection to using a self-defined
default template. (Does Word 2007 still have normal.dot?)
Less specific to former Word users: Most people don't use paragraph
styles, probably because they don't understand all the ways in which
para styles can make their work easier... things like automatic tables
of contents (using heading styles). For more advanced users, there is
the feature for assigning any para style to an outline level.
All the cool things one can do with the Navigator.
Removing personal and other info before distributing a document.
Mail merge.
Page layout techniques: page styles, columns, frames, tables, sections.
When to use which, plus usage tips.
For more advanced users:
* Including chapter numbers in page, figure, and table numbers
* Any "gotchas" with TOCs & indexes when numbering by chapter
* Various techniques for single-sourcing (creating >1 document from one
ODT):
- Conditional text & hidden text, paragraphs, sections
- Including sections
- Variables
Sound and video in Impress.
Cool stuff you can do with Draw. Several things in the Draw Guide could
be made into articles, especially items from the Tips & Tricks chapter.
More later!
--Jean
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