Jean On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 18:30 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> 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 > > It looks like the first three are templates, styles, and mail merge. I have used templates in MS Word for years and found them very convenient. Also another feature I like to use in Write is automatic data entry fields within a template. -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
