Tom, have you found the "Getting Started with Base" chapter? That's one of the few docs we have on Base. There's also Mariano's Base tutorial, linked from here: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation#Other_Documentation_and_Resources
Jay can no doubt point you to other bits of info, drafts, etc. Your work with Access sounds like a good background for writing Base doco. As for contributing to documentation, do read the documents linked from this wiki page: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#First_steps_with_the_Documentation_team Meanwhile, one of us will set up an account for you on the Alfresco website, where we coordinate document production. You'll get a private email with your username and password. If you don't get that within a day or so, ping us a reminder. --Jean On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 13:22, Tom Cloyd <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings to you all. > > I just wanted to show and and declare myself interested in working on > documentation for Base, which I started using last week. My appearance here > has been urged upon me by Tom Davies, and I'll have to trust his wisdom on > this, as I'm no expert. I do, however, keep copious notes on most things I > learn about new software, and have years of work with MS Access, developing > databases for my own use. > > Right now, as I get the time, I'm accumulating everything I can find that > looks like documentation for Base, while also rushing to get several > databases up and running. I find Base is pleasantly stable, full of > features, and not exactly well documentated. It's also slower than I > expected, even with indexes in place (but maybe I'm messing something up, > being new to this software). But it's a great piece of work, and I expect to > be working with it for many years ahead. > > I write a lot, and I'm very willing to contribute documentation, or at least > drafts for others to tune up as needed. I know I have much to learn, but I'm > on track with learning it, so... > > I'm open to any suggestions as to where I need to go to learn how to be a > better documentation contributor. > > Thanks for your patience while I learn the ropes. > > Tom Cloyd, MS MA > [email protected] > (435) 272-3332 > St. George/Cedar City, Utah > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected] > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
