Hi :) I think it is better to avoid screen-shots taken in Windows even tho it is the most widely used platform. The differences between the more OpenSource platforms and the Windows one are not huge. The screen-shots can only give people an approximate idea of where to look since there is a high chance of them using different themes and screen resolutions.
I think having a more relaxed approach and "showing off" how customisable LibreOffice is could be more important than branding and being consistent in everything but a lot of people are arguing for a more unified, consistent approach (which also makes sense to me). Regards from Tom :) ----- Original Message ---- > From: Sigrid Carrera <sigrid.carr...@googlemail.com> > To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org > Sent: Wed, 29 June, 2011 6:41:53 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress Documentation sign up > > Hi Javier, *, > > On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:40:46 -0400 > Javier Oscar Cordero-Pérez <cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 06/28/2011 11:17 PM, Marc Paré wrote: > > > Le 2011-06-28 23:07, Javier Oscar Cordero-Pérez a écrit : > > >> On 06/25/2011 09:32 PM, Marc Paré wrote: > > >>> Le 2011-06-22 00:27, Javier Oscar Cordero-Pérez a écrit : > > > If I were them I would go by leaving the default theme, unless there's > > plans on mayor UI changes, also would use Windows 7 for the screenshots. > > I'm a Linux and FLOSS full time user, but Windows would be the best > > platform for it helps us reach a bigger market share. Most of the users > > who will read the manuals will run some variant of the MS OS. > > > Not too easy: > > The microsoft website says: >http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/Permissions/Default.aspx#ERG >G > > Use of Microsoft Copyrighted Content > Published: April 26, 2005 | Updated: November 13, 2009 > > Microsoft products and services—including images, text, and software > downloads >(the "content")—are owned either by Microsoft Corporation or by third parties >who have granted Microsoft permission to use the content. Microsoft cannot >grant you permission for content that is owned by third parties. You may only >copy, modify, distribute, display, license, or sell the content if you are >granted explicit permission within the End-User License Agreement (EULA) or >License Terms that accompany the content or are provided in the following >guidelines. For more information, consult your copyright attorney. > > Requirements for Allowed Uses > > For permission to be granted for any uses allowed by these guidelines, you >must comply with the following four requirements: > > 1. If your use includes references to a Microsoft product, you must use the >full > > name of the product. When referencing any Microsoft trademarks, follow > the > > > General Microsoft Trademark Guidelines. > > 2. You must include the following statement: "Used with permission from > Microsoft." > > 3. Your use may not be obscene or pornographic, and you may not be >disparaging, > > defamatory, or libelous to Microsoft, any of its products, or any other > person or entity. > > 4. You may link to Microsoft content by using either a plain text link with > words such as "This way to Microsoft.com" or by participating in an > applicable Link Logo program. No other images may be used as a link to a > Microsoft site. > > > And between a lot of other regulations you'll find this: > > > Screen Shots > > You may not use screen shots of Microsoft product boot-up screens, opening >screens, "splash screens," or screens from beta release products or other >products that have not been commercially released. You may use other screen >shots in advertising, in documentation (including educational brochures), in >tutorial books, in videotapes, or on Web sites, provided that, in addition to >the requirements above, you: > > > 1. Do not alter the screen shot except to resize it. > > 2. Do not use portions of screen shots. > > 3. Do not include screen shots in your product user interface. > > 4. Do not use screen shots that contain third-party content. > > 5. Do not use screen shots that contain an image of an identifiable >individual. > > Point 2 disqualifies the use of Windows screenshots already. > > > > > Sigrid > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org > 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 documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
