Hi :) Hmmm, it's a shame there doesn't seem to be a generic term covering OpenOffice, LibreOffice and the various forks. I see why Andrew is standing back from re-editing until the dust settles but it would be a shame to miss the opportunity to get established fast. Perhaps at the beginning of the book it could be made clear that throughout the book reference will be made to "Office" meaning both OpenOffice and LibreOffice plus any relevant forks (NeoOffice?)? Of course outside of the LibreOffice&OpenOffice community the word Office tends to refer to something else but i use it at work in an increasingly ambiguous way.
Regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Jean Hollis Weber <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 30 June, 2011 8:13:28 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide Tom, this is also being discussed at ODFAuthors; Andrew is one of our "macro gurus" and wrote "Getting Started with Macros" and the macro chapter in the Calc Guide amongst other things -- including some helpful macros for us. In this case I can't see doing two editions of the book, unless LibO in fact does have macro functionalities that OOo doesn't have. But that, of course, is up to Andrew, the author. Have you seen his website and his book? They are good resources for people who want serious info on macros. (Shameless plug for Andrew) http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php http://www.pitonyak.org/book/ --Jean On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 06:22 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > > Andrew, ODFauthors might be able to help with advice. > > I think the eventual aim here is to reduce the amount of branding in > documentation so that most of the books can be quickly re-branded and thus be > used for both OOo and LO. Of course LibreOffice has more functionality so > it's > > likely to be easier to write the 1st version for LO. Then just delete some > sections, swap covers and maybe screen-shots to re-release for OOo. > > > Judging from recent questions in the Users List a macro's guide would be very > much appreciated soon. Apache are likely to have OpenOffice as an "Incubator > Project" for quite a long time while preparing it to be a proper Apache > project. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > ________________________________ > From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 30 June, 2011 5:40:14 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of > Getting Started Guide > > > > On 06/30/2011 12:18 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 07:05 +0300, David Nelson wrote: > >> I would suggest that macros should be covered in a totally independent > >> volume, not simply as a chapter in the Writer guide. > > Well, Andrew Pitonyak has written "OOo Macros Explained" and is, I > > believe, working on an update to that book, probably with a more generic > > title. Disclosure: I was one of the technical editors for that book. > > As time permits I am working through an updated revision. With this entire > OOo >/ > > LO thing, I think that I need to ask the artist to modify the cover art.... >will > > wait until thing settle out to see what happens with the OOo name, Apache, > and > LO. > > Riding the fence on what to do with this thing when I am done and how much >extra > > stuff to add. > > -- Andrew Pitonyak > My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt > Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php > > > -- 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 -- 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
