On Tue, 2011-07-26 at 16:52 +0300, David Nelson wrote: > Carrying on my train of thought... > > For instance, in our guides, we provide very generic information > targeting a general user base. So how about special guides targeting > particular user bases? > > A guide, covering all the LibO components for students writing a > thesis? For a small business or SOHO looking to its admin and > accounting needs? For engineers working on a design project? For a > school's course needs? Etc... The books would be backed-up by > downloadable or CD-ROM-based accompanying templates, spreadsheets, > databases, presentations, etc. > > I think this is the kind of stuff that might well sell well in book > form. And imagine if we had school and university text books to > offer... that might notch up a bit more in sales, too...
I totally agree with you about the desirability of targeted guides or tutorials; I've been advocating them for years, both here and at OOo. Again, the problem is finding people with the combination of background knowledge, writing skills, and time to put together suitable work. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Tutorials/Targeted --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
