I have just uploaded this new version by Dan into the feedback folder. I am not too happy with it in its present form. It is well written and clearly explained, but I think it goes into too much depth for a GS chapter. It is also very long and will be even longer if we incorporate the additional section that Dan sent to me (I have not looked at this at all yet).
Someone who looks at a Getting Started guide is basically asking: "Can I use this program?". And that has two aspects: does it do something that I would find useful, and can I understand it enough to use it? After reading Dan's work, I am inclined to answer yes to the first and no to the second! And I know something about databases, having worked as an information scientist. I have therefore indicated two sections which I think ought to be transferred into the Base Guide proper. A big problem with Base is that you need to have a working database before you can do many of the things described in a user guide of any sort. And databases are not easy to design and create. I suggest tentatively that the input/output sections of the Base guide might refer back to the creation of this useful database in the Getting Started Guide. The user could then read up on how to create the database, before trying the more complex form and report design tasks that properly belong in the main guide. -- Hazel Russman <[email protected]> -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] 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
