On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Hazel Russman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:37:33 +0000 > Kieran Peckett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I already have a ODFAuthors account, but am not sure where to start. >> I'm not sure which chapters of the CG I need to read, and some of the >> chapters seem to be missing. Can you let me know which one explains >> the different tasks (in particular proofreading and reviewing). I >> have seen the first few, but I'm a bit stuck as to what I need to do >> - the instructions on the of the page don't make sense >> > I would say that a reviewer studies the information in the document. Is > it correct? Is it easy to understand? Could it be done better - for > example by using lists or tables instead of plain text? Would > additional or different illustrations be appropriate? Has anything been > missed out that ought to be in there? > > A proofreader looks for spelling and grammatical mistakes, smooth flow > of the language without unnecessary repetition, illustrations that show > what they're described as showing, correct numbering in lists, correct > cross-references, and so on. > > A reviewer needs technical knowledge; a proofreader needs linguistic > fluency.
I agree with Hazel's summary, except that I would say a reviewer does not necessarily need technical knowledge. Newbies can often spot problems that knowledgeable readers won't notice, for example regarding whether explanations are easy to understand or another illustration would be helpful or the terms used in the text don't match the terms in the illustrations. Anyone can follow the instructions and look at the pictures while using the program, and see if the dialog boxes have changed. Ideally, each chapter would be reviewed by one person who is technically knowledgeable and one person who is not, but that rarely occurs due to lack of people. Unfortunately, a lot of "reviewers" appear to read the chapter but don't follow along using the program, because they don't spot what to me are glaring differences between the illustrations and the dialog boxes and thus notice things that need to be updated. --Jean -- 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
