Greetings,
Some time ago, it was suggested I offer to help out with the LibreOffice
documentation. I have looked at the documentation guides and I think I
have an understanding of how to proceed. My focus is with the Base
documentation, since I believe that is the most immature and in most
need of support. My Base experience is with the external database
server, MySQL on Linux. I have two mainly inventory databases
containing over 11 main tables and 33 subtables. Several of the main
tables have over 1000 records and increasing. I have also created over
20 forms for data entry and maintenance. I stopped using Oracle Report
Builder (ORB) for my reports because it just doesn't work for me. I am
now using a 3rd-party report builder called DataVision until ORB gets
fixed. I am currently creating queries for my forms in order to add
some calculated fields to the forms.
Obviously, I have already signed up for this forum and have been
monitoring the messages for a few weeks to try to get a feel for the
processes. I am now actively offering to help. I downloaded the draft
copies of chapter 2 and 3 of the Base guide yesterday and after reading
the first 10 pages of chapter 3 with red pencil in hand, I made several
corrections to it. I now believe my help may be needed as far as the
Base documentation is concerned.
If the team wants me to help, I believe the next step is to get an
ODFAuthors account so I can access the original documents and get to
work proofreading/correcting them. I also will need to know which files
the Base team needs me to look at.
I should add that I am using LO version 3.6.4.3, not the latest 4.x. I
have a computer policy of never installing any software which has a
version ending in zero. Therefore, I cannot help much with the 4.x
documentation until 4.1+ or at least 4.0.6 is released. That said, I
can help with the older 3.6 documents until then.
Looking forward to helping out.
Girvin Herr
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