Welcome, Girvin! We are especially delighted to have someone to help with the Base Guide.
I will set up your ODFAuthors account. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to set your password. As you probably know, Dan Lewis is the coordinator of the Base Guide. I'm sure he will be in contact with you soon, regarding things like the version being documented and other matters. --Jean On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Girvin R. Herr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
