Welcome! We have much to do here, and I'm sure you can find many things that suit your interests and skills. You could join the group updating the user guides to the latest version of LO, but there are plenty of other possibilities, some of which might fit better into developing a portfolio of your work.
One suggestion of a place to start: we've long wanted to have some how-tos and tutorials, especially giving specific examples of using LO to do common real-world tasks that people in business, publishing, academia, science and other fields need to do. These how-tos, tutorials and examples would supplement the existing user guides, showing people not just how to use the software but why, what for, and in what circumstances. We have almost nothing along these lines, so you can probably pick any topic that interests you and run with it. Or if you prefer, I'm happy to make some specific suggestions. One place to start finding out what we're doing (and how) is https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development It's not fully up to date, unfortunately, but I'm working on it. Regards, Jean P.S. As requested, I have set up an account for you on the ODFAuthors website. You should receive an email with a link to set your password. On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Eric Aiello <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Chiming in from Austin, TX. I have a Bachelor's degree in English from SUNY > Oneonta in upstate New York. I work in a research department at the > University of Texas and am still exploring career options for when I "grow > up." Technology has a huge presence in Austin, and I'm currently > considering technical writing as a profession. I have little experience > thus far, but I love writing and I love technology. At home I have several > computers running various operating systems (Linux, Windows), and I enjoy > toying around with those and especially learning the Linux command line. > I've been longing lately to write more often, and given the opportunities > that exist in the field of technical communications, I'd love to start > building up my resume to help me along that path. > > I'm not sure what opportunities exist right now in Documentation > Development but I'd love to help. Please provide me with a user account on > the ODF Authors site if you feel I could be of valuable assistance. > > Thanks, > > Eric A. > > -- > To unsubscribe 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 > -- To unsubscribe 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
