Perhaps someone else on this list could make some suggestions on good topics for how-tos? For example, things that get asked on the users list or on Ask LibreOffice: the sort of question where the answer isn't difficult but it isn't obvious either. Often, though certainly not always, this is because people are coming from MSO or some other program (or no background on the subject at all) and the terminology or logic of a technique is different in LO.
(My favourite example has nothing to do with LO; it's to do with graphics. I wanted to put a line around a box using Gimp, but I had no idea the term I needed to look up was "stroke". Once I learned the magic word, I could find it in the Help for Gimp. I learned that term from a how-to that someone had written, which did not assume the reader knew the term and so used other terms as well, which made the article findable.) --Jean On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Eric Aiello <[email protected]> wrote: > Jean, > > This is great - thanks! I'm excited to get involved. Given how new this > experience is to me, I think it would really help if you could provide a > specific suggestion or two. I've been reading through some of the guides as > time permitted today and they seem to be great resources. I'm off work > tomorrow so I hope to spend some time on this project. > > Again, thanks for your kind welcome and your willingness to help. > > Cheers, > Eric > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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
