Hello Everyone, Just a heads up email.
I will edit and update Calc Ch. 12 to 4.1. Please be on the lookout for an update sometime within the week. Best, Preston On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Martin Saffron <martinsaff...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello Jean, > > Thanks for the information. I'm interested in helping write the Base > guide so would appreciate more information on that. > > In the meantime, I will take a look at chapter 5 (Using Graphics) of the > Calc guide. If I have any spare time, I will identify and note any > chapters that will need updating upon release of LO 4.2. > > Thanks, > > Martin > > > > On 16/11/13 22:09, Jean Weber wrote: > >> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 11:37 PM, PeeWee <psaut...@libreoffice.org> >> wrote: >> >>> I have been upgrading the Draw (4.1) and will complete the remaining >>> chapters fairly quickly. Then it will be onto the Calc Guide to bring up to >>> 4.1. The Calc chapters are being upgraded to 4.0 by other volunteers. I >>> shall then upgrade the chapters to 4.1 so that the Calc Guide has the same >>> look and feel throughout the guide. After that I will be moving onto the >>> Impress Guide which is now at 4.0 to upgrade to 4.1 maybe 4.2. Just have to >>> wait and see. >>> >>> I think the best bet is to move onto the other LO modules because I >>> think there is a shortage of volunteers to upgrade the remaining modules. I >>> am sure Jean will advise which is the best to have a go at. >>> >>> >>> On 16 Nov 2013, at 13:30, Martin Saffron [via Document Foundation Mail >>> Archive] <ml-node+s969070n4083478...@n3.nabble.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I've just taken another look at the publications page >>>> (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications) and >>>> would like advice as to which area I can begin work on. Is the >>>> objective to bring all guides up to date (4.1.x branch) or are 4.0.x >>>> guides sufficient? >>>> >>> Jean here. General comment to Martin: We've been tending to skip a >> point release for Getting Started and the Writer Guide, because we >> haven't been able to keep them updated fast enough while at the same >> time improving the content, not just updating it. Calc Guide is >> something of an orphan and, as you can see, hasn't been updated since >> v3.4. >> >> The objective at this point is to finish the Calc Guide to 4.1 and >> start updating GS and WG to v4.2. The first beta of LO 4.2 is due out >> next week (see Release Plan, >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/4.2 and the Release >> Notes, https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.2 >> >> So, my suggestions to you are: >> 1) Go through Chapters 5, 6, 12, 13 of Calc Guide (currently listed as >> LO v4.0) to see if anything needs changing for v4.1 -- or if anything >> wasn't updated correctly from v3.4 to v 4.0. Also Appendix C hasn't >> been updated from v3.4; you could do that. Other chapters have already >> been updated to v4.1, but Peter hasn't been through all of them for >> look and feel updates. People are working on Ch14 and Appendixes A and >> B. I'm really hoping to get that book done by the end of November. >> >> 2) Start identifying which chapter of Getting Started and/or other >> books will need updating for v4.2. Add info to this page: >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/ >> UserGuideTasks >> >> Also would be useful to go through the existing GS book to see what >> else needs updating or improvement. PLEASE NOTE: Most chapters in this >> book cover material also included in other books, though topics and >> level of detail vary. Therefore, noting necessary updates changes in >> chapter lists for other books is very helpful. >> >> 3) I am still looking for one or more people to help with updating the >> Base Handbook, which was translated from German to English. In this >> case, the work involves translating new material that was added to the >> German handbook for v4.1. If you are interested in helping with this >> work, I can provide more info & point you to the relevant files. >> >> 4) Work on Base Guide (different book, written from scratch in >> English). If you're interested in that, I'll provide more info. I'm in >> the middle of rationalizing chapters of that book following recent >> work by Dan Lewis (and earlier work that I've neglected to follow up >> on). >> >> --Jean >> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > 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 > > -- T h a n k s, Preston Bernstein プレストン バーンスタイン http://www.linkedin.com/in/prestonbernstein http://www.prestonbernstein.com Twitter: PMBernstein -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org 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
