Several LO books (and several other chapters in the Getting Started Guide) have screenshots taken from Windows. It is not a problem. Ideally, all the pix would be from Linux, but in fact they are a mix of Linux, Mac, and Windows.
--Jean On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 3:26 AM, Alan Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > Everybody, > > I know perfectly well how to make screen shots in Windows. I was avoiding > doing that because of the following statement, on p. 14 of Ch. 2 of the > Contributors' Guide, "Producing LibreOffice User Guides": > / > //Avoid making screen captures from Windows; use them only as a last resort, > or as a first draft. First choice for screen captures is Ubuntu or another > Linux distribution./ > > If we're sure that John's solution will get us off the hook legally, then > I'll go ahead and do that. > > Best, > Alan > > > On 6/2/2015 9:53 AM, John Hart wrote: >> >> In windows take screen shot, crop out all the microsoft references, then >> save as a .png >> >> On 06/02/2015 10:39 AM, toki wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 02/06/2015 11:26, Ruth Ann wrote: >>> >>>> You can take screen shots with Windows. >>> >>> If memory serves me right, there is either a formal, or informal policy >>> of not using screenshots from any Microsoft platform, because Microsoft >>> claims that usage to infringe upon their copyright. >>> >>> jonathon >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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
