Forwarding this to a more appropriate discussion list. --Jean
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roger Caws <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 8:32 AM Subject: [odfauthors-discuss] user guide for large complex documentation with Writer To: [email protected] Hello, This is me 1 Experienced documentation author and project manager 2 background is large complex documentation using Word Perfect and Microsoft office in a windows environment 3 disenchanted with Microsoft quality and direction. 4 recently switched to Linux Mint with zero knowledge of Linux 5 used lots of tutorials, on-line manuals etc with mixed results 6 Most of what is out there assumes a) a knowledge of Linux and its quirks; b) that the reader wants to know just enough for simple documents. 6 decided that best way to learn how to use LibreOffice is by writing a manual for Writer (complex projects) 7 Have firmed up on design which has three components a) A manual which covers "how to" of ALL the facilities in Writer (and actually uses as many of them as possible) b) A construction history which details how this particular manual was developed and how to use it as a start point for other documents which use a lot of the facilities of Writer (and assumes that the reader has limited experience of manual development) c) A section showing alternative settings and results for design so that the reader is not restricted to choices made for THIS manual This is my Questions 1 Would the existing authors organisation welcome such a project or regard it as an impertinence. 2 This will be a non-trivial document and I would welcome more knowledgeable input given my own weakness in this area. Could this happen and how would it work? 3 It is going to take some time so how would new releases be incorporated so that it was up-to-date when released The project still has a primary purpose of ramping up my learning curve to the point where I can undertake other similar complexity projects with confidence. I am not aware of anyone actually publicly documenting a documentation project previously so it should be quite an interesting thing to do. I look forward to your comments Kind Regards Roger Caws -- 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
