Addendum: if someone else with the interest and experience/skills would like to take GS or WG - please do!
I might be of more value to the Docs project doing QA on all the books, for language, layout, use of styles, other consistency issues, etc etc. Especially the compiled books, which typically need work. (Somewhere I have a list of problems ive encountered, that other people either haven’t noticed or perhaps don’t think are important.) -Jean On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 14:05 Jean Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > The other guides are: > > Getting Started (I have been suggested for this; I’m considering it*) > Writer (I have been suggested for this; I’m considering it*) > Impress (Peter may do? He did both Draw and Impress before; there’s a lot > of overlap) > Draw (Peter S will do) > Math > > * Background info for new members: My involvement with both these books in > particular goes back many years and my pre-retirement profession included > a lot of project management as well as editing and writing. > > Regards, Jean > > On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 01:10 randolph gamo <randolph.g...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> Please what are the 5 other guides that need coordination? >> You've already mentioned: >> >> - Base >> - Calc >> - LibreOffice Online >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 4:27 AM Olivier Hallot < >> olivier.hal...@libreoffice.org> wrote: >> >> > Hi team >> > >> > I have been nurturing for long time on the idea of book coordination. >> > >> > Actually the situation is that LibreOffice deals with a broad range of >> > subjects - from word processors, drawings, scientific equations, math >> > calculation, scientific data, business decision, printing, editing, data >> > management with databases, image processing, animations, presentation, >> > programming, and so on- that very few of is an expert in all the areas >> > above. >> > >> > We have 8 Guides published that needs update, which ideally should be >> > ready at release time of the Software. Having a software release with >> > its companion end-user documentation sets a higher standard for >> > LibreOffice as an Open Source project. >> > >> > Today circumstances on the world pandemic is bringing more and more >> > volunteers. But to better manage the task we must divide the work. The >> > idea is to have one of our team members as focal point that can >> > coordinate the work on a given Guide, follow up the software development >> > x doc gap, meet regularly with the team, advise volunteers, on issues, >> > and on the editorial content and more. >> > >> > Steve and Pulkit have already volunteered to coordinate the Calc and the >> > Base guide respectively. It will be nice to listen to their ideas. I'd >> > like to coordinate the LibreOffice Online Guide. Thank makes 3 of us and >> > 3 guides. Other 5 guides needs love too. >> > >> > The work ahead is challenging. The forthcoming release 7 of the software >> > in August this year will get a new branding (not yet defined) and there >> > will be the need to design the front and back covers of the guides >> > accordingly. The templates used in the books will also need a review. >> > >> > I'll be part of all guides team and will also work on other areas of the >> > software documentation. >> > >> > Regards >> > -- >> > Olivier Hallot >> > LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator >> > Comunidade LibreOffice >> > Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 >> > http://tdf.io/joinus >> > >> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
