I am creating the folder structure in NextCLoud. Does everybody automatically get access to this, or does that take extra steps?
Gordon Bates berrykevin...@gmaill.com github.com/jdoes On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 5:29 AM Steve (GMail) <stevemfanning...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Gordon, > > I hope that you are okay. > > During the coming days, I intend making some tidy-ups to the Calc Guide’s > .ODT files, in preparation for the 7.0 update. This is probably a > one-person job. > > However, while I am doing these edits. there are a few related matters > that somebody could address. As you have expressed an interest in > continuing to help with the Calc Guide, maybe you would like to address > some or all of these? > > 1. Somebody could create a 7.0 structure in the Calc Guide area of > NextCloud. This will require the same folders as the 6.4 structure. It will > also need a tracking spreadsheet like that used for 6.4, but with the > various dates etc. deleted, ready to start afresh. > 2. Somebody could investigate the LO extension called “Code > Highlighter” ( > https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/code-highlighter) > to see whether we can use it to improve the appearance of the macro code > segments that appear in Chapters 12 and 13 of the Calc Guide. This > extension was discussed and recommended in a recent Documentation Team > meeting, but I have not had time to see what impacts it will have on our > chapters. > 3. Reading the 7.0 Release Notes, you may have noticed that Calc 7.0 > has two new functions, RAND.NV() and RANDBETWEEN.NV(). Although we do not > need to discuss the gory detail of these two in the Calc Guide (covered in > Help and, eventually, on the Calc Functions wiki), their very existence > leads to asking “what is a volatile function?”. Therefore, I think we need > to draft a new (short) section to be put into Chapter 7 (Using Formulas and > Functions) of the Calc Guide to discuss the concept of a volatile function > in Calc. (The word “volatile” does not appear in the 6.4 version). Somebody > could have a go at drafting such a section in a standalone ODT file, to be > entitled “Volatile functions”? Sources of background information include: > > • The Release Notes for 7.0 ( > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.0#New_spreadsheet_functions) > and maybe the discussions that took place in progressing the associated bug > (127831). > • ODF version 1.2 ( > http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/OpenDocument-v1.2-part2.html) – > see Section 3.5 “When recalculation occurs”. > • The source code contains a function entitled > “IsOpCodeVolatile” which determines whether a function called by a user is > volatile or not. From this code I have gleaned that the volatile Calc > functions are: RAND, RANDBETWEEN, NOW, TODAY, FORMULA, INFO, INDIRECT, and > OFFSET. > • The descriptions of the two new functions that have been > included in the Help system at > https://help.libreoffice.org/7.1/en-US/text/shared/05/new_help.html. > > Let me know if you need any more information or help. > > Regards, > > Steve > -- 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
