Okay, got it finished! Gordon Bates berrykevin...@gmaill.com github.com/jdoes
On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 2:44 PM Steve (GMail) <stevemfanning...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Gordon. > > Once you have created the folders and the tracking spreadsheet, you > shouldn't need to take any extra steps for others to access them. > > Regards, > > Steve > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Kevin Berry" <berrykevin...@gmail.com> > To: "Steve (GMail)" <stevemfanning...@gmail.com> > Cc: "Documentation Team" <Documentation@global.libreoffice.org> > Sent: 28/06/2020 22:24:32 > Subject: Re: Helping with the 7.0 Calc Guide > > 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
