Hello Dan

You have a good point and will take it on board. No danger of causing loss of 
data in Impress and you cannot caution users not to make a bad presentation 
:-))))

Peter Schofield
psaut...@gmail.com



> On 14 Aug 2020, at 15:46, Dan Lewis <elderdanle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/14/20 09:30, Peter Schofield wrote:
>> Hello Samantha
>> 
>> 1st question — not sure why Sidebar is capitalised. Easily changed when I 
>> create 2nd draft.
>> 
>> 2nd question — it is a note. Warning header, in my opinion, should not be 
>> used at all. There is no danger to life or serious risk of injury, which is 
>> what a warning is all about. Definition of a warning comes from ISO rules. 
>> Also, in my opinion, caution should not be used. There is no real danger of 
>> causing a malfunction of equipment. In software guides there is only a need 
>> for notes and tips.
> 
> While this may be true for Impress, I think that there are cases in Base in 
> which using a caution makes sense. Data can be lost permanently if the user 
> does not pay attention to what they are doing. Many of these thing are 
> mitigated by Base offering to save something.//When creating a new form, 
> saving it often is very important. This is especially true in areas where 
> power is not always reliable as where thunderstorms are relatively common 
> during the hotter part of the year.
> 
> Dan
> 
>> 
>> Had a quick look at your suggestions and you have made some good points.
>> 
>> Moving figures would create large white spaces in the document. In my 
>> opinion, too much white space in a document is something to be avoided. It 
>> looks very unprofessional. I am of the old school where user guides used to 
>> be printed.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Peter Schofield
>> psaut...@gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 14 Aug 2020, at 14:47, Samantha Hamilton 
>>> <samanthahamilton0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Peter, and Team,
>>> 
>>> I have completed a first pass review of Impress Chapter 3 and uploaded it 
>>> to the Feedback folder (changes noted on the Status Spreadsheet). Peter, 
>>> you mentioned in an email to Felipe that "the template for version 7.0 is 
>>> not 100% set in stone." As such, I did not investigate too deeply the 
>>> finite formatting details. I do have a few quick questions, though, and 
>>> perhaps they are template-related questions:
>>> Why is Sidebar capitalized, but main menu bar and toolbar are not?
>>> Was there a decision made about the Note header on page 2 to be re-styled 
>>> as a Warning header?
>>> Overall, I thought the writing was very clear and concise---I was able to 
>>> follow all the directions easily.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Sam.
>>> 
>>>   Samantha Hamilton
>>>   darling docs
>>> 
>>>   <https://darlingdocs.wordpress.com/> 
>>> <https://github.com/samanthahamilton> 
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamilton-64b4b71b0/>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 10:14 AM Samantha Hamilton 
>>> <samanthahamilton0...@gmail.com <mailto:samanthahamilton0...@gmail.com>> 
>>> wrote:
>>> Hi Peter, and Team,
>>> 
>>> I have downloaded Impress Chapter 3 for first review. Expected return date 
>>> is Saturday the 15th. Just a quick note: I've been getting a "502 Bad 
>>> Gateway" error on the Status Spreadsheet, but I will try again later to 
>>> update that page.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Sam.
>>>     Samantha Hamilton
>>>   darling docs
>>> 
>>>   <https://darlingdocs.wordpress.com/> 
>>> <https://github.com/samanthahamilton> 
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamilton-64b4b71b0/>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 10:32 AM Peter Schofield <psaut...@gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:psaut...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> Chapter 3 Adding and Formatting Text for the Impress Guide 7.0 has been 
>>> uploaded to the Drafts folder on NextCloud and is ready for review and 
>>> comment.
>>> 
>>> This chapter has been rewritten for two reasons.
>>> 
>>> 1. The changes in Version 7.0 required a rewrite of the old version of the 
>>> chapter.
>>> 
>>> 2. The old version of this chapter was very poorly written and probably by 
>>> someone who was not experienced in writing software guides. It was 
>>> confusing and difficult to follow in some instances. Hopefully I have now 
>>> corrected that problem.
>>> 
>>> One comment I must make is that whoever wrote Version 4.3 of this chapter 
>>> did not add their name to the contributors list at the front of the guide. 
>>> My name appears there as the last contributor and makes it look like I 
>>> wrote this version of Chapter 3. I definitely did not and the text is 
>>> definitely not my style or quality.
>>> 
>>> If anybody writes a chapter or does a review and comment, then PLEASE add 
>>> your name to th contributors list.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Peter Schofield
>>> psaut...@gmail.com <mailto:psaut...@gmail.com>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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