On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Mickey Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > I know nothing about testing software, only using it. I'm very familiar > most of MicroSoft Office programs, but not OpenOffice. I'd appreciate some > help.
Hi Mickey, Take a look at some example defect reports from our Bugzilla issue tracker: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121637 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121583 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121412 To contribute effectively to QA you don't necessarily need experience with QA. Testing is as much an attitude and a disciplined, methodical mindset as it is about specific knowledge. But you do need to know enough about the product you are testing to be able to review defect reports like the above, and try to confirm them. So you need a good general knowledge of the product, not necessarily a "power user" but at least a good solid working knowledge. So if you are not familiar with OpenOffice at all, I'd recommend installing it and start using it in your daily work. You can find tutorials and user guides linked on our documentation page: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation One approach would be to specialize. For example, starting with only spreadsheets (Calc) or only presentations (Impress). Regards, -Rob > > Mickey
