Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Use of "allow to" in documentation

2016-04-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is small volumes at the moment. I think it's about 6 strings this time. Regards from Tom :) On 13 Apr 2016 13:41, "Sophie" wrote: > Hi Peter, > Le 13/04/2016 14:19, Olivier Hallot a écrit : > > Hello Peter > > > > Are you refering to help content or Guide Books? > > > > On Guide books,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Help-files: Large-scale 'cosmetic' changes

2016-04-01 Thread Tom Davies
able. There are a few cases where the sweeping > > > change is just as confusing or nonsensical but it hides the problem in > > > the majority of cases. > > > > > 2. A careful and detailed re-phrasing of each occurrence > > > individually. This will take

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contribution

2016-03-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Please can someone register Bilal at ODFauthors? @ Bilal. There are many different things you could work on within the Documentation Team. It's also possible that you might want to translate from/to English. Typically people want to start with proof-reading the Published Guides and occasi

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Help-files: Large-scale 'cosmetic' changes

2016-03-29 Thread Tom Davies
gives us a "quick fix" improvement to start with and then the > > detailed corrections later. > > > > You may have better ideas. This may be similar to a problem you have > > had to solve and you may have experience of what works best. Please > > let the doc

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Video Tutorial Link in Help

2015-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There are some video tutorials at; http://spoken-tutorial.org/ They cover many different OpenSource programs so if you scroll down the first drop-down you will see quite a few done for LibreOffice. The 2nd drop-down allows people to change to a lot of different languages, although no Europea

[libreoffice-documentation] Help-files: Large-scale 'cosmetic' changes

2015-12-16 Thread Tom Davies
you may have experience of what works best. Please let the documentation team know. The additional problem is that changing the English version might well have a negative impact on all or most of the translations. That is the main problem i hope we can solve without too much pain. Many regards

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Tips

2015-11-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does anyone have any brief quick tips that might help people get more out of LibreOffice. If so please send them to Italo Vignoli it...@libreoffice.org I think they are looking for things to tweet or gibber or as @Opening tips@ as some programs have when first opening a program/game. Regar

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Tasche

2015-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Perhaps these links might help? https://www.thunderbird-mail.de/cms/?id=1 https://www.thunderbird-mail.de/board-list/ Good luck and regards from Tom :) 2015-11-13 9:04 GMT+00:00 Nino Novak : > Moin K-J, > > Am 13.11.2015 um 07:48 schrieb K-J LibreOffice: >> Am 08.11.2015 um 14:55 schri

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Need help To convert Excel Sheet to Libre sheet

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) As you probably know the Indian Government is making a strong push to free themselves from the vendor lock-ins created by using non-OpenSource products. So, it is possible there may even be funding to help with this sort of thing or there may well be some organisation, or conglomeration of o

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writing a chapter

2015-05-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think just use; File - "Save As ... " and alter the name. I think by adding your own initials? Once saved you can then edit the file. Re-typing would be a LOT of work! I'm not sure if this really answers what you were asking but hopefully it helps! Apols and regards from Tom :) On

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Editing and authoring user manuals

2015-05-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) At the moment you have to request that someone registers you on the ODFauthors website. Then just wait for one of the 2 people who can set-up an ODFauthors account to set one up for you and send you the login details. Both are very busy and rarely around. Alternatively you could work on t

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Missing words and spelling errors in manuals and other LibreOffice texts

2015-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) More to the point, is it possible to point out some of the alleged errors? Is it just one of the published guides, such as the first iteration of the Base Handbook? It's very rare to hear of any errors with the published guides as found on these pages; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Do

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] paid support - LibreOffice Manuals

2015-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is a page either on the TDF site or the official LibreOffice website. It is very easy to find now so maybe a link is over-kill? I'm not sure if there is one on the wiki. Regards from Tom :) On 13 April 2015 at 03:14, Joel Madero wrote: > reading the base manual now and I see the be

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Fonts, Font Substitutions, Languages, Graphite, Justification, etc.

2015-03-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I dunno what to do with this info and i can't find the email from a year or so ago. Maybe create a wiki-page about it in the Faq? I could create the wiki-page if you think that is a good idea. Then you could paste the information in and i could do some formatting, if you like. What do peo

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Reverse image printing

2015-03-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) 'My' Oki C810 colour printer even has a configuration for using "white" toner instead of blacK for precisely this usage. I've never tried it though and the printer is having sooo many problems lately that even getting it to print on normal paper is a tad tricky for it at the moment (even aft

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] guide for scholars

2015-03-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Nicely done! Any chance adding it to the list of 3rd party resources on the documentation wiki? Even though it is in Dutch it might be good to have on the English wiki with just a note to say it is in Dutch? I'm not sure but it sounds like you have done a good thing there! :))) Regards fro

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Fw: 14 February 2015 - I love Free Software Day

2015-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think this is a nice idea. Most people on these mailing list already do quite a lot of work and are under-appreciated. It would be nice to see this idea formally extended to cover all the non-devs who do fantastic work in 'User' / Client Support, Documentation, Translation. I think that

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Thank you LibreOffice.

2015-02-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is always nice to see praise to the people working on LibreOffice. I thought i would pass on the message to all of you on this mailing list to say thanks for the work you do as it makes LibreOffice really great :)) Many thanks too and regards from Tom :) On 2 February 2015 at 21:02, Thi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LO Version 4.4 Table of Contents

2015-02-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's tricky to reach the development team without posting a bug-report and anyone can do that. It would be interesting to hear how easy the new UX is for bug-reporting. I gather they have had some minor teethign troubles but hopefully that wont affect whoever is willing to post the bug-repo

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-website] [LibreOffice Bugzilla Migration] We're done! Please visit the new site to reset your password!

2015-01-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A big +1 from me! I guess there might be "teething problems" but hopefully we can all be patient with those and just enjoy the advantages of the new system more and more :) Many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 25 January 2015 at 09:22, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi, > > Robinson T

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] tracking who is working on which chapters

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think we have to view the additional pages as "nice to have"s and put it on a wish-list for a future edition. The Documentation Team just does not have the capacity to cope with the material we already have. We have even been considering how to reduce the amount is already there in order

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] tracking who is working on which chapters

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
> > > On 1/21/2015 8:27 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >> >> Hi :) >> There used to be a wiki-page for signing-out and signing-in chapters >> being worked on so that; >> * people could track what stage chapters had reached and also to >> * help avoid 2 (or more) p

[libreoffice-documentation] tracking who is working on which chapters

2015-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There used to be a wiki-page for signing-out and signing-in chapters being worked on so that; * people could track what stage chapters had reached and also to * help avoid 2 (or more) people attempting to work on a same chapter at the same time. Does anyone know how to get to it? or even whe

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Welcome to documentation@global.libreoffice.org

2015-01-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Are you hoping to do translations or work on the English (US) versions? (or both). If you want to do translations then there is a different mailing list to join. Also if you can read and write in Bulgarian (or any other non-English language) then there is likely to be a 'local' mailing list

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: cover art for v4.4 user guides

2015-01-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If it is easeir and faster to keep using whatever is currently used and then plan to migrate to Draw then i don't see any problem with that. I imagine there was a deliberate decision made on the basis of finding the best tool for the job, or because of some problem so i think moving to Draw

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: cover art for v4.4 user guides

2015-01-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is that on Windows? (Sorry i am on a stupid dumb system today that blocks tons of harmless web-pages) I think it depends on which program made the svg, or what type of svg = Inkscape allows "Inkscape svg" and something like "Plain svg". I'm not sure what the differences are. Of course one

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: cover art for v4.4 user guides

2015-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think Draw can handle Svg, or is it Eps? Anyway it's one of the standard scalar vector graphics formats that Draw seems reasonably happy with. Errr, actually i sometimes have a problem with images from Inkscape that involve text but that is not specific to Draw. It seems to be more of a

[libreoffice-documentation] Happens to everyone

2014-12-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) These things happen to everyone. It's a bit of a pain but mostly to the person who got compromised. My spam-filter warned me to be wary but that the address has been in my contacts for a long time. Nicely handled! Good recovery! Best to just delete that thread (or those threads) and not

[libreoffice-documentation] GMail

2014-12-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ah, since i use GMail too i figure it's a good time for me to change my password too jic. I use 2 factor authentication which can get a bit awkward when i want to login away from my regular machines but hopefully that helped. Regards from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+u

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Happy Christmas all! :)

2014-12-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I hope everyone had or is having a good Christmas day, even if you don't celebrate it as being a special day. Many regards to all from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-uns

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving Impress Templates

2014-12-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Regina had a work around too. I'm not sure if they are different from each other or which is best. Regards from Tom :) On 23 December 2014 at 17:08, Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > Kevin O'Brien schrieb: > >> From what I read in the documentation I should be able to create a >> Te

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving Impress Templates

2014-12-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought it might be good for the documentation team to know about this thread. Templates are not so easy in Impress apparently and the guides don't seem to be helping at the moment. A bug-report has been filed but i was wondering if it would be good to have the work-around in the Impress

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] stopped working.

2014-12-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The good news is that you can download the published guides for free; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Also the program is available for free download too; http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-still/ There are 2 branches. * The "Fresh" branch, altho

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] stopped working.

2014-12-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There ARE various places to buy LibreOffice from. Also the license allows people to modify and re-sell as long as they make the original version easily available. Typically this is used to gain wider distribution. Sometimes getting LibreOffice into stores cost a flat fee or requires a cert

Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: [libreoffice-documentation]

2014-11-05 Thread Tom Davies
initely an important part of the process - we make mistakes too but probably less bizarre or misleading (nor so frequently). Regards from Tom :) 2014-11-05 8:00 GMT+00:00 Sveinn í Felli : > Þann mið 5.nóv 2014 00:24, skrifaði Tom Davies: > >> >> >> >> &quo

Re: [libreoffice-documentation]

2014-11-05 Thread Tom Davies
language. Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 5 November 2014 08:08, Sophie wrote: > Hi Tom, > Le 05/11/2014 01:24, Tom Davies a écrit : > > Hi :) > > I'm sending this to the "international translators" mailing-list in the > > hope they might be able to giv

Re: [libreoffice-documentation]

2014-11-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm sending this to the "international translators" mailing-list in the hope they might be able to give better support, by sending you in the right direction. I did a quick translation using an MT and got a slightly odd result at the beginning but it starts to make more sense about half-way

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide 4.2

2014-11-04 Thread Tom Davies
help with that. :( We do our best to be as perfect as possible but it's not always possible. Apols and regards from Tom Davies On 4 November 2014 17:21, Jeff Roscoe wrote: > > I purchased this Libre office guide a couple of moths ago. > > Mail merge, Page 107 directs to Chapt

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] FOSDEM Call for Paper

2014-11-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm not sure if this is strictly relevant but i suspect there are a few people here who might be interested! Regards from Tom :) On 4 November 2014 00:44, Italo Vignoli wrote: > FOSDEM 15 will be held at the ULB Campus Solbosch on Saturday, January > 31, and Sunday, February 1st, 2015. > >

[libreoffice-documentation] x-refs

2014-11-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Over the years i have often heard of people clearing the x-refs but have no idea how that fits into the list of processes. Does it need to be done for every publication? Does the wiki need doing too? In the published guides is it something that is best done to the entire book or is it best

Fwd: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 programról visszajelzés

2014-10-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think József's post is probably better handled on the international translators coordination mailing list so i'm sending it there and CC'ing the English(US) Docs Team so they know what is going on. An MT translation (using Quick Translate (i think)) gave me "LibreOffice is a good program,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide 4.2. Appendix

2014-10-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks Hazel! Congrats on dealing with the low-bandwidth issue and getting the final chapter uploaded. Good work! Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 28 October 2014 12:02, Googlemail wrote: > I have uploaded this to the feedback folder. That's your lot, folks! > > -- > Hazel > > -- > To

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Proposed Change To Writer Guide 4.2 Chapter 12

2014-10-27 Thread Tom Davies
look at the document you would see the > full url behind the the visible text is: > > http://www.mattawanschools.org/14662082081050390/lib/14662082081050390/mlaworkscited.pdf > and that document is no longer available from that site. > > > ---- Original Message >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Proposed Change To Writer Guide 4.2 Chapter 12

2014-10-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The link worked for me. I think the reason it breaks on some systems is the full-stop after the link-address. If you make it http://www.mattawanschools.org or http://www.mattawanschools.org/ (without a full-stop at the end) then it works. However it seems a bit weird to link to a school's

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide 4.2 chapter 15: Forms

2014-10-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sounds like you have done a fantastic job! Many thanks for sorting all that out. You've done considerably more than your fair share already so don't worry if you are not able to continue for a while. Good luck with the connection though! I hope it gets sorted out soon!! Many thanks and re

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide 4.2 Chapter 12. TOCS and indexes

2014-10-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, i keep not understanding what's happening. Was that done to the old version of the chapter before the chaps did all the work on clearing x-refs and stuff? So are they having to re-do all their work, or is it just Hazel's work that needs to be re-done? Is it kinda working? Is the work-

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] MySQL/MariaDB Native Linux connector for LibreOffice 4.2 and 4.3 (32 and 64 bit)

2014-10-20 Thread Tom Davies
my normal list. I did not pay attention to what other list this message was > written to, and as I don't use the Users list I did not get the rest of the > thread about connectors. > > Hope I haven't just muddied the waters so to speak. > > Cheers > > sshelagh

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] MySQL/MariaDB Native Linux connector for LibreOffice 4.2 and 4.3 (32 and 64 bit)

2014-10-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr, this was all follow-up from a thread started by Dan on the Users List. He was asking for people to test-drive the connector that he had just made. I'm sorry about the confusion created by the Documentation Team only getting half the off-topic posts. Apols and regards from Tom :) On

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] MySQL/MariaDB Native Linux connector for LibreOffice 4.2 and 4.3 (32 and 64 bit)

2014-10-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry, i hadn't realised sshelagh had been cross-posting to the Documentation Team at the same time. Stefan had responded in the same thread but only on the Users List. I forwarded Stefan's email to sshelagh privately. Apols and regards from Tom :) On 20 October 2014 15:21, Robert Großkopf

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] MySQL/MariaDB Native Linux connector for LibreOffice 4.2 and 4.3 (32 and 64 bit)

2014-10-19 Thread Tom Davies
ertised. > > Cheers > > Shelagh > > On 16 October 2014 02:50, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> Has anyone been able to test this out yet? >> >> Is it possible to test-drive these connectors without breaking an existing >> database? Errr, i'

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Accounts at ODFAuthors

2014-10-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Nicely solved Sigrid! :)) Regards from Tom :) On 18 October 2014 10:22, Dave Barton wrote: > Original Message > From: Sigrid Carrera > To: Dave Barton > Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:06:39 +0200 > > > Hi Dave, > > > > Thanks for the screenshots. They do help a lot. >

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] MySQL/MariaDB Native Linux connector for LibreOffice 4.2 and 4.3 (32 and 64 bit)

2014-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Has anyone been able to test this out yet? Is it possible to test-drive these connectors without breaking an existing database? Errr, i'm not going to be able to test them myself so i was just mildly curious. Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2014 16:49, Dan Lewis wrote: > These co

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chapter 8 -Database tasks

2014-10-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, done :) https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Status_of_tasks_BH_v4.2 Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 15 October 2014 16:06, Peter Goggin wrote: > I have reviewed and uploaded this chapter. I would be grateful if you > could adjust the tasks p

Fwd: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide 4.2. Chapter 5

2014-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
apter 5 To: Tom Davies On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:52:11 +0100 Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Is it going to be easy to re-apply your proof-reading changes to the > chapters that Dave has cleared all the x-ref problems from? Does it make > sense to do it that way around or for him to redo t

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chapter 8 -Database tasks

2014-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh great, so where is it in Outlook, Gmail and Yahoo? Regards from Tom :) On 12 October 2014 17:13, Mark Morin wrote: > Most mail clients will have a "mail to list" option. > > > On 10/12/2014 6:44 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> The mailing lis

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chapter 8 -Database tasks

2014-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The mailing lists have been carefully set-up so that most emailers need to use "Reply to all" in order to reply to the mailing list at all. So your name appears in the "To" or "CC" field. Some emailers automatically (or can be set to) filter out duplicates but not all allow it. My guess is

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chapter 8 -Database tasks

2014-10-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm getting a serious sense of deja vue about this thread ;) For the future would it be possible to reduce the number of dependencies the handbook has? Can most of the examples be kept as additional examples without being referred to much in the main part of the book? Perhaps an appendix o

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chapter 8 -Database tasks

2014-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
ating phrase in Latin, "lorem ipsum" or something.Could the untranslated German just be used in a similar way? (ie turn the bug/problem into a feature?) Regards from Tom :) On 11 October 2014 19:17, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > I suspect that would mean translating the full d

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer 4.2 Guide now compiled and published

2014-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Don't worry too much about the page count. It's nice to be roughly right but doesn't really need to be absolutely precise. It's just a rough indication of 'size' and a more useful indication of how much work might be involved in proof-reading (or whichever stage). Mb, Kb etc didn't really

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chapter 8 -Database tasks

2014-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I suspect that would mean translating the full databases. Is there a work-around that can minimise the amount of work needed for the chapter Peter is kindly reviewing? For the 4.2.x version of the Handbook we can't really afford to get bogged down in the extra work of translating all the va

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide 4.2 Chapter 3: Working with text

2014-10-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm not sure about wider context but perhaps reduce "option choices" to just "options"? Hmm, that doesn't seem right either! It is almost definitely wrong to have both words as plurals. So, "option choices" is better but it still looks odd given the meanings of the two words. Perhaps "cho

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Which FAQs are unanswered?

2014-10-10 Thread Tom Davies
find themselves on the newer one. Many people probably have bookmarked, or articles or whatnot may link to the older one. It'd be nice to avoid breaking those links and help them get to the correct place. Regards from Tom :) On 10 October 2014 19:39, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Which FAQs are unanswered?

2014-10-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, it doesn't quite work like that. The original FAQ was written in French and is gradually being translated into English. So, a good entry-level task might be to proof-read some of the existing ones and make corrections as you go. We don't have a tracking system for working on the wiki

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Missing ODF Authors Account

2014-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, i think we are going to try to get it done before then but i think it's unlikely that we will be able to figure out the macros or what's going on in Chapter 6. So it'll probably keep until you get back. If you fancy taking work with you then please take the sample databases as well as t

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] request for odf author account

2014-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
Authors nor OmegaT and haven't read the guides about using them so i could easily be wrong about what they do. Regards from Tom :) On 9 October 2014 09:31, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > I think Milos might be able to help you set-up something to help you > translate the Publish

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] request for odf author account

2014-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
gt; On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Jean Weber wrote: > > I have created an ODFAuthors account for you, however you may not need > > it. As Tom Davies mentions in a separate reply, you may wish first to > > contact anyone else working on translation into your language. > > &g

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] request for odf author account

2014-10-09 Thread Tom Davies
gt; > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Jean Weber wrote: > > I have created an ODFAuthors account for you, however you may not need > > it. As Tom Davies mentions in a separate reply, you may wish first to > > contact anyone else working on translation into your language. >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] request for odf author account

2014-10-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry no-one has responded yet! Hopefully someone can help soon. Much of the translation work is done through the international translators mailing list rather than here. Subscribe to them in the same way that you subscribed to this mailing list. Once you have subscribed their email addre

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide 4.2 Chapter 1

2014-10-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Nice one! It's good to know we can be completely confident that all that has been done. Many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 6 October 2014 15:59, Googlemail wrote: > I have uploaded a version with a few small format changes to the 4.2 > feedback folder. Mostly bad apostrophes/quotes. >

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Handbook Chapter 8 -Database tasks

2014-10-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Done! :) You can check the page at; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Status_of_tasks_BH_v4.2 Just let me know if i made errors, but even if i did it's probably ok. At the rate you are working it'll probably get fixed in the next update anyway. Al

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook

2014-10-07 Thread Tom Davies
>> On 05/10/14 04:27, Tom Davies wrote: >> >>> Hi :) >>> Blimey! Does that mean you have signed the Queries chapter back in >>> already?? or are you just thinking ahead? Either way congrats! >>> >>> Should i edit the wiki-page to show

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Draw Guide Version 4.3

2014-10-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sounds like good priorities! It's a well-earned break! :) I hope you enjoy the hols! Congrats, thanks and regards from Tom :) On 7 October 2014 10:50, PeeWee wrote: > Hello > > Version 4.3 of the Draw Guide Chapter 3 Working with Objects & Object > Points > is now available in the Drafts

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook - Reports

2014-10-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Chapter 6 is still a work-in-progress and being worked on by Alan. Is it possible to skip it and go onto a different chapter, maybe return to this one later? I think there is an awkward chunk in the middle that he and Hazel both found tricky. When it was uncertain if this Handbook would ev

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chapter 5 Queries.

2014-10-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is best to use the version of LibreOffice from the official LibreOffice website. Ubuntu (and all other distros) tend to refer to that as using the "upstream" version. It's usually more efficient to work on the upstream version and then each different distro only needs to worry about how

[libreoffice-documentation] Main wiki-page

2014-10-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the main page is getting better and better; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation Thanks for removing all the guff and giving it a decent heading instead. That explains it better, looks nicer and fixes the horrible eol issues. Thanks and regards from Tom :) -- To unsubs

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer 4.2 Guide now compiled and published

2014-10-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks for the link :) That looks easy and makes sense. I thought it was at an earlier stage than that. Things move on so fast in LibreOffice! Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 3 October 2014 16:05, Sophie wrote: > Hi Tom, > Le 03/10/2014 15:38, Tom Davies a écrit : > > Hi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base documentation - Forms

2014-10-04 Thread Tom Davies
> On 03/10/14 23:43, Tom Davies wrote: > > Hi :) > I tried to fix it to show the right updated status of the 2 chapters in > question. > > I think it's correct? Peter, is that correct now? > Regards from > Tom :) > > > On 3 October 2014 11:26, Jean W

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base documentation - Forms

2014-10-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I tried to fix it to show the right updated status of the 2 chapters in question. I think it's correct? Peter, is that correct now? Regards from Tom :) On 3 October 2014 11:26, Jean Weber wrote: > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Jean Weber wrote: > > On Friday, October 3, 2014, Peter G

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] introduction

2014-10-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think you need the 4.2.6 version, here's a link to it http://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/?type=win-x86&version=4.2.6&lang=en-US It might be a good idea to save this wiki-page too https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel It helps to have the 4.2.6 along

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer 4.2 Guide now compiled and published

2014-10-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am sure it is plenty good enough! The might be minor problems but i don't think it's worth trying to catch them now. Apparently a VERY early pre-pre-release version of branch 4.4.0 is possible to acquire from somewhere super-secret now. If any more work on the Writer Guide takes place it

[libreoffice-documentation] Impress: Example presentations showing off our feature set?

2014-10-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Robinson Tryon has done tons of work for LibreOffice and is just asking for a couple of slides to help his presentation look better. Does anyone have or know of anything that might help him? Please contact him directly if you have as i'm not sure if he is on this mailing list Thanks and reg

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base documentation - Forms

2014-10-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 to all of it especially about not being a pain. Looks like a much better answer than mine. Thanks :) Regards from Tom :) On 1 October 2014 19:03, Dave Barton wrote: > Original Message From: Peter Goggin > To: Documentation@Global.LibreOffice.Org Date: > Wed, 01 Oct

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer 4.2 Guide Chapter 14

2014-10-01 Thread Tom Davies
thing about this. I think Jean or > > >> >> Sophie > > >> >> needs to make that call. > > >> >> 3. I could not make sense of the section on Conditionals. I could > > click > > >> >> the > &g

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base documentation - Forms

2014-10-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You can attach the chapter to a private email to someone such as Jean, who has access to ODFAuthors and knows what she is doing with it. If you really want to learn how to do it yourself then this suggested work-flow might help; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#U

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] infrastructure wiki

2014-09-30 Thread Tom Davies
>> --Jean >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 9:21 PM, Sophie wrote: >> > Hi Tom, >> > Le 29/09/2014 12:06, Tom Davies a écrit : >> >> Hi :) >> >> I've done a lot of long over-due spring-cleaning on the Publications >> pa

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] infrastructure wiki

2014-09-30 Thread Tom Davies
te: > Tom, > > And putting in line breaks within sentences buggers up the formatting > when the page is viewed on a device using a different sized font. Very > bad, amateurish thing to do. > > --Jean > > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 9:21 PM, Sophie wrote: > > Hi To

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] introduction

2014-09-30 Thread Tom Davies
ered. The small group that maintains the > ODFAuthors website is NOT the LibreOffice Documentation Team, although > there is some overlap in people. Our sysadmin does not want very many > people to have admin access; we've had problems in the past with "too > many cooks".

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer 4.2 Guide Chapters 12, 15, Appendix A

2014-09-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think you haven't missed anything! A couple of people suddenly pulled together at the end there but i think we are not going to be able to do final review or proof-reading of the remaining 3 chapters so quickly. I think you, K-J, Kevin O'Brian, Alan B and Preston Bernstein have done a gre

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] infrastructure wiki

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
rom doing quite a bit of work! :)) Many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 29 September 2014 19:13, Sophie Gautier wrote: > Hi Tom, > Thanks for your work! I've not yet finished the home page. The Development > frame will have more dedicated content. > Cheers > > Sophi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Document - Forms

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Congrats Peter!! Nicely done :)) I posted that answer back to the Users Mailing List and consolidated the best answers from there into this post http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Re-libreoffice-documentation-Re-Base-Document-Forms-tp4123900p4124035.html (jic anyone needs to deal with thi

[libreoffice-documentation] infrastructure wiki

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I've done a lot of long over-due spring-cleaning on the Publications page! https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Basically just got all sections to look&work roughly the same way as each other. Also tidied this page https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] introduction

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Gary did join last week sometime. I am not sure if he is already registered on ODFAuthors and i have no idea how to check. My fault! I should have learned much more about ODFAuthors - to register people and take the burden off otherwise already very busy people. We have been trying to hol

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Document - Forms

2014-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think Base is better when you use an external back-end. The Postgresql people made the effort to work with LO devs to make a native connector that is built into LO. MySql is another commonly used database program but it's owned by Oracle so it might be better to go for the drop-in replace

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] looking for documentation team credentials

2014-09-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think someone else has to set it up for you. So, hopefully someone can register you at ODFAuthors Good luck and regards from Tom :) On 28 September 2014 05:30, Robert Marshall wrote: > Hi all, > > Hoping that now that things have changed, I'll be able to get an > ODFAuth account set up.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Document - Forms

2014-09-26 Thread Tom Davies
:21, Peter Goggin wrote: > On 21/09/14 20:00, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> Are you using Windows, Mac or Linux? I am not sure how to do that in >> Windows but in Linux it would be something like; >> >> sudo apt-get install libreoffice-base-drivers >> >&

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Draw Guide Version 4.3

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
er 2014 13:33, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Superb!! Good work, again. As always. :)) > Congrats and many regards from > Tom :) > > On 25 September 2014 11:53, PeeWee wrote: > >> Hello >> >> Version 4.3 of the Draw guide Chapter 2 Drawing Basic Shapes is n

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Draw Guide Version 4.3

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Superb!! Good work, again. As always. :)) Congrats and many regards from Tom :) On 25 September 2014 11:53, PeeWee wrote: > Hello > > Version 4.3 of the Draw guide Chapter 2 Drawing Basic Shapes is now the > Drafts LO4.3 on the ODF Authors website ready for review and comment. > > > http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Five chapters of Writer 4.2 Guide awaiting review

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
; do a check-out of the chapter. What should I do now to move this forward? I > now have my Authors account so I can log in and do whatever is needed. > > Thanks, > > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> I am not sure but i th

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Requesting ODFAuthors account

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is a guide on how to get started with the Documentation Team https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development but it sounds like you are already working through that! Regards from Tom :) On 24 September 2014 19:43, tariqrahuma wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm interested i

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Five chapters of Writer 4.2 Guide awaiting review

2014-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am not sure but i think someone, KO(?), is working on Chapter 14 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Status_of_tasks_-_WG_-_LO_v4.2 I'm even less sure about Chapter 15, Forms. Peter Goggin expressed interest just before he vanished. So he might be

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