[libreoffice-documentation] Where’s Jean
In an earlier note, I mentioned getting home on 15 December. In case you’re interested in where I am, today and tomorrow I’m in Ushuaia, Argentina. No, I’m not on my way to or from Antarctica this time. I came down from Buenos Aires on a ship, and will be continuing up the coast of Chile to Valparaiso, the port city of Santiago. Hoping for no dramas getting from the port to Santiago Airport and then home to Australia. It’s been over 50 years since I blundered into a demonstration/revolution in a foreign country and I can do without a repeat of the experience. -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook
Dan! Wonderful to hear from you with good news about progress on the Base Handbook. Jean On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 at 17:00 Dan Lewis wrote: > I have just finished translating all of the text documents for this > user guide. I had allowed myself to stop work on this project because > the way I wanted to do it became too complicated and confusing as is > trying to do too many things at one time. > > Next to be done is to edit all 13 documents one at a time. While > doing this, I will also make changes in the example databases as my > editing takes me to where each database is discussed. Some of the > terminology that I will be using is that is in use in the US. I also > plan to replace people's names so that they are American. I hope to get > this done by the end of the year. Since I will not be celebrating > anything in December either, I should be able to get this done. The only > thing that may prevent this is my having to learn things about Base that > I did even know is possible. (I have yet to study a book on macros that > made any sense to me.) > > Last month, my tower started quitting after only a few minutes, so I > bought a new laptop. Well, I got it about 11 years ago. So, I should be > able to be on the next meeting on December 4 a 1 PM (-0500). > > I am not ready to upload any of these files until I have made this first > edit. Perhaps I should also make some suggestions as to what the Guide > Status is for this should look like. I know it should contain all of the > text documents, the example databases, and other examples files. But > what about the procedures that occur even before the translation > begins?Examples are creating clean files, replacing Caution/Note/Tip, > and change the style names from German to English. > > Dan > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Status of Calc Guide 6.2
Hi, Jean (& Olivier), Olivier made a master document for GS60 that is useful for automatically creating a full guide from chapter files, maybe this can be also done for Calc60guide? Lp, m. V V pon., 25. nov. 2019 ob 22:16 je oseba Cathy Crumbley napisala: > That sounds like a good plan. I am glad that you are willing and able to > invest the time in finalizing the book.. > > On 11/24/2019 5:42 PM, Jean Weber wrote: > > Yo, team! You may recall my suggestion 2-3 weeks ago that we leave the > > proposed two new chapters out of the book we’re working on, so we don’t > > hold up publication any longer than necessary. I don’t recall seeing any > > disagreement, or indeed much response at all, so I’m taking the standard > > open-source attitude of moving ahead with the idea. (And glad to see work > > continues on other chapters.) > > > > Now I have a further proposal: I will be back home in 3 weeks (15 > > December), when I will do a final edit of all the chapters and publish > the > > book in PDF. That means: whatever state the chapters are in at that time. > > If further updates are needed, it’s not difficult to do so and > regenerate a > > PDF. > > > > (Note: I don’t participate in Christmas or other end-of-year festivities, > > so it’s a good time for me to publish a book.) > > > > Any objections? Concerns? Comments? > > > > Let’s finish this book! > > > > Cheers, Jean > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Status of Calc Guide 6.2
That sounds like a good plan. I am glad that you are willing and able to invest the time in finalizing the book.. On 11/24/2019 5:42 PM, Jean Weber wrote: Yo, team! You may recall my suggestion 2-3 weeks ago that we leave the proposed two new chapters out of the book we’re working on, so we don’t hold up publication any longer than necessary. I don’t recall seeing any disagreement, or indeed much response at all, so I’m taking the standard open-source attitude of moving ahead with the idea. (And glad to see work continues on other chapters.) Now I have a further proposal: I will be back home in 3 weeks (15 December), when I will do a final edit of all the chapters and publish the book in PDF. That means: whatever state the chapters are in at that time. If further updates are needed, it’s not difficult to do so and regenerate a PDF. (Note: I don’t participate in Christmas or other end-of-year festivities, so it’s a good time for me to publish a book.) Any objections? Concerns? Comments? Let’s finish this book! Cheers, Jean -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] New Member
Hi Dimona Welcome to the documentation Team. Our team is dedicated to create the best technical literature for LibreOffice and have it translated in all languages. Make sure you go thru the documentation team introduction in the wiki page https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/DocumentationTeamInfo/JoinDocTeam To start, please get a username for our web services, by following the instructions in the page https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Infra/SingleSignOn Then poke me to grant you access to our literature for edition or translation. Please note these other contact points with us (besides the current mailing list) *The documentation webchat* - Chat with us in https://irc.documentfoundation.org/?settings=#libreoffice-doc *Our periodic hangout meeting* Our documentation team meeting will take place bi weekly on Wednesday at 18:00 UTC We will use the following jitsi meeting room https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/tdfdocteam The meeting room is supposed to work will all browsers without the need of a specific plugin. The documentation pad for the minute is http://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/documentation We look forward to have you in our team. Kind regards Olivier Em 25/11/2019 17:40, Dimona Delvere escreveu: > Hello Everyone, > > I would like to contribute to LibreOffice manuals. > > I am familiar with Office products and I am looking forward to learning, > testing and writing about LibreOffice functionalities. > > Please feel free to let me know how I can help. > > > Dimona > > Dimona Delvere > -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Comunidade LibreOffice Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 http://tdf.io/joinus -- 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
[libreoffice-documentation] New Member
Hello Everyone, I would like to contribute to LibreOffice manuals. I am familiar with Office products and I am looking forward to learning, testing and writing about LibreOffice functionalities. Please feel free to let me know how I can help. Dimona Dimona Delvere -- 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
[libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook
I have just finished translating all of the text documents for this user guide. I had allowed myself to stop work on this project because the way I wanted to do it became too complicated and confusing as is trying to do too many things at one time. Next to be done is to edit all 13 documents one at a time. While doing this, I will also make changes in the example databases as my editing takes me to where each database is discussed. Some of the terminology that I will be using is that is in use in the US. I also plan to replace people's names so that they are American. I hope to get this done by the end of the year. Since I will not be celebrating anything in December either, I should be able to get this done. The only thing that may prevent this is my having to learn things about Base that I did even know is possible. (I have yet to study a book on macros that made any sense to me.) Last month, my tower started quitting after only a few minutes, so I bought a new laptop. Well, I got it about 11 years ago. So, I should be able to be on the next meeting on December 4 a 1 PM (-0500). I am not ready to upload any of these files until I have made this first edit. Perhaps I should also make some suggestions as to what the Guide Status is for this should look like. I know it should contain all of the text documents, the example databases, and other examples files. But what about the procedures that occur even before the translation begins?Examples are creating clean files, replacing Caution/Note/Tip, and change the style names from German to English. Dan -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Team meetings
HI Steve, all Yes we can resume our bi-weekly calls. I suggest next Wednesday December 4th at 18:00 UTC We will use the following jitsi meeting room https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/tdfdocteam The meeting room is supposed to work will all browsers without the need of a specific plugin. You can use a mobile app in your Android or Iphone. The documentation pad for the meeting minute is http://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/documentation Please forward the agenda that you want to discuss in the pad Em 23/11/2019 13:55, Stephen Fanning escreveu: > Hi Olivier, > > Do you still hold Documentation Team meetings? > > Regards, > > Steve > -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Comunidade LibreOffice Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 http://tdf.io/joinus -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Next project after Calc Guide
Jean, From a new user's perspective, I would expect the Getting Started Guide to be the first book consulted. It is therefore important that this book is up-to-date and accurate. Hence I would vote for another update to GS. Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Jean Weber Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2019 10:51 PM To: LibreOffice Documentation Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Next project after Calc Guide What book should we work on after the Calc Guide? Getting Started with LO6.4, or something else? While working on the Calc Guide, I found a lot of errors in the current GS that will need to be fixed along with updates. Many of the errors are out of date info that wasn’t removed or updated. Our QA on the docs hasn’t been as thorough as it should be. (I let a lot of errors slip by in the Writer Guide, too.) Jean -- 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 -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Status of Calc Guide 6.2
Jean, That sounds great. Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Jean Weber Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2019 10:42 PM To: LibreOffice Documentation Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Status of Calc Guide 6.2 Yo, team! You may recall my suggestion 2-3 weeks ago that we leave the proposed two new chapters out of the book we’re working on, so we don’t hold up publication any longer than necessary. I don’t recall seeing any disagreement, or indeed much response at all, so I’m taking the standard open-source attitude of moving ahead with the idea. (And glad to see work continues on other chapters.) Now I have a further proposal: I will be back home in 3 weeks (15 December), when I will do a final edit of all the chapters and publish the book in PDF. That means: whatever state the chapters are in at that time. If further updates are needed, it’s not difficult to do so and regenerate a PDF. (Note: I don’t participate in Christmas or other end-of-year festivities, so it’s a good time for me to publish a book.) Any objections? Concerns? Comments? Let’s finish this book! Cheers, Jean -- 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 -- 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
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Next project after Calc Guide
Hi, the GS was last updated with LO6.0 and since this is the main general guide for LO, I think it is worth of regular updates. It is also the most translated of the guides and thus an always updated version could trigger even more localizations. Since GS60 update was quite thorough I believe the update to 6.4 could be driven by a few expert writers like Jean quite smoothly. Another team of writers could give their love to the Impress guide that probably needs a full rewrite covering new features, GUI options/versions and screenshots. But probably it would be wise to finish the Calc update first. Lp, m. V V pon., 25. nov. 2019 ob 06:59 je oseba napisala: > Hi Jean > > I don't know if there are much UI-changes between 6.3 and 6.4 to make is > worth to update the guides for. > Further more there are still guides in 6.3 that aren't update. > I vote for the Impress-guide to be updated. > > Kind regards, Kees > > Jean Weber schreef op 24.11.2019 23:51: > > What book should we work on after the Calc Guide? Getting Started with > > LO6.4, or something else? > > > > While working on the Calc Guide, I found a lot of errors in the current > > GS > > that will need to be fixed along with updates. Many of the errors are > > out > > of date info that wasn’t removed or updated. Our QA on the docs hasn’t > > been > > as thorough as it should be. (I let a lot of errors slip by in the > > Writer > > Guide, too.) > > > > Jean > > -- > 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 > -- 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
