Re: [documentation-dev] Status of Administrator's Guide?

2007-09-25 Thread Frank Peters
Jean Hollis Weber wrote: I have found two references to possible Administrator's Guides. Issue 68679: Last year there was some talk about compiling an AdminGuide, either as part of the Setup Guide or as a separate document. On 5 August this year, Frank Peters mentioned (on this list) that he

Re: [documentation-dev] Status of Troubleshooting Guide?

2007-09-25 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Frank Peters wrote: Jean Hollis Weber wrote: I have found Issue 66088 about creating a Troubleshooting Guide. The last comment on the issue is from GRS, saying that he would update the guide on the website. However, I am unable to find this document (although I can get the most recent

Re: [documentation-dev] OOo mag

2007-09-25 Thread Frank Peters
Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Daibutt wrote: Some good points you raise. This is still a learning process for me and it is good to get feedback from others as there are things I don't think about because my focus maybe on another area as I'm still learning Scribus. For Instance I forgot to embed

Re: [documentation-dev] Status of Troubleshooting Guide?

2007-09-25 Thread Frank Peters
Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Frank Peters wrote: Jean Hollis Weber wrote: I have found Issue 66088 about creating a Troubleshooting Guide. The last comment on the issue is from GRS, saying that he would update the guide on the website. However, I am unable to find this document (although I can

Re: [documentation-dev] Mid-level base tutorial

2007-09-25 Thread Frank Peters
Jean Hollis Weber wrote: I imagine that, as the writing progresses, it should be posted here. I also imagine that any questions I could have should also be posted here. If this is not the proper channel, please re-direct me. Please don't post drafts or diagrams to the list; attachments are a

Re: [documentation-dev] OOo mag

2007-09-25 Thread David
The purpose is very simple a magazine format will give you articles information from many different sources in one place. It is also a distributable item that can be printed out I just need to sort some design elements out to do this. There are lots of reasons why a magazine is a good thing

[documentation-dev] Admin Guide question

2007-09-25 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Is the info in the Howto in Issue 71266 (a German document) covered in the Admin Guide? Should it be? The issue says it's a Howto on installing OpenOffice.org on Windows networks via software distribution, documenting the MSI installer switches and properties. --Jean

Re: [documentation-dev] OOo mag

2007-09-25 Thread Frank Peters
David, The purpose is very simple a magazine format will give you articles information from many different sources in one place. It is also a distributable item that can be printed out I just need to sort some design elements out to do this. There are lots of reasons why a magazine is a good

Re: [documentation-dev] OOo mag

2007-09-25 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Frank Peters wrote: The purpose is very simple a magazine format will give you articles information from many different sources in one place. It is also a distributable item that can be printed out I just need to sort some design elements out to do this. There are lots of reasons why a magazine

Re: [documentation-dev] OOo mag

2007-09-25 Thread David
ye I see what you mean now. Personally I prefer portrait format because I do print these sort of things but, Landscape is better for reading on screen. Swings and round-a-abouts depends on what you are using it for at the time. Ideally both formats would be good but, time in making these is the

Re: [documentation-dev] OOo mag

2007-09-25 Thread Frank Peters
I guess it's a question of taste. I can see Jean's points. -f David wrote: ye I see what you mean now. Personally I prefer portrait format because I do print these sort of things but, Landscape is better for reading on screen. Swings and round-a-abouts depends on what you are using it for at

Re: [documentation-dev] OOo mag

2007-09-25 Thread marbux
On 9/25/07, Jean Hollis Weber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read PDF magazines onscreen when I can (eg Linux Journal Digital), and only print out a few pages to keep for reference. Landscape orientation means a PDF works very well for both purposes, but portrait works well only for printouts

[documentation-dev] Welcome aboard!

2007-09-25 Thread Frank Peters
mcasanova, rajkirann, williamhc1 Welcome as our newest members! Let me encourage you to subscribe to the dev@documentation.openoffice.org mailing list http://documentation.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList and take a look at the wiki and see if anything attracts your interest

Re: [documentation-dev] OOo mag

2007-09-25 Thread Frank Peters
marbux wrote: On 9/25/07, Jean Hollis Weber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read PDF magazines onscreen when I can (eg Linux Journal Digital), and only print out a few pages to keep for reference. Landscape orientation means a PDF works very well for both purposes, but portrait works well only for

Re: [documentation-dev] OOo mag

2007-09-25 Thread marbux
On 9/25/07, Frank Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: marbux wrote: I don't want to get into an argument about the pros and cons of PDF publishing on the web but you're publishing to the web, not to the desktop. The web is a more flexible publishing medium with many possible user setups

Re: [documentation-dev] OOo mag

2007-09-25 Thread Frank Peters
marbux wrote: A see the beauty of completely controlling all visual aspects of a publication but the internet is just not the best medium for that as long as there are browsers that don't adhere to standards. I couldn't agree more. Were I emperor of the world, graphical web browsers would

Re: [documentation-dev] Mid-level base tutorial

2007-09-25 Thread mcasanova
I created a wiki page: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Tutorials/Base_(Mariano) Feel free to add content. Frank Thanks Frank! I will be adding drafts here as the writing progresses. I will also include links to the figures that I could need. I understand

Re: [documentation-dev] Mid-level base tutorial

2007-09-25 Thread Andrew Jensen
Hi, For the target reader you have in mind the best answer is no. On 9/25/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I created a wiki page: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Tutorials/Base_(Mariano) Feel free to add content. Frank Thanks Frank!

Re: [documentation-dev] Mid-level base tutorial

2007-09-25 Thread Andrew Jensen
Oh darn, that is too brief an answer to that question. The engine supports it, when used as an embedded engine in a Base file however it is not directly supported. Using code to wrap around your database solution one can take advantage of it again, but given this it most likely would be more of

Re: [documentation-dev] Mid-level base tutorial

2007-09-25 Thread Frank Peters
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will be adding drafts here as the writing progresses. I will also include links to the figures that I could need. I understand that I must harbor them elsewhere. You could upload them to the wiki, but that can be a bit cumbersome. Does anyone know if we could use

Re: [documentation-dev] Mid-level base tutorial

2007-09-25 Thread Andrew Jensen
If not, or maybe as an early alternative. I could set aside a slice on my ftp server and five Mariano an access account. Then link to these for the pages until the final files are ready to be moved to the wiki. On 9/25/07, Frank Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will

Re: [documentation-dev] Mid-level base tutorial

2007-09-25 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Putting them on the OOoAuthors website is another possibility. Whatever you guys choose, I think it should be somewhere that other people (such as me) can get to the figures too. DocsFiles OOoAuthors both fulfill that request; an FTP server that allows others (without accounts) to view the

Re: [documentation-dev] Mid-level base tutorial

2007-09-25 Thread Andrew Jensen
yes, my server dishes up lots stuff to folks on the the forum, the wiki and as direct download via httpd addresses, the access I meant was for write / edit privileges. The other thing you are right about, and is a pleasure to see - is that this is a case of maybe too many options and not enough..

Re: [documentation-dev] Mid-level base tutorial

2007-09-25 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Thanks, Drew. I thought that's what you meant, so thanks for confirming. Sounds ro me like your server is a good place for storing images for the working drafts of this document, since you and Mariano will be the main people working on it. --Jean Andrew Jensen wrote: yes, my server dishes