[documentation-dev] Lists appear to be working again

2011-08-05 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I'm seeing a lot of old messages coming through the dev and authors lists now, so apparently someone's fixed whatever the problem was. Some of the messages may be from people who are not subscribed. I'll be replying to them offlist to avoid spamming the entire list with how to join messages.

[documentation-dev] Status of OOo Admin Guide?

2011-05-06 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Clayton or anyone who's been involved with the OOo Admin Guide: How out of date is it? What topics are missing? --Jean -- - To unsubscribe send email to dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands send

Re: [documentation-dev] Question about regular expressions in Calc Find Replace

2011-01-22 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 01:10 -0500, Joe Smith wrote: On 01/22/2011 12:17 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: I found this page on the wiki, http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Regular_Expressions_in_Calc#Regular_expressions_in_Calc_Find_.26_Replace At the bottom

Re: [documentation-dev] Question about regular expressions in Calc Find Replace

2011-01-22 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 19:28 +1300, Gareth McMullin wrote: On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: Doesn't work for me. Here are all the steps I did: Format the cells as number, select the Regular expressions option, select the cells A1, A2, A3

[documentation-dev] Question about regular expressions in Calc Find Replace

2011-01-21 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I found this page on the wiki, http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Regular_Expressions_in_Calc#Regular_expressions_in_Calc_Find_.26_Replace At the bottom of the page is this info: Find '.+' (or similar) and Replace with '' effectively re-enters the contents of cells.

Re: [documentation-dev] Question about regular expressions in Calc Find Replace

2011-01-21 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
shows the value of 3. I hope that helps. Regards, Gareth On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: I found this page on the wiki, http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Regular_Expressions_in_Calc

Re: [documentation-dev] Question about regular expressions in Calc Find Replace

2011-01-21 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
the value 0, because A1 and A2 are strings. Doing the find and replace as described reenters A1 and A2 as numbers, so A3 shows the value of 3. I hope that helps. Regards, Gareth On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: I found this page on the wiki

Re: [documentation-dev] Hi

2010-11-22 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
...@documentation.openoffice.org, where writers, editors, reviewers, and others discuss documents they are working on. We also keep some of our team information (like who is working on what) on the Wiki. Therefore we recommend that you set up an account on the Wiki as well, if you haven't already. --Jean Jean Hollis

[documentation-dev] Metadata in Writer

2010-11-21 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
The bits of info in the Document Properties are metadata about the document. This metadata can be used for various purposes (such as searching), and is exported to PDF, HTML, and other formats. I would like to include in the Writer Guide (where the DocProperties dialog box is discussed) some

[documentation-dev] Needed: Sydadmin for OOoAuthors Plone installation

2010-11-08 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Andreas Mantke has been acting as sysadmin for the OOoAuthors website for several years. He took over when our previous sysadmin left, and he has done a fine job. Unfortunately, Andreas says that he will not be continuing in this role. as you may have seen, I was one of the guys who want to work

[documentation-dev] I remain as Co-Lead of OOo Docs

2010-10-22 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
In case anyone was wondering... I am remaining as Co-Lead of OOo Documentation and will continue to concentrate my efforts on OOo docs, primarily the user guides produced by the OOoAuthors group. The OOoAuthors website remains available for people to work on other flavours of OOo, should they

Re: [documentation-dev] Base tutorial and the new reality

2010-10-06 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 17:50 -0400, Drew Jensen wrote: On 10/06/2010 04:59 PM, Joe Smith wrote: My sample set is still available here: http://www.martnet.com/~jes/temp/MLTut2a.odb But that's just a temporary location. The release file should be available from some public

[documentation-dev] Documentation mailing list for LibreOffice

2010-10-06 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
For those of you who may wish (as I do) to work on docs for LibreOffice as well as for OpenOffice.org, there is now a list called documentat...@libreoffice.org subscription with: documentation+subscr...@libreoffice.org digest subscription with: documentation+subscribe-dig...@libreoffice.org

Re: [documentation-dev] Re: Feedback for Base Tutorial

2010-08-25 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Hollis Weber Co-Lead, OpenOffice.org Documentation Project On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 16:29 -0700, Buck Deadrich wrote: I don't understand why I am receiving this. I am not part of any tutorial please remove my name. thanks Buck Deadrich --- On Tue, 8/24/10, Buck Deadrich buckdeadr

Re: [documentation-dev] License for mid level Base tutorial

2010-08-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Mon, 2010-08-02, mcasan...@instituto-hispano.org wrote: Dear Jean, I am happy to say that the Mid Level Base Tutorial is finally ready and that I am about to publish it, replacing the older files. Please advise me about the copyright (or left) options that are preferable for this

[documentation-dev] Printed edition of Draw Guide published

2010-08-01 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
The printed edition of the OOo 3 Draw Guide is now available from Friends of OpenDocument Inc. through Lulu.com: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/openofficeorg-3-draw-guide/12057802 ODTs PDFs are on the OOoAuthors website, and PDFs are on the OOo wiki. To check on all the OOo-related books

[documentation-dev] Away for a month

2010-07-30 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
. Jean -- Jean Hollis Weber Co-Lead, OpenOffice.org Documentation Project - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org

[documentation-dev] To the newcomers

2010-07-27 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
and improving the instructions for newcomers. This is going slowly, so apologies if what we have is incomplete or unclear. Jean -- Jean Hollis Weber Co-Lead, OpenOffice.org Documentation Project - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev

[documentation-dev] What is Kirk's surname?

2010-06-20 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Someone named Kirk contributed significantly to Chapter 7 of the Calc Guide. I'd like to put his name in the list of contributors, but I don't know his surname. Kirk, are you there? Or does someone else know? --Jean - To

[documentation-dev] [Fwd: [ooo-announce] OpenOffice.org Developer Documentation Bounties]

2010-06-17 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Some of you may be interested in this message. See the linked wiki page for details. Clayton may have more to say when he has time. --Jean Forwarded Message From: Juergen Schmidt juergen.schm...@sun.com Reply-to: annou...@openoffice.org To: annou...@openoffice.org Subject:

[documentation-dev] OOo3 Installation Guide

2010-06-06 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I have published an update to the OOo3 Installation Guide. It is available on the wiki (in ODT and PDF), http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation Changes are primarily in the logos and screenshots, due to the rebranding. I'm also made some minor wording changes and updated the links

Re: [documentation-dev] Accessibility FAQ.

2010-06-04 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Fri, 2010-06-04, Sophie wrote: I've begin to collect a FAQ dedicated to accessibility, mostly with the NVDA reader. The main author is Sylvain Grille. It's in French, but I'll translate it in English. In the meantime, if you understand French, don't hesitate to translate it too in your

Re: [documentation-dev] OOo Authors Website down

2010-05-14 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
The wiki is on a completely different server, in a different country, from the OOoAuthors website. --Jean On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 09:21 -0500, Claire Wood wrote: Still no luck. I can only assume it's the connectivity available here in the UK. If anyone is reading this that is based in the UK,

Re: [documentation-dev] seeking to volunteer as technical writer

2010-03-31 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Abha Kumari: If you are not already signed up at the OOoAuthors website, you'll need to do so and request the author role before you can see the Review List that Dan refers to -- or any draft files on the website, though the Contributor Resources should be visible to anyone. --Jean Daniel

Re: [documentation-dev] User Guide

2010-03-28 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
level you wish. Please introduce yourself to the team here, and don't be shy about asking questions on the list when things are unclear. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead - To unsubscribe, e

Re: [documentation-dev] Volunteeer for Write/E-Learning Developer

2010-03-28 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
reorganized and rewritten. If some things seem inconsistent or unclear, that's probably why. You are welcome to join in at any level you wish. Please introduce yourself to the team here, and don't be shy about asking questions on the list when things are unclear. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber

Re: [documentation-dev] writer

2010-03-26 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
are welcome to join in at any level you wish. Please introduce yourself to the team here, and don't be shy about asking questions on the list when things are unclear. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead

Re: [documentation-dev] Participate in Writing

2010-03-22 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
are being reorganized and rewritten. If some things seem inconsistent or unclear, that's probably why. You are welcome to join in at any level you wish. Please introduce yourself to the team here, and don't be shy about asking questions on the list when things are unclear. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber

Re: [documentation-dev] User Guide

2010-03-21 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
and rewritten. If some things seem inconsistent or unclear, that's probably why. You are welcome to join in at any level you wish. Please introduce yourself to the team here, and don't be shy about asking questions on the list when things are unclear. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber OpenOffice.org

Re: [documentation-dev] I'd like to contribute

2010-03-19 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
to join in at any level you wish. Please introduce yourself to the team here, and don't be shy about asking questions on the list when things are unclear. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead

Re: [documentation-dev] User Guide

2010-03-06 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
asking questions on the list when things are unclear. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h

[documentation-dev] Calculate Table in Writer?

2010-03-04 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
In the list of shortcut keys for Writer is Shift+F9, which is given as Calculate Table. I don't understand what this is supposed to do, or under what circumstances. Can someone enlighten me, please? --Jean - To unsubscribe,

Re: [documentation-dev] Fwd: OO helpfile

2010-03-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Claire Wood wrote: I think initially when you first start using OOo you're better referring to the PDF documents or the Wiki rather than the help file as they're more up to date. The problem is that there is little user-oriented documentation on Base. Getting Started with Base is very good

[documentation-dev] Change of address for Authors mailing list

2010-03-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
. Archives for the original list will be preserved, though at this point we're not sure exactly where. There may be a period of time in which they are not available. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber Co-Lead, Documentation Project, OpenOffice.org

Re: [documentation-dev] I'm new have some ideas for the how-to's

2010-03-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Linking from the user guide chapters in the wiki sounds good to me. Some links have already been added (not by me) from the UGs to other tutorials and items on the wiki or on other websites. (When I see them, I check them to make sure they are legitimate and not spam.) I'm not sure I like the

[documentation-dev] Any way to change size of checkboxes etc in forms?

2010-03-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Is there any way to change the size of the checkboxes, option buttons, and other symbols used in form controls? I haven't been able to find it, but when using a checkbox (etc) in a form with large type in the text, the size of the checkbox is very small by comparison. I hope I'm just missing

Re: [documentation-dev] Any way to change size of checkboxes etc in forms?

2010-03-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
the point size on the checkbox to any size you wish. Alan On 3/3/2010 4:10 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Is there any way to change the size of the checkboxes, option buttons, and other symbols used in form controls? I haven't been able to find it, but when using a checkbox (etc) in a form with large

Re: [documentation-dev] Any way to change size of checkboxes etc in forms?

2010-03-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
. But not a form control checkbox. --Jean deleeuw3 wrote: ok. although usually i find there are cross-platform similarities in design. Alan On 3/3/2010 5:50 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Um... this question was referring to creating forms in OOo Writer. We're documenting OOo, so it's pretty

Re: [documentation-dev] Writing for Open Office

2010-02-07 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org

Re: [documentation-dev] Re: contribution!

2010-02-06 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
questions on the list when things are unclear. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h

Re: [documentation-dev] User Guide

2010-02-06 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
are welcome to join in. And don't be shy about asking questions on the list when things are unclear. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr

Re: [documentation-dev] Math chapter in Writer Guide

2010-02-05 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Clayton wrote: On 02/01/2010 12:57 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: I propose to make delete Chapter 16 (Math Objects) from the Writer Guide and make it into a stand-alone Math Guide. We've already made a Math Guide on the wiki, but I have not yet pulled it out of the ODT and PDF versions

Re: [documentation-dev] Text Boxes

2010-02-04 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I think what he is probably looking for is what OpenOffice.org calls a text *frame*. I sent him a note about this offlist, referencing where that info is located. --Jean ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: On 02/03/10 23:18, Allen Wilson wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen, I really enjoy the

[documentation-dev] The future of documentation

2010-02-04 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Several people have been talking recently about video tutorials, and we have an ongoing discussion here about books (whether ODT, PDF, or printed) vs wiki vs... whatever for delivery of docs. My personal interest is in books in various forms: printed, PDF, and e-books. Because I publish more

Re: [documentation-dev] Help With User Guide

2010-02-04 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Mark Holian wrote: Hi, If I can be of help writing the User Guide for OpenOffice I will. Thanks, Mark Welcome, Mark. The first thing to do is subscribe to this list, or you won't see any replies. Send a blank email to dev-subscr...@documentation.openoffice.org The Documentation Project

Re: [documentation-dev] Open Office Opportunities

2010-02-04 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
are welcome to join in. And don't be shy about asking questions on the list when things are unclear. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr

Re: [documentation-dev] Technical Writer Available

2010-02-03 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Kathy Thomas wrote: My name is Kathy and I am interested in volunteering for Open Office as a technical writer. I am available for any type of writing that is needed. Please send me a note letting me know what needs to be done and how I can get started. Welcome, Kathy. The first thing to do

[documentation-dev] Getting Started 2nd edition now published

2010-02-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I hereby declare the 2nd edition of Getting Started with OOo3 published. The individual chapter files, in ODT and PDF, are on the OOoAuthors site, and the PDFs are on the wiki. Later I'll put the ODTs on the wiki too. http://www.oooauthors.org/english/userguide3/gs3/V32_published

[documentation-dev] Getting Started 2nd edition now published (follow up)

2010-02-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I hereby declare the 2nd edition of Getting Started with OOo3 published. The individual chapter files, in ODT and PDF, are on the OOoAuthors site, and the PDFs are on the wiki. Later I'll put the ODTs on the wiki too. I have not yet updated all of the individual wiki pages, though I've done

[documentation-dev] New wiki pages on tutorials

2010-01-31 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Recently I have been corresponding with two people (an instructional designer and a university instructor of technical communication who is looking for real-life writing projects for her students) about producing tutorials or how-to's targeted at specific audience. These docs would supplement

[documentation-dev] Math chapter in Writer Guide

2010-01-31 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I propose to make delete Chapter 16 (Math Objects) from the Writer Guide and make it into a stand-alone Math Guide. We've already made a Math Guide on the wiki, but I have not yet pulled it out of the ODT and PDF versions of the Writer Guide. This proposed change is to help people find the

[documentation-dev] Re: [authors] Naming ranges in Calc

2010-01-30 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
wrote (30-01-10 12:38) Hi Jean, Jean Hollis Weber wrote (30-01-10 05:31) I am thoroughly confused about the choices for naming ranges in Calc. Can someone clarify for me the difference between Insert Names Define and Data Define Ranges? When should one or the other be used? Are the results

[documentation-dev] Naming ranges in Calc

2010-01-29 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I am thoroughly confused about the choices for naming ranges in Calc. Can someone clarify for me the difference between Insert Names Define and Data Define Ranges? When should one or the other be used? Are the results different in functionality? Thanks! --Jean

Re: [documentation-dev] Info for new users - Switching from Excel/Word to Calc/Writer easily

2009-12-07 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: On 11/17/09 10:35, Cor Nouws wrote: ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote (17-11-2009 9:43) I've imported the Calc page here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/nl/Makkelijk_overstappen_van_Excel_naar_Calc The Writer page is here:

Re: [documentation-dev] Info for new users - Switching from Excel/Word to Calc/Writer easily

2009-12-07 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: I've imported the Calc page here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/nl/Makkelijk_overstappen_van_Excel_naar_Calc The Writer page is here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/nl/Makkelijk_overstappen_van_Word_naar_Writer

Re: [documentation-dev] Wikidoc: {{DISPLAYTITLE:{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} works fine

2009-12-01 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Nino Novak wrote: Means that it can be transcluded from a Template and the transcluding page will show its (path stripped) Subpagename as Page Title. So it is not necessary to put the explicit displaytitle in every single page (if it's been done only for stripping a Page's path). Nino (is

[documentation-dev] Online Help for Image Maps

2009-12-01 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I'm not sure if the online_help list is still in use, as no one has posted to it since March 2008. So I'm posting here as well as there. I've been trying to work out some details about image maps. The ImageMap Editor does not have a Help button, so I used the Help index to try to find more

Re: [documentation-dev] Using relative path names on Wiki pages

2009-11-30 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Nino Novak wrote: ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: Are there any gotchas that anyone can think of with using relative links? What about with transcluded content? The User Guides use a lot of transluded pages Where? I only once saw a transcluded content (AFAIR a function reference page

Re: [documentation-dev] Writing a beginner book on OpenOffice.org

2009-11-16 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: I was asked to forward this to the Doc Project mailing list... maybe someone here would be interested... == Pearson is seeking an author to write a beginning level OpenOffice book. The author candidate also needs to be a skilled

Re: [documentation-dev] Killing user-faq.openoffice.org

2009-11-12 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
bjoern michaelsen - Sun Microsystems - Hamburg Germany wrote: I am suggesting to either: - completely shut down user-faq.openoffice.org. - or replace every page on it with a redirect to the wiki. Rationale is that there are still deep links to this faq which has been unmaintained for at least

[documentation-dev] User guides on wiki (was: Web page dates -- Please prefer ISO 8601 standard)

2009-11-11 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Clayton wrote: Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Clayton may correct me on this, but I believe that this page, and all the associated PDF files, are on our list for migration to the wiki, as part of a general rationalisation of the way documentation is provided. That is, the user guides, like

[documentation-dev] Draft installation guide

2009-11-11 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I'm copying a recent comment from issue 102393 regarding the draft Installation Guide for OOo3.x, in the hope of getting some feedback from a wider range of people on this list. Especially someone with Mac OOo knowledge re item 5. --Jean 1) the guide does not mention the extensibility of OOo

[documentation-dev] Draft OOo 3.x Installation Guide

2009-11-08 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I would like to draw to the attention of any interested members of this list (who may not be on the CC list for the issue itself) to the draft Installation Guide for OOo 3.x (which replaces the Setup Guide for OOo 2.x): http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=102393 In my last edit

Re: [documentation-dev] [Fwd: [webmasters] Web page dates -- Please prefer ISO 8601 standard]

2009-11-08 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
T. J. Frazier wrote: Clayton wrote: May be it's an idea to use ISO date in the documentation written in English ? [snip] -MM-DD HH:MM [snip] My thoughts on this... if we do switch to ISO8601 date formats, then we would need to be explicit about it - stating exactly what date

Re: [documentation-dev] Help desperately needed for Ch7 of Calc Guide

2009-11-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
kirk wrote: Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Regina has identified some significant problems with Chapter 7 (Functions and Formulas) of the draft Calc Guide, but she does not have the time to revise it. The chapter probably needs major restructuring as well as other revision. I do not have

Re: [documentation-dev] Statistics

2009-10-26 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Nino Novak wrote: Does anybody know if there is any download statistics for the documents located on oooauthors? Or their wiki derivates? Or any other derivates/mirror sites? Sold books? and so on. The stats project seems to be a little out of date. I did not find any doc related infos there

Re: [documentation-dev] Question on Writer Guide (Ch.6/List styles)

2009-10-10 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Joe Smith wrote: Would anyone be able to respond to my question here? http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=106565#p106565 What's the best channel for asking such questions about the doc content? The best place to ask about document content is here (the OOoAuthors list

Re: [documentation-dev] Help desperately needed for Ch7 of Calc Guide

2009-09-14 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
kirk wrote: Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Regina has identified some significant problems with Chapter 7 (Functions and Formulas) of the draft Calc Guide, but she does not have the time to revise it. The chapter probably needs major restructuring as well as other revision. [...] If someone has

Re: [documentation-dev] wikidoc: Tip/Note/Caution Templates break list order

2009-09-14 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Nino Novak wrote: As I didn't succeed in putting one of the Documentation/... templates into a numbered list without breaking list order, I created a simplified version: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Template:TEST/Doc/Note which seems to work pretty well

Re: [documentation-dev] wikidoc: Tip/Note/Caution Templates break list order

2009-09-14 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Nino Novak wrote: On Monday 14 September 2009 23:45, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Nino Novak wrote: On Monday 14 September 2009 22:34, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Nino, The Note code in other chapters seems to work fine with lists, so my suggestion above about a bug seems to be wrong. Can you show

Re: [documentation-dev] wikidoc: breadcrumb localization problem

2009-09-11 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Nino Novak wrote: Clayton wrote: As for the different structure... is this because you've found a better way to present the information? E.g. Chapter 6 (Data pilot) of the Calc Guide has been written in German from scratch, it's not a translation at all. :-) The English version of that

Re: [documentation-dev] wikidoc: breadcrumb localization problem

2009-09-11 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Nino Novak wrote: On Friday 11 September 2009 13:17, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Nino Novak wrote: Clayton wrote: As for the different structure... is this because you've found a better way to present the information? E.g. Chapter 6 (Data pilot) of the Calc Guide has been written in German from

[documentation-dev] Help desperately needed for Ch7 of Calc Guide

2009-09-09 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Regina has identified some significant problems with Chapter 7 (Functions and Formulas) of the draft Calc Guide, but she does not have the time to revise it. The chapter probably needs major restructuring as well as other revision. I do not have the knowledge or experience to revise it myself

Re: [documentation-dev] Re: DocBook?

2009-09-05 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Nino Novak wrote: Clayton wrote: One of the big reasons we moved/pushed towards using the Wiki for docs is.. to try and get more community involvement... The example I have is the DevGuide. ... With this doc in the Wiki, it is subject to a steady stream of edits by developers and community

Re: [documentation-dev] Re: DocBook?

2009-09-05 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Gary Schnabl wrote: If anybody wants a DocBook 4.5 or DocBook 5.x templates, I could do a Structured FrameMaker implementation of them as I already produced the FrameMaker EDD files from the DocBook 4.5 and 5.0 DTDs, although Norman Walsh never completed the DTD for the current DocBook 5.0

[documentation-dev] [Fwd: [authors] fm for Macintosh or UNIX available cheap]

2009-09-05 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Gary posted this to the Authors list, so I'm forwarding it here where the discussion is taking place. Original Message Subject: [authors] fm for Macintosh or UNIX available cheap Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:44:27 -0400 From: Gary Schnabl gschn...@swdetroit.com To:

[documentation-dev] [Fwd: Re: [authors] fm for Macintosh or UNIX available cheap]

2009-09-05 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Original Message Subject: Re: [authors] fm for Macintosh or UNIX available cheap Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:01:58 -0400 From: Gary Schnabl gschn...@swdetroit.com To: auth...@user-faq.openoffice.org Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Gary Schnabl wrote: BTW, FrameMaker 7.0 is available

[documentation-dev] Re: [authors] fm for Macintosh or UNIX available cheap

2009-09-05 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Gary, Regardless of the merits of your case, *someone* would have to do all the things that need to be done. Choose a DTD, modify it as needed, configure whatever needs configuing, set everything up to work smoothly, and then actually produce output in needed formats from the source files. Are

Re: [documentation-dev] New Math page on the WIki

2009-09-04 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
T. J. Frazier wrote: I left more comments on the Talk page, in hopes the user will see and respond, to improve our indexing. BTW, the link (on the Math page) to plan-b etc., points to a currently free, proposed for-pay support site. This may be a web-ghost: judging by their get-OOo link, which

Re: [documentation-dev] wikidoc: header hierarchy

2009-09-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Nino Novak wrote: AFAIK h1-level headers are obsolete for wiki articles (at least in wikipedia). In the (english) documentation (WG2) h1 is used nevertheless, at least in some articles I read so far. The MediaWiki export filter output also uses h1 as top level. Bug or intention? The

Re: [documentation-dev] wikidoc: header hierarchy

2009-09-02 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Nino Novak wrote: On Wednesday 02 September 2009 12:39, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: , but sometimes when a section started by a H1 is very short, I keep 2 or 3 of them on one wiki page. Then I have to decide whether to change the other H1s into H2s. (As for me, I'd prefer to put them

[documentation-dev] Re: [authors] Proposed

2009-08-27 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Elder Dan Lewis wrote: I have recently spent some time studying Mid level tutorial for Base Parts I-III. [...] the proposed Chapter 3 of the Base Guide could be modified to include instructions on how to use the combination of the Table Wizard, Design View, and SQL when creating and

[documentation-dev] Issue 65660: HOW TO Get Started with OOoBase

2009-08-17 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Instead of just adding a comment to this issue, I will comment here, because I think others on this list may have useful input. This issue originated in May 2006 with a translation from a French document, but an English version was never finished. Meanwhile, Dan Lewis wrote a chapter (Getting

[documentation-dev] Issue 28136 Database: structure and contents Example database)

2009-08-17 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
The info in this draft document (from 2006) is covered in a similar way in the Getting Started with Base chapter of the Getting Started Guide, although the sample database created is different. I recommend we close this issue. --Jean

[documentation-dev] Issue 28024: Writer: Word completion

2009-08-17 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
As it appears nothing has been done on this issue, despite someone saying in 2007 that they were going to, I recommend we close this issue. The info is covered in the Writer Guide. --Jean - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[documentation-dev] Issue 73884: Tutorial for the pdf export

2009-08-17 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
This info is now on the wiki, here (for 2.4) http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Getting_Started/Exporting_files and here (for 3.x) http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Getting_Started/Exporting_to_PDF However, it's

[documentation-dev] Issue 5232: clip art is lacking

2009-08-17 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
From the documentation point of view, the only thing we can do is put some pointers to places where people can get clipart and tell them how to get it into the Gallery. The user guide chapters on graphics (esp. the one in Getting Started) talk about the Gallery but not about clipart. If

[documentation-dev] Addition to Contributors page

2009-08-16 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I added a section to the Contributor's 101 wiki page describing some of the ways people can contribute. It's a bit long, and perhaps should be edited down a bit, but I want to encourage people to think about the range of possibilities.

Re: [documentation-dev] Math Guide now on wiki

2009-08-10 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Clayton wrote: Spotted a problem with transcluding the pages... if you browse the Math doc, everything looks fine.. the TOC works, the breadcrumbs work etc. If you edit and save you end up at the root/source of the transcluded page. That means you're dropped out of the Documentation/OOo3 User

Re: [documentation-dev] [PING Clayton] Link problem (pardon my French)

2009-07-01 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Ouch! I hope Clayton takes it easy and gets well soon. The problem TJ reported has occurred before with some pages translated into French. In Clayton's absence, I've been looking for the way to cancel the redirect (while leaving the French page intact), but so far I haven't found it. I don't

[Fwd: Re: [documentation-dev] [PING Clayton] Link problem (pardon my French)]

2009-07-01 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Earlier, I wrote: The problem TJ reported has occurred before with some pages translated into French. In Clayton's absence, I've been looking for the way to cancel the redirect (while leaving the French page intact), but so far I haven't found it. I don't know if I have the authority to fix

Re: [documentation-dev] [PING Clayton] Link problem (pardon my French)

2009-07-01 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Clayton, Thanks for the instructions, which I will file for future reference. What you did was approximately what I thought I should do, but I had failed to find the redirect page when I was looking before. I'm sure the translator meant to copy the page, not move it. Probably s/he finds some

Re: [documentation-dev] [Fwd: [webmasters] Suspected errors on web page for User Guide 3]

2009-06-29 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Thanks for reporting the problem. Should be okay now. Sorry for the delay in fixing this (and for causing the problem in the first place). Both Clayton and I were away last week. --Jean Sgauti wrote: Hi, Some links to the pdf files for the Calc Guide seems to be broken, could some body

[documentation-dev] Away again for a week

2009-06-22 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Once again I'm heading off without laptop for a week. I'll be reading my email at least once a day, but not answering very much of it -- typing on an iPhone is not my idea of fun. --Jean Draft of Self-publishing using OpenOffice.org 3 Writer now online for comment.

[documentation-dev] Setup Guide

2009-06-18 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Sorry, Per and others... I did not find time today to review the Setup Guide as I said I would. I'll try to do it tomorrow. --Jean - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands,

Re: [documentation-dev] Download and installation instructions

2009-06-18 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I don't understand why the title and contents of the so-called Setup Guide (issue 102393) should be different from the download and installation instructions page on the OOo website. The info might be presented a little bit differently to suit web or PDF, but they cover much the same topics.

Re: [documentation-dev] Download and installation instructions

2009-06-17 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Per Eriksson wrote: Hey, I just got an idea. Maybe we should stop being old fashioned and show the user how to unpack and install using the graphical side of the operating system? I bet 90% of all the users have a graphical environment even if they like to code... I propose to change these

[documentation-dev] Finding wiki pages with discussions

2009-06-12 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Can I get a list of wiki pages in the Calc Guide that have content on their discussion pages? If so, how? --Jean (still learning how to use the wiki, so please excuse possible dumb questions like this) - To unsubscribe,

Re: [documentation-dev] Finding wiki pages with discussions

2009-06-12 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
ccornell wrote: Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Can I get a list of wiki pages in the Calc Guide that have content on their discussion pages? If so, how? found it (wiht a nudge from one of the guys on teh MediaWiki mailing list) - Go to Special Pages All pages http://wiki.services.openoffice.org

Re: [documentation-dev] Redirect fixer on the wiki

2009-05-07 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
By coincidence, just today I discovered that this Discussion page http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Talk:Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Base_Guide/Planning is redirected to User:Foral/JA/Documentation/2.3 I don't know how to revert the page to the correct contents, which is a

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