Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-03 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Rob, Hi all, 2012/12/2 Rob Weir > > Let me describe a possible future, and maybe you (and others) can help > influence it. I'm not a documentation expert but I can help some. > But mostly I can help on the recruitment side. > > Imagine we do the following: > > 1) Create a new d...@openoffice

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-03 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Donald, 2012/12/3 Donald Whytock > On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Guy Waterval > wrote: > > Why not publish the documentation directly on Wikipédia, with a double > > licence, ALv2.0 and GFDL, for instance? Is it impossible for questions > of > > licences, orga

Re: Equivalence in iBook Author

2012-12-14 Thread Guy Waterval
Salut Sylvain, 2012/12/14 Sylvain DENIS > re > > the problem is not the conversion but it's the creation (the 0 at the end) > ;) > I've found these applications, but they are not free. http://www.juliansmart.com/ecub http://www.jutoh.com/ A+ >

Re: Your FOSDEM stand request for Apache OpenOffice

2012-12-27 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, I confirm I will be there the two days. A+ -- gw 2012/12/27 RA Stehmann > Hello, > > we've got the stand (booth) - now we need people ;-) . > > Regards > Michael > > Original-Nachricht > Betreff: Your FOSDEM stand request for Apache OpenOffice > Datum: Sat, 22 Dec 20

Re: Presentation file under ALv2

2012-12-27 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Ross, 2012/12/27 Ross Gardler > Yes Apache license is applicable to docs and presentations. If distributed > via the ASF then they should be Apache licensed. > And what about multimédia contents made, for instance, with Wink, and integrated in a document under Alv 2.0, to make an ebook, for

Re: FOSDEM booked / Material list for the stand

2013-01-10 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Raphael I'm happy to meet you there. A+ -- gw 2013/1/10 Raphael Bircher > Hello all > > I just booked the FOSDEM. So I will be there and I can also help at the > stand. I'm happy to meet new and familiar faces there. Do we have a list on > the wiki with materials for the stand? > > Greetin

Re: Apache OpenOffice at FOSDEM 2013

2013-01-13 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Andrea, Hi all, 2012/11/12 Andrea Pescetti > FOSDEM 2013 will be held in Brussels, Belgium, 2-3 Feb 2013 and it is a > huge, free, developer-oriented, technical conference. OpenOffice has three > opportunities to be featured there. > [...] > > 2) The Apache OpenOffice booth/stand. See https

Re: Apache OpenOffice at FOSDEM 2013

2013-01-14 Thread Guy Waterval
Hello Sylvain, 2013/1/14 Sylvain DENIS > Hello Guy > > I have printed 300 folders in French ;) (250 B/W & 50 colors) > I will bring 100 pieces B/W in Dutch to have something if some people ask if we have material in Dutch. But perhaps we don't need this material. It's difficult to say. Just a

Re: OpenOffice thin client edition - why not?

2013-01-26 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, 2013/1/26 Andrea Pescetti > On 24/01/2013 Inge Wallin wrote: > >> On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 21:33:04 Rob Weir wrote: >> >>> Are you planning to be at the KDE conference in July in Bilbao? It >>> might good to have someone from AOO attend. Aside from the obvious >>> common interes

Issue with the Insert-File command in Writer

2013-03-05 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, I have noticed a special behaviour of the command Insert > File ... in Writer. When the images in a writer file are coming from Impress/Draw by cut/copy/paste, the writer file is running OK, but if I will integrate it to an other writer file with the commande Insert File, all these images

Re: Issue with the Insert-File command in Writer

2013-03-05 Thread Guy Waterval
ks for your findings. Could you open a defect at bugzilla > https://issues.apache.org/ooo/, which is used to track issues. > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Guy Waterval >wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I have noticed a special behaviour of the command Insert > File ...

Re: questions about Base---do we need an embedded DB?

2013-03-26 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Rob, Hi all, 2013/3/26 Rob Weir > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > > Well no doubt this may start a rather heated discussion. I started > looking > > into the history of the Base component, who is using it now (looked into > > Forums, users discussion list), and finally c

Re: questions about Base---do we need an embedded DB?

2013-03-26 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Andrew, Hi all, 2013/3/27 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak > > I like an embedded DB for those times that I desire a small DB for small > data that is relational. For larger data sets, the embedded DB is > insufficient. > Indeed, end users and a lot of little structures could take profit of a little

Re: [RELEASE]: proposed schedule for AOO 4.0

2013-04-04 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Jürgen, Hi all, Is there an official terminology to describe the sidebar and its different parts ? A+ -- gw 2013/4/4 Jürgen Schmidt > On 2/20/13 11:32 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > > On 2/20/13 10:46 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> we make good progress with the sidebar work wh

Re: Sidebar merged into trunk

2013-04-14 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, 2013/4/14 RGB ES > 2013/4/10 Andre Fischer > > [...] > The sidebar is just gorgeous! The Properties deck on Draw is a blessing! > I'm trying the dev builds and the sidebar works almost perfectly. I filled > two reports and one request for small problems I found, (bugs 122047, > 122048

[Documentation] fr User manuals (unofficial)

2013-04-30 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, 2 fr tutorials, second version, date : 26.04.13 Status : draft, unofficial documentation License : Alv2.0 "Découvrir OpenOffice – Environnement et commandes de base" 100 pages General introduction to Apache OpenOfficeTM and the forks OOo4Kids and OOoLight produced by educoo.org. Interf

Re: [Documentation] fr User manuals (unofficial)

2013-04-30 Thread Guy Waterval
cumentation%2FUser%2520Guide%2FInstallationAndUsersGuide_EN.pdf&ei=8aKAUa7GDcGSOIaKgfgO&usg=AFQjCNHWGcfUGgUCPsa2CnVJWbx_Dvd-tg&sig2=U_dS7JsneO6fPvnbDio-fw&bvm=bv.45921128,d.ZWU A+ -- gw 2013/5/1 Albino B Neto > 2013/4/30 Guy Waterval : > > Easy to modify and adapt to personal needs. Based on Ap

Re: [Documentation] fr User manuals (unofficial)

2013-05-05 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Andrea, 2013/5/4 Andrea Pescetti > On 30/04/2013 Guy Waterval wrote: > >> 2 fr tutorials, second version, date : 26.04.13 >> > > www.softenpoche.com/aoo/**OpenOffice_260413.pdf<http://www.softenpoche.com/aoo/OpenOffice_260413.pdf> > > www.softenpoc

Re: How new developers get started

2013-05-11 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Rob, Hi all, 2013/5/11 Rob Weir > I'm thinking we have three kinds of volunteers: > > [...] > > 1) Twice a year (once a semester) we get an influx of college students > who have been told by their professor to contribute to an open source > project. That is a type #3 developer. What can we

Re: [Documentation] fr User manuals (unofficial)

2013-05-12 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Andrea, 2013/5/11 Andrea Pescetti > On 05/05/2013 21:38, Guy Waterval wrote: > >> 2013/5/4 Andrea Pescetti >> >>> Hi Guy, this is very good stuff as usual. If you can suggest the precise >>> place and wording (in French) to insert them ... >>> &

Re: How new developers get started

2013-05-12 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Kay, Hi all, 2013/5/13 Kay Schenk > > I think Guy's idea has merit, but...it would be difficult for us to predict > where our next developer might be. > It's not my own idea. It's largely inspired from Eric Bachard's method with educoo. See here (Développement) : http://wiki.educoo.org/index

Re: How new developers get started

2013-05-13 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Alexandro, Hi all, 2013/5/13 Alexandro Colorado > > I co-lead the education project which included the use of classrooms > which as you say identify key developers and evolve into web training > around code. Eric manage to interface with schools in France and get > them on specific task and p

Re: [Translation] What is this?

2013-05-15 Thread Guy Waterval
Bonjour Cyril, 2013/5/15 FR web forum > What does mean a Presentation (packed)? > I have a difficulty to translate > Présentation embarquée ? Sous forme d'exécutable ? A+ -- gw

Just an idea for the AOO UI

2013-05-22 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, For some users who don't use AOO intensively, the software can sometimes seem difficult to take in hands due to its many features, and those people may feel easily "a little lost." I am often asked if it could possible or not to manage three levels of users through three different folde

Re: Find a better name for "sidebar"?

2013-05-23 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Rob, Hi all, 2013/5/23 Rob Weir > > More of an analogy. When Firefox enhanced their address bar they > renamed it the "Awesome Bar". Not sure how it was translated. > Why not the name of its mother (in Impress) : TaskPanel ? A+ -- gw > >

AOO 4.0 and extensions

2013-05-27 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, I've noticed some issues with extensions in AOO 4.0, especially with those which install a start button or a toolbar. In some cases, I could correct the issue myself by the attatchment of a keyboard shortcut to make they can execute. For others, it seems a little more complicate. Is it pos

Re: [AOO 4.0]: migration of AOO 3.4.x/OOo 3.x user profile data - help needed

2013-05-28 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Oliver, Hi all, 2013/5/28 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann [...] I am currently not sure, if the automatic user profile migration should try > to install extensions from a former version. My current preference is not > to migrate extension from a former version. > I think it's better so. A+ -- gw

Re: Proofing Tool GUI V1.0 - Released

2013-06-02 Thread Guy Waterval
Hello Marco, 2013/6/1 Marco A.G.Pinto > Hello! > > I have created and uploaded a Web page containing the manual, source and > downloads for Proofing Tool GUI V1.0. > > The date there is 2-JUN-2013 but I have everything ready and, in some > parts of the world, it is already that date. > > Site:

[Licence] Contents of the Symphony web page

2013-06-03 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, Is it allowed to use with AOO the templates and cliparts of the web page of Lotus Symphony : http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/gallery.nsf/home ? I read the following in the "terms of use" : [...] IBM grants you non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited permission to access

Re: [VOTE] Logo selection for Apache OpenOffice 4.0

2013-06-04 Thread Guy Waterval
HERE IS THE BALLOT: My ranked preferences for the AOO 4.0 logo are: 1st Choice: Logo-33 2nd Choice: Chris Rottensteiner 3rd Choice: Kevin Grignon A 4th Choice: "none of the above"

Apache licence and derivated work

2013-06-07 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, I would know what has to be written on a derivated *documentation* work (modified or translated) based on an original work published with an Apache licence. I suppose : #1. The title of the derivated document has to be different. #2. The author of the modified version has to add its own

Re: Apache licence and derivated work

2013-06-07 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Rob, 2013/6/8 Rob Weir > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Guy Waterval > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would know what has to be written on a derivated *documentation* work > > (modified or translated) based on an original work published with an > Apache >

Re: concerning footnotes when using openoffice writer

2013-06-08 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, 2013/6/8 Rory O'Farrell > On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 16:42:04 +0800 > Y Chan wrote: > > > When using openoffice writer to write thesis, I find the footnotes often > > disrupted when converted into doc. Say, the lines are shifted and there > are > > redundant numbering bullets. It is hard to avo

Re: Apache licence and derivated work

2013-06-09 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Rob, 2013/6/8 Rob Weir > > OK. So this is entirely 3rd party and Apache policy does not apply. > > Section 4 of the ALv2 explains what is required by someone who > modifies and redistributes a work under Apache license: > [...] Many thanks for your answer, it's more clear for me now. Regard

Upgrading extensions for AOO 4.0

2013-06-29 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, As you know, some extensions have to be upgraded for AOO 4.0. What to do if some authors refuse to make the necessary modifications and decide to make their extensions only available for Libo because they are not "in love" with AOO? Some of these extensions are important, I think (pdf imp

Re: Upgrading extensions for AOO 4.0

2013-06-30 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Rob, 2013/6/30 Rob Weir > On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Guy Waterval > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > As you know, some extensions have to be upgraded for AOO 4.0. > > What to do if some authors refuse to make the necessary modifications and > >

Re: How new developers get started

2013-07-03 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, 2013/5/13 Guy Waterval > Hi Kay, > Hi all, > > 2013/5/13 Kay Schenk > >> >> I think Guy's idea has merit, but...it would be difficult for us to >> predict >> where our next developer might be. >> > > It's not my own idea. I

Re: How new developers get started

2013-07-03 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Jan, 2013/7/3 janI > > > let me know if you need help from a (nearly) local developer. > Thank you for your answer. "Nearly local" ? I situated you in Denmark, I should review my geography. For me "nearly local" is 100 – 200 km ... As this info evening will probably reach 100% MS Office user

http://whyopencomputing.ch/

2013-07-14 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, For a couple of days, there is a lot of advertising in my country for a new company that wants to offer preinstalled PC with Ubuntu : http://whyopencomputing.ch/ As I do not work with Linux, I wonder if a AOO 4.0 packet is planned for Ubuntu. If this is the case, and if you do agree, I c

Re: http://whyopencomputing.ch/

2013-07-14 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Juergen, 2013/7/14 Juergen Schmidt > Am Sonntag, 14. Juli 2013 um 09:38 schrieb Guy Waterval: > > Hi all, > > > > For a couple of days, there is a lot of advertising in my country for a > new > > company that wants to offer preinstalled PC with Ubuntu :

Anaphraseus extension for AOO 4.0

2013-07-21 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, The extension "Anaphraseus" has also been modified for AOO 4.0. Anaphraseus allows you to make translations directly in Writer with/without the help of a translator machine in the background (Google or MS translator). Be careful with the file to download. You have to download*Anaphraseus

Re: Portable version (X-ApacheOpenOffice by winPenPack) updated

2013-07-28 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, 2013/7/28 Andrea Pescetti > On 24/07/2013 Hagar Delest wrote: > >> Huge thanks for such reactivity indeed. >> > > But a lot of people are missing it due to the "portable" version being too > hidden in our download infrastructure. > > What's the best solution to ensure that: > 1) Users ca

Re: Portable version (X-ApacheOpenOffice by winPenPack) updated

2013-07-28 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Marcus, 2013/7/28 Marcus (OOo) > >> I'm already working with OpenOffice since many years, so I don't know if > this is still needed by many users. ;-) But it sounds good and helpful. > > However, to not mixed things up and to get the most attention you would > write your proposal as new mail

Re: Compatibility with CAT programmes? e.g. Metatexis

2013-08-01 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Stephen, 2013/7/31 Stephen Reader > Dear, brave Developers, > > One: Thanks. > Two: My 'day job' is translating (art texts). To date, I haven't looked > into Computer Aided Translation, since my field does not involve the masses > of repetitions and variations (as in scientific texts, surveys

Re: [IDEA] "Back to School with AOO" blog post

2013-08-06 Thread Guy Waterval
2013/8/6 sebb > On 6 August 2013 15:56, Donald Whytock wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > > > >> On 6 August 2013 15:40, Rob Weir wrote: > >> > >> > It is that time of year now: back to school. > >> > > >> > I wonder if this could make a good blog post. Of course

Re: Apache OpenOffice (beta) Templates website about to go live

2013-08-12 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Roberto, 2013/8/12 Roberto Galoppini > We have been running apache openoffice templates beta site for a while > now, we plan to go live sometimes by the end of this week, please let > me know if you believe there are pending issues or problems with the > beta site. http://aoo-templbeta.sourc

Re: Please confirm the following error in AOO 4.0

2013-08-16 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Jörg, I can't confirm it on windows 7, all is OK for me : with http://calc-info.de/files/BasicAddonBuilder-0.5.1.oxt with Anaphraseus_2.04.124b.oxt http://sourceforge.net/projects/anaphraseus/files/Daily%20Snapshot/ which installs a toolbar AND a new menu. A+ -- gw 2013/8/17 Jörg Schmidt

Re: Please confirm the following error in AOO 4.0

2013-08-17 Thread Guy Waterval
Hallo Jörg, 2013/8/17 Jörg Schmidt > > Ok, I have now also tested with Windows7. > > In my case, the error occurs. > > Windows7 32bit German > AOO 4.0 German > Windows 7, 64 bits french / AOO 4.0 french Your extension is ok, but i need to restart AOO to execute the changes. Anaphraseus is not

Re: [IDEA] "Back to School with AOO" blog post

2013-08-19 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, 2013/8/19 Donald Whytock > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 3:12 PM, fred juan diaz > >wrote: > > > > En date de : Ven 9.8.13, Regina Henschel a > > > >> On 06.08.2013 at 5:10 PM, "sebb" > > > wrote:>On 6 August 2013 15:56, Don

Re: cannot paste a web image into a presentation?

2013-08-19 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Rob, 2013/8/19 Rob Weir > > I think we have a regression here. > > Steps: > > 1. Load Impress, Load Browser to http://www.openoffice.org > > 2. Right click on the AOO logo in upper left corner (a PNG file) and > Copy/Image (in Firefox) or Copy (in Internet Explorer) > > 3. In Impress, Edit P

Re: Yet another flyer

2013-08-30 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Drew, It is a good idea, as usual, many thanks. Just one thing, did you try to print it in black and white to see if it could be used at the Fosdem for instance. I can't do the test myself because I'm on hollidays with a minimal equipment. A+ -- gw 2013/8/30 Drew Jensen > Howdy, > > I ne

Re: a german speaking Flyer

2012-11-12 Thread Guy Waterval
Hallo Juergen, Hi all, 2012/11/12 Juergen Schmidt > Am Samstag, 10. November 2012 um 23:02 schrieb jan iversen: > > I like your "maybe", but as I see it, there are no such thing as "apache" > > supervising what we do, "apache" is a community and we are all part of > it, > > so what we do as a co

Re: [User Docs] What do we as a community want for user documentation or AOO

2012-11-12 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Ricardo, 2012/11/12 RGB ES > 2012/9/20 RGB ES > > > 2012/9/16 Keith N. McKenna > > > >> Greetings All; > >> > >> > >> In order to stimulate some discussion on user documentation I have added > >> the hollowing page to the User Documentation Plan on the Plannig Wiki: > >> > https://cwiki.apa

Re: [UX] Desoign Exploration - Dockable Task Pane Content Design

2012-11-16 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, 2012/11/17 RGB ES > 2012/11/16 Kevin Grignon > > [...] > NOTE: I really like the "style only" way. In fact, I would love to see an > alternative Writer UI were direct formatting is completely forbidden. > Direct formatting is a bad habit that always cause headaches. But that's > just me

Re: a german speaking Flyer

2012-11-19 Thread Guy Waterval
Hallo Jörg, 2012/11/10 Jörg Schmidt > Hello, > > I would like to inform that some members of the German community have > created a flyer and printed, which we use for local work. > A direct view of the flyer: > http://www.calc-info.de/files/flyer_aoo_de.pdf > > > Jan makes this available for fre

Re: Apache OpenOffice at FOSDEM 2013

2012-11-22 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Andrea, 2012/11/12 Andrea Pescetti > FOSDEM 2013 will be held in Brussels, Belgium, 2-3 Feb 2013 and it is a > huge, free, developer-oriented, technical conference. OpenOffice has three > opportunities to be featured there. > [...] > > 2) The Apache OpenOffice booth/stand. See https://fos

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