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2021-01-21 Thread Jean Weber
AOO does not allow CC licensed material. That’s a major part of the problem of reuse. However, the body of documentation is also licensed under GPL, which is sort-of allowed, with restrictions. Jean On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 at 15:52 F Campos Costero wrote: > Hello Robert, > > Thank you very much for

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2021-01-21 Thread F Campos Costero
Hello Robert, Thank you very much for volunteering! I'll keep this message very brief because I am at the end of a long work day and not feeling very coherent. Regarding your question, it is probably best to consider what the likely situation will be rather than all possible licensing scenarios.

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2021-01-21 Thread Robert Farrell
Hi all, I’m a technical writer who has worked on documentation for medical devices and software. I have been using OpenOffice for several years for other projects, and have always appreciated the open source nature of the software. I have never worked on a project where documentation is licens

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2019-12-12 Thread Shawn Midkiff
I want to write a simple letter. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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2018-02-07 Thread Chris Johnson
Good to hear from you Keith! Thanks for your guidance...I spend a bit of time installing and using the product and looking at the material you referred to in your message so I'm getting a feel for it now. I'm hoping I can help keep things moving and look forward to contributing to this effort. I'm

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2018-02-06 Thread Keith N. McKenna
On 2/2/2018 5:36 PM, Chris Johnson wrote: > Hi listmembers! > Please allow me to introduce myself...my name is Chris Johnson and I'm a > tech writer with over 10 years of experience. (I also have a decent amount > of QA experience.) I've been out of the TW field since 2011 but > am currently veerin

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2018-02-02 Thread Chris Johnson
Hi listmembers! Please allow me to introduce myself...my name is Chris Johnson and I'm a tech writer with over 10 years of experience. (I also have a decent amount of QA experience.) I've been out of the TW field since 2011 but am currently veering back into the field and would love to contribute i

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2017-10-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
On 9/14/2017 10:49 AM, Famiglietti, Andrew A wrote: > Hi Open Office Doc Team, > > > I'm a professor in the English Department at West Chester University of > Pennsylvania, and I'm planning to use Open Source Software documentation as a > "real world" writing task for my Technical Writing Stude

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2017-09-23 Thread Keith N. McKenna
On 8/9/2017 7:17 PM, Steve Stepan Kehayan wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam, > > I've been writing and editing reports, documents, articles and publications > for the last 25 years. I’m originally from Singapore but I’ve been living and > working in Europe and Asia for the last 20 years. I’ve just relocat

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2017-09-14 Thread Dave
Dear Andrew, over a period of seven years (14 university terms) I developed a documentation specially aimed at students, though not students in science courses. It is available in five languages so far, I myself did the German, English and French versions. It includes an online exercise, though I

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2017-09-14 Thread Famiglietti, Andrew A
Hi Open Office Doc Team, I'm a professor in the English Department at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and I'm planning to use Open Source Software documentation as a "real world" writing task for my Technical Writing Students this semester. I noticed your project was looking for docum

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2017-08-09 Thread Steve Stepan Kehayan
Dear Sir/Madam, I've been writing and editing reports, documents, articles and publications for the last 25 years. I’m originally from Singapore but I’ve been living and working in Europe and Asia for the last 20 years. I’ve just relocated with my family to California and would like to do volun

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2016-12-02 Thread Dale Hawkinson
Hello. My name is Dale P. Hawkinson. I have used and greatly appreciated AOO for several years (since 3.4.1). I have been a math instructor at Kansas State University for 35 years. In the past, I have made meager cash donations to the AOO project, but now feel that I should offer my time to see th

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2016-08-24 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Mitul Patel wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > Hello! I am Mitul Patel, hailing from the Madison, Wisconsin. I majored in > Environmental Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The minor > focus in my major was the integration of Geographic Information Systems to > the sciences. As a

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2016-08-23 Thread Mitul Patel
To whom it may concern, Hello! I am Mitul Patel, hailing from the Madison, Wisconsin. I majored in Environmental Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The minor focus in my major was the integration of Geographic Information Systems to the sciences. As a result, I have a minor backgrou

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2016-05-06 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Chris Sirrs wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Chris. I am a recent university grad interested in > getting my feet wet in the world of technical writing by volunteering > to create and edit documentation for open source projects such as > Open Office. If there is anything I can help with in this rega

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2016-04-19 Thread Chris Sirrs
Hello, My name is Chris. I am a recent university grad interested in getting my feet wet in the world of technical writing by volunteering to create and edit documentation for open source projects such as Open Office. If there is anything I can help with in this regard, feel free to let me know

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2016-03-15 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
March 14, 2016 23:25 > To: doc@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: New Doc Volunteer > > Hi Sir > I try to introduce in clear manner. I am Rishabha Singh. I am from UP , > India . I am a quite java programmer . > And also I am interested in java Developing . Currently I am working

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2016-03-14 Thread RISHABHA SINGH
Hi Sir I try to introduce in clear manner. I am Rishabha Singh. I am from UP , India . I am a quite java programmer . And also I am interested in java Developing . Currently I am working in Vstacks InfoTech Noida, India as a java junior developer . I like solve difficulties in a opposite environ

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2016-01-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Elaine Morin wrote: > Hello, > My name is Elaine Morin, I'm from Edmonton, AB, Canada, and my background is > in writing. I'm hoping to work on some documentation projects for Open > Office. I'm working on strengthening my writing portfolio, so I'm interested > in writing about technical project

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2016-01-01 Thread Elaine Morin
Hello, My name is Elaine Morin, I'm from Edmonton, AB, Canada, and my background is in writing. I'm hoping to work on some documentation projects for Open Office. I'm working on strengthening my writing portfolio, so I'm interested in writing about technical projects, which I'm sure I'll find he

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2015-12-09 Thread Dana Moran
Hello all! I'm Dana Sadinsky from Canada and I'm just getting started. I'm a writing and editing expert who is just getting to know technical writing. I also love cooking. Nice to meet you, Dana

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2015-11-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Amy Mason wrote: > Hi Keith, > > Thank you for your help. I’ve had a look at the User Guide on the > MWiki and have made a start on the Writer Guide. I noticed there are > a lot of links on the guide to other pages on the Wiki and I’m just > wondering if this is the layout you want to keep or if t

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2015-11-20 Thread Amy Mason
Hi Keith, Thank you for your help. I’ve had a look at the User Guide on the MWiki and have made a start on the Writer Guide. I noticed there are a lot of links on the guide to other pages on the Wiki and I’m just wondering if this is the layout you want to keep or if the different sections (Wor

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2015-11-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Amy Mason wrote: > Hello OpenOffice.org Documentation Team, > > My name is Amy Mason and I am currently studying English Language and > Literature at the University of Sunderland. > > I am sending this email as I would love to write for OpenOffice.org's > documentation team. As a current English

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2015-11-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Bilal Coleman wrote: > Hi everyone, > > My name is Bilal. I'm new to the doc team and I'd love to be brought up to > speed with any current projects or assistance that I can provide. > > Thanks, > Bilal; First let me apologize for the lateness of this response. The documentation list has been v

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2015-11-20 Thread Amy Mason
Hello OpenOffice.org Documentation Team, My name is Amy Mason and I am currently studying English Language and Literature at the University of Sunderland. I am sending this email as I would love to write for OpenOffice.org's documentation team. As a current English student, I am constantly usin

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2015-09-15 Thread Bilal Coleman
Hi everyone, My name is Bilal. I'm new to the doc team and I'd love to be brought up to speed with any current projects or assistance that I can provide. Thanks,

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2015-04-05 Thread jppruilh
Message réexpédié >Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 15:52:38 -0300 >Sujet: New Doc Volunteer >De: MARIA LIDRONETA AMBRÓSIO PEREIRA BITENCOURT > marialidron...@hotmail.com >A: doc@openoffice.apache.org > >Sou professora primaria aposentada, tenho licenciatura plen

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2015-04-04 Thread MARIA LIDRONETA AMBRÓSIO PEREIRA BITENCOURT
Sou professora primaria aposentada, tenho licenciatura plena em historia e pos-graduacao em psicopedagogia. Preciso me manter ativa para ativar minha memoria. ja trabalhei com linux educacional. Moro em Chale, MG- Brasil. Nao falo outra lingua.

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2015-03-22 Thread Monasor Atairu
Hello guys, My name is Monasor. I am a new doc volunteer and a new believer in all things open source. I recently switched from word to openoffice, then from windows to ubuntu . So far, I love it. And, I am convinced volunteering my time into docs is one way I could say thank you to openoffice

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2014-11-15 Thread David Lloyd-Jones
Heather, Welcome. Three things: Read Strunk and White, maybe once a year until the cover falls off. Read Fowler's "English Usage" once a decade. Get the Chicago Manual of Style, skim it once, and use it once or twice a week forever. That was the three main things. The basic things that every e

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2014-11-15 Thread Heather Bloomer
Hi my name is Heather. I live in Rockland County Ny. I have an A.S. degree in Internet Technology with an option in E-Commerce administration. I have decided that I would like to pursue the career path of Technical writing in the Information Technology field. I would like to volunteer my tim

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2014-11-08 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 17/10/2014 Steve Wolf wrote: >> I would love to volunteer my time (Which I have plenty of) learning >> documentation writing. I have strong English writing skills and >> technical knowledge. Thank you for the opportunity. > > Plenty of time? Sounds very good, and as you

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-11-08 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 17/10/2014 Steve Wolf wrote: I would love to volunteer my time (Which I have plenty of) learning documentation writing. I have strong English writing skills and technical knowledge. Thank you for the opportunity. Plenty of time? Sounds very good, and as you can guess from the delay other pe

Re: Stefan Boroda - New Doc Volunteer

2014-11-04 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Thanks for your involvement, please read the archive to know what are the list currently working on and try to contribute along the line of work. Regards: http://markmail.org/search/+list:org.apache.openoffice.doc On 11/5/14, Stefan Boroda wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been on the list for a few mont

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2014-11-04 Thread Stefan Boroda
Hi all, I've been on the list for a few months now, but I'd like to officially put my name in there to start contributing. At the moment, I'm documenting enterprise software in Massachusetts. I've been at my current company for a little less than a year and a half, and before that I did a brief st

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2014-10-17 Thread Steve Wolf
I would love to volunteer my time (Which I have plenty of) learning documentation writing. I have strong English writing skills and technical knowledge. Thank you for the opportunity. Steve Wolf - To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-u

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2014-10-08 Thread Paweł Lesiński
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2014-08-09 Thread Guy Waterval
Hello Kyra and welcome. 2014-08-05 21:06 GMT+02:00 Kyra LaRose : > Hi, > > Apologies in advance for such a long intro email. > > I'm Kyra from Canada, and I like cats, a lot. My background is in Media, > video production and content/copy writing. I have extensive experience with > word processing

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-08-07 Thread Kay Schenk
On 08/05/2014 12:06 PM, Kyra LaRose wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies in advance for such a long intro email. > > I'm Kyra from Canada, and I like cats, a lot. My background is in Media, > video production and content/copy writing. I have extensive experience with > word processing software as I worked

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2014-08-05 Thread Kyra LaRose
Hi, Apologies in advance for such a long intro email. I'm Kyra from Canada, and I like cats, a lot. My background is in Media, video production and content/copy writing. I have extensive experience with word processing software as I worked as a technical writing intern at an engineering firm befo

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2014-06-24 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 23/06/2014 Shyam Sindha wrote: I'm looking to help with technical writing, copy-editing, proof reading etc. I have a bachelors degree in Physics, with some experience of coding. However my biggest strengths are definitely spelling and grammar. Thanks! You will receive credentials for our doc

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2014-06-23 Thread Shyam Sindha
Hi. I'm looking to help with technical writing, copy-editing, proof reading etc. I have a bachelors degree in Physics, with some experience of coding. However my biggest strengths are definitely spelling and grammar. Shyam Sindha

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2014-06-03 Thread Alexandro Colorado
y, June 03, 2014 5:18 AM To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer Yuko Imai wrote: Hi, I've just joined the Documentation mailing list. My name is Yuko, a technical writer living in Australia. My specialised area for writing is software, hardware, general topics, etc.

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2014-06-03 Thread Keith N. McKenna
r I already > did to doc-jnqqrfibojosbzieg410zs0vgnn6c...@public.gmane.org? > > Kind regards, > Yuko > > > -Original Message- > From: Keith N. McKenna > [mailto:keith.mckenna-wuw85uim5zdr7s880jo...@public.gmane.org] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:18 AM > To: doc@openoffice.

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2014-06-03 Thread Yuko Imai
- From: Keith N. McKenna [mailto:keith.mcke...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:18 AM To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer Yuko Imai wrote: > Hi, > > > > I've just joined the Documentation mailing list. My name is Yuko, a > technical wr

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2014-06-02 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Yuko Imai wrote: > Hi, > > > > I've just joined the Documentation mailing list. My name is Yuko, a > technical writer living in Australia. > > My specialised area for writing is software, hardware, general topics, etc. > > > > I have not learned much about this volunteer activities, but

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2014-05-29 Thread Yuko Imai
Hi, I've just joined the Documentation mailing list. My name is Yuko, a technical writer living in Australia. My specialised area for writing is software, hardware, general topics, etc. I have not learned much about this volunteer activities, but I would be interested in: . Write or

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2014-05-13 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Ben Hunt wrote: > Hi, I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and > another IT student have a project to help contribute to an open > source project (due in June) so we decided to try and help out with > open office. We have no particular set of skills, we have done some > Java and

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2014-05-06 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 01/05/2014 Ben Hunt wrote: I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and another IT student have a project to help contribute to an open source project (due in June) so we decided to try and help out with open office. We have no particular set of skills, we have done some Java a

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2014-05-06 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Ben Hunt wrote: > Hi, > I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and another IT > student have a project to help contribute to an open source project (due in > June) so we decided to try and help out with open office. We have no > particular set of skills, we have done some Java

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2014-05-01 Thread Ben Hunt
Hi, I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and another IT student have a project to help contribute to an open source project (due in June) so we decided to try and help out with open office. We have no particular set of skills, we have done some Java and C# but are in no way e

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2014-04-23 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 13/04/2014 Luca Ceccarini wrote: My name is Luca and I’m a tech enthusiast and overall digital geek from Italy. I’m a self-employed web and print designer, my main occupation for almost 10 years now. But I’m looking for a new challenge and I’m particularly interested in technical writing. We

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2014-04-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Luca Ceccarini wrote: > Hi! > > My name is Luca and I’m a tech enthusiast and overall digital geek from > Italy. I’m a self-employed web and print designer, my main occupation for > almost 10 years now. But I’m looking for a new challenge and I’m particularly > interested in technical writing.

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2014-04-13 Thread Luca Ceccarini
Hi! My name is Luca and I’m a tech enthusiast and overall digital geek from Italy. I’m a self-employed web and print designer, my main occupation for almost 10 years now. But I’m looking for a new challenge and I’m particularly interested in technical writing. I have not much experience to off

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2014-03-29 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Julian Spiro wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm a tech writer from Cleveland, OH, interested in helping out with > OpenOffice projects. Please let me know how I can get involved! > > Skills: > Writing/Editing > Photoshop and Graphic Design > > > Thank you, > > Julian Spiro > Hi Julian; First let me a

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-02-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Дарья Чуркина wrote: > Hi Keith, > > I'm ready with all the registration procedures and willing to start. > > Best regards, > Daria. > Hi Daria; Sorry about taking so long to get back to you. Things have been a bit hectic the last few weeks. Most of what has been done could use a good check f

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2014-02-11 Thread Alexandro Colorado
There is some efforts updating the migration guide at the moment, please take a look at it and see if there are areas where they can be improved. On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Julian Spiro wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm a tech writer from Cleveland, OH, interested in helping out with > OpenOffice

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2014-02-11 Thread Julian Spiro
Hi all, I'm a tech writer from Cleveland, OH, interested in helping out with OpenOffice projects. Please let me know how I can get involved! Skills: Writing/Editing Photoshop and Graphic Design Thank you, Julian Spiro

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2014-02-02 Thread Дарья Чуркина
Hi Keith, I'm ready with all the registration procedures and willing to start. Best regards, Daria. Вторник, 28 января 2014, 14:58 -05:00 от "Keith N. McKenna" : >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Дарья Чуркина wrote: >> Hello! >> >> My name is Daria Churkina and I'd love to

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2014-01-28 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Дарья Чуркина wrote: > Hello! > > My name is Daria Churkina and I'd love to become a part of OpenOffice > Documentation Team. I have a degree in the English language and > literature and am currently working as a linguist for an IT company > in St.Pet

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2014-01-27 Thread Дарья Чуркина
Hello! My name is Daria Churkina and I'd love to become a part of OpenOffice Documentation Team. I have a degree in the English language and literature and am currently working as a linguist for an IT company in St.Petersburg, Russia. As a part of my responsibilities I test and tune the modul

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2014-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marcia K Wilbur wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > My name is Marcia Wilbur. <-- Who I am > > > I am located in the US, Arizona more specifically. < Where I > live I am from New England < Where I am from > > For over a decade my writing focus was c

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-01-10 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Rachel Sand Harrison wrote: I just need my CWiki account activated: rsandharrison. Whitelisted (i.e., activated): Rachel Sand Harrison (rsandharrison) Regards, Andrea. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.ap

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2014-01-10 Thread Rachel Sand Harrison
Using Internet Explorer worked for creating the MWiki account. I just need my CWiki account activated: rsandharrison. Thanks for the help! On Jan 7, 2014 12:33 PM, "Keith N. McKenna" wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > On 06/01/2014 Rachel San

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2014-01-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 06/01/2014 Rachel Sand Harrison wrote: >> So far I have been able to create a CWiki account, and it looks >> like much of that content has been migrated to another version of >> Confluence. Or am I misunderstanding the comme

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2014-01-06 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 06/01/2014 Rachel Sand Harrison wrote: So far I have been able to create a CWiki account, and it looks like much of that content has been migrated to another version of Confluence. Or am I misunderstanding the comments on the Documentation Volunteer and Directory of Volunteers pages? I don't h

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2014-01-06 Thread Rachel Sand Harrison
Hello mailing list subscribers! My name is Rachel. I am a Washington D.C. transplant to the Midwest. My professional background is in technical writing and business analysis. I have been an OpenOffice user for the last three years. Recently I have been pulled into roles and projects requiring few

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-12-30 Thread Alexandro Colorado
I have tried to start a wikibook on both, education and accounting, unfortunately havent had time to really develop it. If you have time and interest I could give you the information I have gathered and we can get this project back on top form. On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:20 AM, Marcia K Wilbur wr

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2013-12-30 Thread Marcia K Wilbur
Thank you! This seems like a great starting point. I would very much enjoy working on an alternative to proprietary expensive approach. I am also very interested in education and statistics. Thanks! Quoting Dave : Hi Marcia, My tentative suggestion might well be completely off the mark Bu

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2013-12-28 Thread Dave
Hi Marcia, My tentative suggestion might well be completely off the mark But something completely new and possibly lacking would be some documentation for students doing or having to do statistics. Possibly the opensource PSPP (as an alternative to the much too expensive SPSS) would be a nice thin

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2013-12-28 Thread Marcia K Wilbur
Hi Everyone, My name is Marcia Wilbur. <-- Who I am I am located in the US, Arizona more specifically. < Where I live I am from New England < Where I am from For over a decade my writing focus was copyright and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. I have an AAS in computer science.

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2013-09-24 Thread Ricardo Berlasso
2013/9/23 Andy Walton > Hi, Mailing List! > > I've just signed up for the documentation mailing list / added my name to > the wiki lists and I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Andy and I'm a > freelance technical writer based in Leicester, UK. My background is in > user-facing documentation such a

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2013-09-23 Thread Andy Walton
Hi, Mailing List! I've just signed up for the documentation mailing list / added my name to the wiki lists and I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Andy and I'm a freelance technical writer based in Leicester, UK. My background is in user-facing documentation such as manuals and how-to content, b

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-09-15 Thread Keith N. McKenna
dbclinton wrote: Hi, I've been using open source software (including OpenOffice) for just about ten years now, and exclusively Linux for about six. Since I am a writer and editor with some enterprise software documentation experience (especially using Confluence), I figured it's about time I trie

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2013-09-15 Thread dbclinton
Hi, I've been using open source software (including OpenOffice) for just about ten years now, and exclusively Linux for about six. Since I am a writer and editor with some enterprise software documentation experience (especially using Confluence), I figured it's about time I tried to give a li

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-08-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Brandon Youngdale wrote: Hi Keith, Maybe to start out I will just work as an editor. I will go through the existing material and check it for grammar, typos, and such. Then as I get more familiar with the material I will start working on producing original material. Does that sounds ok? Thanks

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-08-20 Thread Brandon Youngdale
Hi Keith, Maybe to start out I will just work as an editor. I will go through the existing material and check it for grammar, typos, and such. Then as I get more familiar with the material I will start working on producing original material. Does that sounds ok? Thanks, Brandon On Tue, Aug 20,

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-08-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Brandon Youngdale wrote: Hi, My name is Brandon Youngdale and I just joined the volunteer documentation team today. I love OpenOffice and I have appreciated it so much as I have gone through my Bachelors and Masters degree in Writing that I wanted to start giving back to the community however I

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2013-08-19 Thread Brandon Youngdale
Hi, My name is Brandon Youngdale and I just joined the volunteer documentation team today. I love OpenOffice and I have appreciated it so much as I have gone through my Bachelors and Masters degree in Writing that I wanted to start giving back to the community however I could. I am so glad that I

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-08-04 Thread Ricardo Berlasso
2013/8/4 dgcashion > Hi there, > > My name is Deborah and I'm interested in volunteering with the OpenOffice > documentation team. > > I am a web developer and I have a little experience writing technical docs. > > Please let me know how I can be of assistance. > Welcome! Your experience will b

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2013-08-03 Thread dgcashion
Hi there, My name is Deborah and I'm interested in volunteering with the OpenOffice documentation team. I am a web developer and I have a little experience writing technical docs. Please let me know how I can be of assistance. Thanks, Deborah

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-07-08 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Andrea Thank you. I'll go ahead, but let me know if I start doing the wrong thing. Best wishes to all Alex -Original Message- From: Andrea Pescetti Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 7:10 AM To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer On 06/07/2013 Alex Stillwell

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-07-07 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 06/07/2013 Alex Stillwell wrote: I don't like to change anything until I know I will not cause problems, so I have attached a couple of suggestions. Dear Alexandra, they are OK, feel free to apply them but won't worry in general, we have the full history of all changes made to any page so i

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-07-05 Thread Alex Stillwell
y can be described? Best wishes Alex -Original Message- From: Andrea Pescetti Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 9:34 PM To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer Alex Stillwell wrote: Exactly what would you like me to do? and exactly how would you like me to respond. I

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-07-04 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Alex Stillwell wrote: Exactly what would you like me to do? and exactly how would you like me to respond. I have indigestion from too much information and I cannot see what is important at this stage and what I should do next. Once I get a handle on how to help I will be OK. It is just taking me

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2013-07-04 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi I’m a new volunteer and need to know what you would like me to do. Your interest seems to be in my writing skills and I have read the orientations modules 1-3 but am still confused regarding how to go about helping. In an email I have been directed to - Our major thrust at this time

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-07-02 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Hello Alex and welcome to the documentation group. With your skills as an author and in publishing you can be of great help to us. The first step is to subscribe to this mailing list so that you do not miss any of the discussion that goes on. Your initial email was sent through the moderator an

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2013-06-29 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi My training is in physics, I have teacher training and taught science and maths. After starting a family I went into teaching adults crafts, eventually specialising in lacemaking and through a series of events and with a lot of encouragement from friends wrote a book on lace, that’s another

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-05-10 Thread RGB ES
Hy, Caroline! Welcome on board! 2013/5/10 Caroline O'Brien > Hey there! > > I'm eager to learn more about working on the Doc Team for Open Office. > > Can you tell me a bit more about where I should start, outside of signing > up for the two wikis and putting my name on the volunteer sites? > >

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-05-09 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Hello, please read the initial documentation that we have on our site. http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html This will guide you throught he initial steps into the way the project is builted and where you can contribute best. On 5/9/13, Caroline O'Brien wrote: > Hey there! > >

New Doc Volunteer

2013-05-09 Thread Caroline O'Brien
Hey there! I'm eager to learn more about working on the Doc Team for Open Office. Can you tell me a bit more about where I should start, outside of signing up for the two wikis and putting my name on the volunteer sites? Thank you! Caroline

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-03-29 Thread Yue Helen
Welcome Leah. Happy to see you here. Helen 2013/3/21 > Hello, > > I just signed up as a documentation volunteer. I work at IBM. I have > almost 20 years experience in education and support - writing user > documentation and courses, and delivering classes in a variety of > software. In the p

New Doc Volunteer

2013-03-22 Thread Steven Vollmer
Hello, I'm Steve. I'm signing up for the team to help with Documentation. I've been a user for about eight years. I have an MS in Education, and BA in Behavioral Science. I have experience as a teacher and school administrator. Now I have time to contribute, and I look forward to doing so. I'

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-03-21 Thread RGB ES
2013/3/21 > Hello, > > I just signed up as a documentation volunteer. I work at IBM. I have > almost 20 years experience in education and support - writing user > documentation and courses, and delivering classes in a variety of > software. In the past 5 years, I've worked extensively on Lotus

New Doc Volunteer

2013-03-21 Thread leah_backus
Hello, I just signed up as a documentation volunteer. I work at IBM. I have almost 20 years experience in education and support - writing user documentation and courses, and delivering classes in a variety of software. In the past 5 years, I've worked extensively on Lotus Symphony, so I fe

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-03-04 Thread Stephen J. Hyland
Thanks, Bob. Dad had a massive stroke last week and lasted about a week after that, so it was not unexpected. My mom passed four years ago, to the day. Still, it is sad. I'd be happy to work on the "OpenOffice for Legal Writing" documentation. Let's see how things proceed. Glad for MediaWiki -

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-03-04 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Stephen J. Hyland wrote: > Hello, everyone. My name is Stephen Hyland, and I've been a long-time user of > Open Source software, a software engineer, a technical writer (various tools > but primarily FrameMaker), and am an attorney. I probably won't be of much >

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-03-04 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Christopher Olsen wrote: > Hello all, > > My name is Chris Olsen, and I'm an avid user of OpenOffice products. I've > been using them for almost 7 years now, and I'd love to lend my assistance to > the documentation project. > > I've always been a proponent of the

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