Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Need HELP texts for changed feature

2011-07-03 Thread David Nelson
Hi André, I went to the wiki page and did a couple of small edits on the tool tips there. I've replicated them here, too. 2011/7/2 André Schnabel andre.schna...@gmx.net: 1st: help for Tools - Options - Calc - View Suggested text for the drop down: Specifies how grid lines will be displayed.

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide

2011-07-03 Thread John Cleland
Hi Jean I have worked my way through the rest of the chapters and updated the to LibO. I have not done any off the screen shots though. I want to install Linux mainly to see what has happened on the desktop. I use Linux servers all the time but have not looked at the desktop for some time.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Improving devs-helpers-collaboration

2011-07-03 Thread André Schnabel
Hi David, Am 03.07.2011 09:53, schrieb David Nelson: Hi André, I think the magic ingredient to getting non-devs involved in feature implementations and bug fixes is to actively reach out to other teams via the mailing lists when there's a specific need - like you did in this case. This

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Improving devs-helpers-collaboration

2011-07-03 Thread David Nelson
Hi André, 2011/7/3 André Schnabel andre.schna...@gmx.net: I think the magic ingredient to getting non-devs involved in feature implementations and bug fixes is to actively reach out to other teams via the mailing lists when there's a specific need - like you did in this case. This won't

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide

2011-07-03 Thread David Nelson
Hi, On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 12:32 PM, John Cleland j...@john-cleland.co.uk wrote: In the review section.  I downloaded the copy from there to ensure I had the most up to date copy, made the change and uploaded it again. OK, cool, thanks. :-) -- David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Improving devs-helpers-collaboration

2011-07-03 Thread André Schnabel
Hi, Am 03.07.2011 11:24, schrieb David Nelson: Are we lacking some kind of software tool to help bring teams together? A tool might improve collaboration, if people are aware what could/should be done best by whom. A tool does only pretend to improve collaboration if people are not yet aware

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Improving devs-helpers-collaboration

2011-07-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi again, I have seen something called Forums in other projects. It's a bit like the bug-reporting place. Rather than getting bombarded by vast amount of irrelevant emails the user actively goes to the sites. Good ones allow people to subscribe to specific threads about particular issues.

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide

2011-07-03 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Well, that's all from me tonight. I've left some discussion notes on Alfresco about the files I haven't done new screenshots for. Also note that Martin Fox has not gone through Chapters 8, 9, 10 yet, so there may be some content updates to come. Also those chapters have some figures that need

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide

2011-07-03 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Sun, 2011-07-03 at 09:50 +0100, John Cleland wrote: Is there a guide on how to create the master document. Not really. I think the info in the chapter on producing LibO user guides assumes one already has the master doc itself. I was going to suggest starting with an existing master doc for

[libreoffice-documentation] Jean away again

2011-07-03 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I'm leaving on Wednesday (Australia time) to spend two weeks in a remote part of Australia (The Kimberley, for those of you who know the area), and I expect to be a lot less in touch than on my last outback trip (where we found more mobile phone access than I had expected). I'm sure you will all

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good work Jaimon :) Great to see you back :) If you have time then Draw could use replacement screen-shots. The wording has been dealt with and proof-read but if you spot something that needs changing urgently then go ahead. I'm not sure about the status of Impress or Math. The guide

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-03 Thread David Nelson
Hi Jaimon, Thank you very much for this work. :-) Where have you put the files? -- David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-03 Thread Jaimon Jacob
Hi David, I have checked in the file here:  Company Home  English Content [en - English]  Documentation  Getting Started Guide, just like I had done the last time. Do I need to do something different?  I have a backup copy in my system. Regards, Jaimon - Original Message - From:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-03 Thread Jaimon Jacob
Hi Tom, Thanks. I will start with Draw and always ready for some writing or proofreading work. Regards, Jaimon - Original Message - From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2011 6:11 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-03 Thread Jean Weber
For Draw, only the ones in Drafts should need image updates. DO NOT use the Chapter 1 file that is in Drafts; it's marked as superceded but that may be easy to overlook. Also, check the Discussions for each of the other chapters; some have notes I made about other things that need to be done in

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-03 Thread Jean Weber
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 01:46, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Does the modification datetime help identify the right ones to work on? Not necessarily. The main indicator is what space the files are in; for Draw, the ones in Drafts have not had image updates done, while the ones in

[libreoffice-documentation] Paste bugs / feature-requests

2011-07-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Have people here noticed that copypaste gives smaller font-size than the original? I think this is wider than just LibreOffice and is cross-platform. Seems to be affecting me on Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 and Xp? This bug-report says it's only when using the menu but i think it does the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks Jean :) Regards from Tom :) From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 3 July, 2011 21:47:30 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice On Mon, Jul 4, 2011

[libreoffice-documentation] does updating web pages fall under documentation?

2011-07-03 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i notice that here: http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/ the versions listed are still 3.3. is that the sort of thing that should be updated given that 3.4.1 is out? and does pointing out that sort of thing on the libreoffice.org web pages fall under the mandate of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] does updating web pages fall under documentation?

2011-07-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The 3.4.x branch is development / testing / cooking branch for early adopters and people that like to have advanced functionality early and are quite happy with occasional instabilities and frequent re-installs. The 3.2.x is the stable branch for corporate users and people that want to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Paste bugs / feature-requests

2011-07-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks. When i edit documents in the outside world i tend to use the backward P to show formatting which often flags-up weird hidden things that most people wouldn't notice. I'm not sure it would help with that but thanks for the warning! Regards from Tom :) -- Unsubscribe

[libreoffice-documentation] Master document files for user guides

2011-07-03 Thread Jean Weber
I'm collecting (and, where necessary, updating) the master document (.ODM) files for the user guides and will add them to Alfresco later today. Should I put them all into Resources or into the spaces for the individual books? If the latter, which subspace should they go into? Published? (I can

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide

2011-07-03 Thread Richard
There's a master doc in the Getting Started on OOo. I have uploaded it and all the others to richardholt space. Don't know if it is available to others, but probably so? http://alfresco.libreoffice.org/alfresco/faces/jsp/dashboards/container.jsp It seemed to be working fine after I downloaded it

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Master document files for user guides

2011-07-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is it possible to create links or short-cuts? Then they could be kept in Resources to easily be able to keep them consistent with each other while also having easy access in other places? Regards from Tom :) From: David Nelson li...@traduction.biz To:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide

2011-07-03 Thread Jean Weber
I am making corrections and updates to all the master documents, and to the book (not chapter) template, so your copies will soon be out of date. I'll let the list know when I have uploaded the revisions. The changes came about because I kept noticing anomalies and errors while putting together

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Master document files for user guides

2011-07-03 Thread David Nelson
Hi Tom, On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Is it possible to create links or short-cuts?  Then they could be kept in Resources to easily be able to keep them consistent with each other while also having easy access in other places? Regards from

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide

2011-07-03 Thread Jean Weber
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 10:24, David Nelson li...@traduction.biz wrote: Hi Richard, On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Richard richard.h...@gmail.com wrote: Look forward to being able to checkout from the actual Getting Started repository to avoid duplication of effort. Please could you give

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide

2011-07-03 Thread David Nelson
Hi Jean, On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:31 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: I think he's using documentation.libreoffice.org, where AFAIK (from earlier correspondence on this list) there is no Checkout option as there is in alfresco.libreoffice.org. AFAIK, none of the choices available,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide

2011-07-03 Thread David Nelson
Hi Richard, On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:34 AM, Richard richard.h...@gmail.com wrote: Just was not able to upload directly to the GS repository. I created a space, richardholt, and put the OOo GS 3.3 version to begin to restructure You actually already have a personal space richardholt, which was

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Master document files for user guides

2011-07-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 then. I had been trying to find a way of having both different ways available but keeping all the master documents in the resources section. Sub-folder makes sense. If we can't have sub-folders then perhaps a name such as Master-Impress- 2011-07-04-v1.odm Errr, the reverse

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Paste bugs / feature-requests

2011-07-03 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 7/3/2011 5:28 PM, Jean Weber wrote: On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 07:15, Tom Daviestomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Have people here noticed that copypaste gives smaller font-size than the original? I think this is wider than just LibreOffice and is cross-platform. Seems to be affecting me