Re: [libreoffice-documentation] graphics for Getting Started Guide for LO v5.0

2015-06-02 Thread Alan Cook
Everybody, I know perfectly well how to make screen shots in Windows. I was avoiding doing that because of the following statement, on p. 14 of Ch. 2 of the Contributors' Guide, Producing LibreOffice User Guides: / //Avoid making screen captures from Windows; use them only as a last resort,

[libreoffice-documentation] graphics for Getting Started Guide for LO v5.0

2015-06-01 Thread Alan Cook
Hello all, I need to update Figures 1 and 2 in Ch. 9 (the Math chapter) of GS v5.0. I'm running LO on Windows so I can't make my own screenshots. If someone who's using Linux could make shots of those two figures and send them to me, I can plug them in. The difference is that the floating

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide for LO v5.0?

2015-05-28 Thread Alan Cook
So how do we find out what's new in v5.0? Just start working through a chapter from the old guide using 5.0 to see if anything doesn't work the same way? On 5/27/2015 11:55 PM, Jean Weber wrote: As you probably know, the next version of LibreOffice (due out in late July) will be version 5.0.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Efforts to Clean Wiki

2015-05-11 Thread Alan Cook
How much disk space would it take? On 5/10/2015 6:47 PM, Joel Madero wrote: That's fine - others have volunteered. On 05/10/2015 02:24 PM, jonathon wrote: On 04/05/15 02:00, Joel Madero wrote: Sounds good - interested in helping to coordinate that After thinking about this for a week or so.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] guide for scholars

2015-03-05 Thread Alan Cook
This sounds like a good candidate for OmegaT. On 3/5/2015 5:46 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Nicely done! Any chance adding it to the list of 3rd party resources on the documentation wiki? Even though it is in Dutch it might be good to have on the English wiki with just a note to say it is in

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] tracking who is working on which chapters

2015-01-21 Thread Alan Cook
I believe the page you're talking about is at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks. On 1/21/2015 8:27 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) There used to be a wiki-page for signing-out and signing-in chapters being worked on so that; * people could track what

Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: [libreoffice-documentation]

2014-11-05 Thread Alan Cook
What it says is I'm putting myself in contact with you. The verb /pongo/ means I am putting but can also mean I am wearing, so that part's understandable. But the pcs. part has me puzzled. Uds. is a standard abbreviation for /ustedes/ (polite 2nd person plural pronoun.) Anybody have any

Re: [libreoffice-documentation]

2014-11-04 Thread Alan Cook
para los componentes individuales todavía no se han traducido. Espero que esto sea de alguna ayuda a su organización. Alan Cook Voluntario del equipo de documentaciones LibreOffice On 11/4/2014 6:06 AM, Biela Fernández, Alberto wrote: Buenos días, me pongo en contacto con uds. Para saber si

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Preface updated

2014-09-24 Thread Alan Cook
Jean, I notice that you uploaded this to the Edited folder. Can we assume that anything in this folder is ready for proofreading and does not require extensive review or editing? That's a correct assumption in the case of the Preface, and also Chapter 1, Introduction to Base, but (IMO) not

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Translating Base Handbook usin OmegaT

2014-09-10 Thread Alan Cook
Thanks, everyone, for your input. I think it's best that I continue doing what I'm doing for the 4.2 iteration of the Handbook, since the actual translating is 99% complete. We should definitely look into using OmegaT for future versions, and can start doing that before 4.4 is complete. Alan

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base documentation volunteers

2014-09-09 Thread Alan Cook
Hello Tom T., Welcome to the team! I'm a volunteer (at the moment, the only one, it seems) working on updating the Base Handbook. I'd like to supplement the information that Tom D. has provided you with and let you know how you might start out getting involved with the project. As Tom

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chapter 3

2014-09-06 Thread Alan Cook
be found then having that chapter would be even more useful to have done. Many apols and regards from Tom :) On 4 September 2014 23:54, Alan Cook alanc...@gmail.com mailto:alanc...@gmail.com wrote: I've uploaded Chapter 3 of the Base Handbook v. 4.2 to http://www.odfauthors.org

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chs. 4 and 5 ready for review

2014-09-06 Thread Alan Cook
Same deal as with the earlier chapters. They're at http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/base-handbook/drafts_4.2. Alan -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] problem w/Base Handbook

2014-09-04 Thread Alan Cook
Hello all, The immediate solution I've adopted is to reference /both/ GS w/Base /and/ the online tutorial in the problematic passage in the Handbook. I will post that chapter for review shortly. As for the long-term issue, there may or may not be one. The question is whether or not we want

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chapter 3

2014-09-04 Thread Alan Cook
I've uploaded Chapter 3 of the Base Handbook v. 4.2 to http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/base-handbook/drafts_4.2/bh4-2-ch3-tables/view. As with the previous chapter, it needs to be edited for consistency of style and checked carefully against the app for accuracy. Also, it needs

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] problem w/Base Handbook

2014-08-30 Thread Alan Cook
Whew! I'm afraid it's going to take me a little while to process this whole discussion. Thanks, everyone, for your input. Alan On 8/30/2014 10:45 AM, Robert Großkopf wrote: Hi Jean, Robert, does the previous English GS chapter, which is now available as a tutorial, cover the missing info? If

[libreoffice-documentation] problem w/Base Handbook

2014-08-29 Thread Alan Cook
Hello all, I'm updating the English translation of the Base Handbook from 3.5 to 4.2, and have run across a problem concerning which I'd appreciate some advice and feedback. In Chapter 3, Tables, the section following the heading *Creating Tables/Creation using the GUI* begins as follows:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] managing expectations and being realistic

2014-08-19 Thread Alan Cook
Hello all, I started integrating Hazel's translations of the German Base 4.2 Handbook into the English 3.5 about a week ago. Chapter 2 is just about ready to go; realistically, about a chapter a week is the rate at which I can work on this(but see below.) I think it'd be worthwhile for me to

[libreoffice-documentation] French FAQs?

2014-03-19 Thread Alan Cook
Hello. I've just signed up as a documentation volunteer. I notice that on the FAQ page there's a note about needing help with translating the questions from French, but when I compare the French and English pages it looks like everything's already been translated. Is there anything else that