Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide v6.4

2020-02-08 Thread Jean Weber
In the GS64 status spreadsheet it says that chapter 8 (Base) hasn't had > style updated yet. That is probably a mistake? > > Thanks, m. > > V V sre., 5. feb. 2020 ob 08:45 je oseba Jean Weber > napisala: > >> I've updated all the chapters of the Getting Started

[libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide v6.4

2020-02-04 Thread Jean Weber
I've updated all the chapters of the Getting Started Guide to LO v6.4. I've also done the front and back covers and the master document. Everything is in the Drafts folder, except for the chapters that have been reviewed and are in either Feedback or Published. We could either publish a first iter

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Rejoin the Documentation Team

2020-02-03 Thread Jean Weber
Peter, Great to have you back! Much has changed in our processes, and the info for contributors hasn’t been fully updated yet. I keep intending to do that but have been doing other things instead. Are you interested in updating the Impress and Draw Guides to LO v6.4? Someone’s started on Impress

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-02-03 Thread Jean Weber
>> Steve > >> > >> On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 10:52, Stephen Fanning > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Thank you for your kind words Jean. > >>> > >>> I have taken Chapter 3 for first review. > >>> > >>> Regards,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-01-28 Thread Jean Weber
I have updated Chapter 8, Getting Started with Base. It is now in the Drafts folder, ready for review. Note: I did NOT update the character styles. I have been unable to update the Status spreadsheet. I'll try again later. Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreof

[libreoffice-documentation] Firebird in Base

2020-01-28 Thread Jean Weber
Release notes and related blog posts for Base 6.x say Firebird Embedded is now the default, and DB files created using HSQLDB should be migrated to Firebird. A Firebird Migration Assistant is mentioned. I’ve seen nothing more about this (I may not be looking in the right places) and wonder how much

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Chapter 1 Introducing Writer

2020-01-28 Thread Jean Weber
software. Jean On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 05:49 Jean Weber wrote: > Please edit the existing published v6.0 chapter and save it with a new > name in the Drafts folder of the Writer Guide 6.4 in NextCloud if that > folder hasn’t been set up yet, I’ll do it in the next few hours. Thanks!

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Chapter 1 Introducing Writer

2020-01-28 Thread Jean Weber
Please edit the existing published v6.0 chapter and save it with a new name in the Drafts folder of the Writer Guide 6.4 in NextCloud if that folder hasn’t been set up yet, I’ll do it in the next few hours. Thanks! Jean (coordinator of the Writer Guide) On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 02:08 Toni B wrote

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Version 7.0

2020-01-26 Thread Jean Weber
nally slipped into senility and lost my comprehension of the > English language, please feel free to correct me. :)) > > Dave > > On 26/01/2020 19:42, Jean Weber wrote: > > Dave, > > LO version 7.0 isn’t due until September or October, so I think it’s a > bit &g

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Version 7.0

2020-01-26 Thread Jean Weber
Dave, LO version 7.0 isn’t due until September or October, so I think it’s a bit premature to rename the existing and coming-soon guides. I think it’s worth doing v6.4 editions of the Impress and Draw Guides, because they are very out of date and many users will continue with v6 even after v7 is r

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-01-24 Thread Jean Weber
Updated Chapter 6, Impress, is now in the Drafts folder, ready for review. Jean On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 5:01 PM Jean Weber wrote: > > Updated Chapter 5, Calc, is now in Drafts folder. > I have taken Chapters 6 and 7 for updating. > Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentat

[libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started 6.4 Chapter 9, Math, ready for review

2020-01-23 Thread Jean Weber
For this chapter, I took the newly published Math 6.4 Guide, removed the Appendix, and did a bit of tweaking to change the chapters into sections of a single chapter and I edited a few paragraphs into better English. I did not otherwise check the contents for accuracy, because I assume that was ade

[libreoffice-documentation] Math Guide

2020-01-23 Thread Jean Weber
The Table of Contents in the updated Math Guide is missing the Chapter titles. The selections in Tools > Chapter Numbering need to be updated. - Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-u

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc 6.2 Guide on website Docs page?

2020-01-22 Thread Jean Weber
Olivier, The LO website’s docs page Is still showing the old Calc Guide. Why hasn’t the updated Calc Guide replaced it? The new book is on the wiki, but a lot of people are more likely to see the old version on the website. Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreo

[libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Impress Remote

2020-01-22 Thread Jean Weber
I'm updating the Impress chapter in the Getting Started Guide, which has a section about Impress Remote, which allegedly runs on Android and iOS devices and controls a presentation being run from a laptop. To test this on my iPhone, I attempted to get the app from the Apple App store, where I learn

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-01-22 Thread Jean Weber
Thank you for the reminder! I will be sure to do that. - Jean On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 at 19:47 LibreOfficiant wrote: > Hi, > > Would that be possible, when reviewing Chapter 13, to mention the fact that > LibO macro programming isn't Basic-centric? Although it makes sense to > highlight Basic. > > O

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-01-20 Thread Jean Weber
n Chapter 3 for first review. > > > > Regards, > > > > Steve > > > > On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 05:23, Jean Weber wrote: > > > >> Steve, > >> Thank you for your review. It's a delight to work with someone who is > >> so thorough in

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Bump Math Guide from 6.2 to 6.4 ?

2020-01-20 Thread Jean Weber
+1 from me. - Jean On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 at 20:39 Dave Barton wrote: > Looks good, so +1 from me, > > On 20/01/2020 03:24, Olivier Hallot wrote: > > Hi Team (esp. Dave Barton and Roman Kuztnesov) > > > > Looking at the release notes between 6.2 and 6.4 I see minor > > improvements to release 6.3,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-01-17 Thread Jean Weber
I've revised Chapter 2 following Steve's review. It's in Feedback ready for a second review. I'm working on Chapter 5, Calc, now. Jean On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 3:22 PM Jean Weber wrote: > > Steve, > Thank you for your review. It's a delight to work with someone w

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress Chapter 1

2020-01-15 Thread Jean Weber
Dimond, On the LibreOffice download page of the website, scroll down to near the bottom and you should find 6.4.0 there. Jean On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 17:40 Dimona Delvere wrote: > Hello Martin and Jean, > > Thank you for letting me know. I will look into the testing version if I > find it and the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-01-15 Thread Jean Weber
n 16, 2020 at 5:44 AM Jean Weber wrote: > > Steve, > Thank you. I’ll should have time to go through it today. > Jean > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 at 06:39 Stephen Fanning > wrote: >> >> I have completed a first review of chapter 2 and returned the file to the &

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress Revision ( Versions 4.2 and 6.3)

2020-01-15 Thread Jean Weber
Impress Guide revision should be for 6.4, which will be released at the end of this month. RC2 is available and I am using it for Getting Started. Regards, Jean On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 06:18 Dimona Delvere wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Thank you for your help with folder navigation. > > I have not

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Getting Started 6.4 Chapter 10

2020-01-15 Thread Jean Weber
Writer-only or “not available in Calc” but perhaps others should be too if they’re limited. What do you think? Regards, Jean On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 05:24 Jean Weber wrote: > Updating GS Ch10 has turned out to be more complicated than I had > expected. I discovered by accident that the Print

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-01-15 Thread Jean Weber
Chapters 10 and 11 have been updated and are in the Drafts folder, ready for review. Jean On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 16:52 Jean Weber wrote: > I have begun updating the Getting Started Guide from LO 6.0 to 6.4. I have > completed the Preface and Chapters 1, 2, and 3, which are in the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-01-15 Thread Jean Weber
> Regards, > > > > Steve Fanning > > > > > > On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 06:53, Jean Weber wrote: > > > >> I have begun updating the Getting Started Guide from LO 6.0 to 6.4. I > have > >> completed the Preface and Chapters 1, 2, and 3, which a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Calc Guide published - Printed copy error.

2020-01-14 Thread Jean Weber
Peter, I am the person who publishes the printed copies on Lulu, so I will look into this too. I hope it is just a Lulu UK problem. Thank you for letting us know. Jean On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 at 03:05 Peter Maunder wrote: > Hi,I have just received a printed copy of the Calc 6.2 from Lulu. I live in

[libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started 6.4 Chapter 10

2020-01-13 Thread Jean Weber
Updating GS Ch10 has turned out to be more complicated than I had expected. I discovered by accident that the Print dialog has been reorganised from 4 tabs to 2 tabs in v6.4. (If it’s mentioned in the release notes, I missed it.) This means rewriting the instructions as well as new screenshots. (I

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-01-13 Thread Jean Weber
> > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 5:03 AM wrote: > > > I did the second review of the Preface and placed it into the Published > > folder. > > I assume this is the right folder for a completed chapter. > > > > Kind regards, Kees > > > > Jea

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-01-13 Thread Jean Weber
ond review of the Preface and placed it into the Published > folder. > I assume this is the right folder for a completed chapter. > > Kind regards, Kees > > Jean Weber schreef op 08.01.2020 07:52: > > I have begun updating the Getting Started Guide from LO 6.0 to 6.4. I > &g

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide 6.2 - Reworked

2020-01-10 Thread Jean Weber
I’ll check the PDF. Sorry about not fixing the anchors on figures and doing other master doc things. Will do better on GS6.4. The print version should be okay as it is, for linking from the docs page on the website. Jean On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 04:34 Olivier Hallot wrote: > Hi All, Hi Jean > >

[libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started 6.4 Chapter 4 updated

2020-01-10 Thread Jean Weber
I have updated Getting Started 6.4 Chapter 4 and placed it in the Drafts folder ready for someone to review. Updated the Status spreadsheet. Moving on... Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lis

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Volunteer Editing This Week

2020-01-08 Thread Jean Weber
Hello Caroline, Please send messages to the Documentation list, not to Olivier or me personally. That way if we are away, then someone else may be able to help. The Calc Guide has been published. I suggest that you could help by editing the new LibreOffice Online Guide 6.3. The chapters are here:

[libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide for LO 6.4

2020-01-07 Thread Jean Weber
I have begun updating the Getting Started Guide from LO 6.0 to 6.4. I have completed the Preface and Chapters 1, 2, and 3, which are in the Drafts folder ready for others to review. (For this book, I am using Drafts, Feedback, and Published folders.) I am now working on Chapter 4. I recommend that

[libreoffice-documentation] Safe from Australian bushfires and smoke

2020-01-07 Thread Jean Weber
As you may know, I live in Australia. You have probably heard about the terrible fires we’ve been having over the past two months. I want to let you know that I live over 2,000km away from the worst of the fires. Because of the fires (and heavy smoke in some nearby areas), I have cancelled my trav

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide covers

2019-12-28 Thread Jean Weber
I modified the covers supplied by Olivier to make the guide name larger and the version number smaller. Several of us discussed a preference for this change on the list when GS an WG were published. ODGs of the modified covers are in the Calc Guide Published folder on NextCloud. Jean -- To unsu

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide published

2019-12-28 Thread Jean Weber
The full book and individual chapters, in ODT and PDF, are on the wiki as well as NextCloud. Olivier or someone will update the Docs page of the LO website. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Calc_Guide Printed copies are available from Lulu. http://www.lul

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide - started final edit

2019-12-26 Thread Jean Weber
. > I apologize for not indexing the chapters in the first place and hope that > this does not hold you up. > Cathy > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 12:43 PM Jean Weber wrote: > >> I have started a final edit of the chapters in the Calc Guide. This edit >> is >> fo

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide - started final edit

2019-12-24 Thread Jean Weber
I have started a final edit of the chapters in the Calc Guide. This edit is for things like references to other chapters, glaring errors of English, list numbering, formatting, etc. I will make a “Published” folder and put the results there. I will also make the master document for compiling the b

[libreoffice-documentation] Chapter vs Appendix in Calc Guide

2019-12-24 Thread Jean Weber
Because we are not including the proposed Chapters 15 and 16 in this edition of the Calc Guide, I think we should change the designation for Chapters 17, 18, 19 back to Appendix A, B, C, as in CG4.1. I plan to make this change if I don't receive any major objections by Saturday 28 December. (I real

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: 6.2 Calc Guide, Chapter 17, Keyboard Shortcuts.

2019-12-23 Thread Jean Weber
I have taken Chapter 17 for a second review. Jean On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 6:40 AM Stephen Fanning wrote: > > I have completed a first review of Chapter 17 and returned the updated file > to the Feedback folder. All my changes are tracked in the document. > > The only significant modifications I m

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 13, Calc as a Simple Database

2019-12-23 Thread Jean Weber
I have reviewed Chapter 13 and returned it to the Feedback folder, ready for a second review by someone. Jean On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 5:22 PM Jean Weber wrote: > > I have taken Chapter 13 for review. > Jean > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 8:42 AM Zachary Parliman wrote: > >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Revising chapters

2019-12-22 Thread Jean Weber
But check the status spreadsheet first to see which ones have been taken for review. Jean On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 at 16:54 wrote: > The chapters for review are in the Feedback folder. > > Jean Weber schreef op 22.12.2019 00:55: > > No, they are the completed chapters. The folder nam

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Revising chapters

2019-12-21 Thread Jean Weber
No, they are the completed chapters. The folder name is misleading. On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 at 07:00 Dimona Delvere wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am looking into getting involved with revising draft chapters. > > My apologies if it is obvious, but I would like to doublecheck that I > understand it

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 13, Calc as a Simple Database

2019-12-19 Thread Jean Weber
I have taken Chapter 13 for review. Jean On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 8:42 AM Zachary Parliman wrote: > > All: > > I've put chapter 13 into the Feedback folder for review. > > Notes: > - Seems like much of the material in this chapter overlaps with the material > in other chapters, particularly 2, 6,

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Calc Guide Chapter 12 Macros

2019-12-19 Thread Jean Weber
Reviewed and returned to Feedback. I cropped a few images and corrected some page styles but made no tracked changes. I think it's ready to go, but someone else may wish to check it as well. Jean On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 2:20 PM Jean Weber wrote: > > I have taken Chapter 12, Calc

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: 6.2 Calc Guide chapter 14

2019-12-18 Thread Jean Weber
Final checked and placed in Drafts. I really did a sloppy job on updating that chapter, so big thanks to Kees and Stephen for fixing it and filling in the gaps. Jean On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 at 13:08 Jean Weber wrote: > I have taken Chapter 14 for a (hopefully final) review. > > Jean &

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 12 Macros

2019-12-18 Thread Jean Weber
I have taken Chapter 12, Calc Macros, for review. Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List arc

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: 6.2 Calc Guide chapter 14

2019-12-18 Thread Jean Weber
I have taken Chapter 14 for a (hopefully final) review. Jean On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 11:53 PM Stephen Fanning wrote: > > I have completed my review of this chapter. I've put the revised chapter > in the Feedback folder and placed a zip file containing the revised figures > in the Archive folder

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] REMIND: Documentation team call is today (Thursday) at 18:00 UTC

2019-12-18 Thread Jean Weber
As usual, I will not be attending. That is 04:00 my time. Jean On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 12:05 PM Olivier Hallot wrote: > > Hi Documentation Team (Guides, Help contents) ! > > Our documentation team meeting will take place today at 18:00 UTC > > We will use the following jitsi meeting room > > htt

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Compiling a book using master document

2019-12-17 Thread Jean Weber
t; your mind to compile the book the old way. > > I also think that if the master document book assembly has issues, they > must be addressed and reported to development. > > (And, for what else a master document serves for?) > > Kind regards > Olivier > > > Em 14/

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Workflow & contributors guide

2019-12-17 Thread Jean Weber
I think the current chapter template has an example. It’s changed a bit from the previous version. I’ll be updating the info in the Contributors Guide, too. Thanks for the reminder. You can also look in the Getting Started and Writers Guides for examples. Jean On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 at 23:15 Dan Le

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Calc Guide

2019-12-16 Thread Jean Weber
I have reviewed Chapter 10 and placed it in the Drafts folder. I have updated the Guide Status spreadsheet. --Jean On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 6:08 PM Jean Weber wrote: > > I have taken Chapter 10, Linking Calc Data, for second review. When > I've done that, I'll look at the oth

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: 6.2 Calc Guide chapter 14

2019-12-16 Thread Jean Weber
I will amend the relevant section in the Contributors’ Guide. Thanks. Jean On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 at 02:56 Dave Barton wrote: > > > Hi Steve, > > > It was agreed at a docs team meeting > a while back that captures for future guides would be taken from > Windows 10. > > > I am in th

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: 6.2 Calc Guide chapter 14

2019-12-16 Thread Jean Weber
Steve, I think it’s a waste of time that could better be spent on substantive content, but whatever. BTW, several chapters have illustrations from Linux. And yes, most screen shots I’ve done are on a Mac. If you do replace them, please crop them appropriately. Many people don’t do that. Jean On

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide

2019-12-16 Thread Jean Weber
I have taken Chapter 10, Linking Calc Data, for second review. When I've done that, I'll look at the other chapters needing review. I see that ZP took Chapter 13, Calc as a Simple Database, for updating on 1 November. How's that going? Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...

[libreoffice-documentation] Compiling a book using master document

2019-12-13 Thread Jean Weber
The user guide chapters have a conditional section containing the copyright and table of contents pages. These sections are hidden when the full book is compiled using a master document. When we produced the Getting Started Guide, I discovered a major problem resulting from this combination of mas

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook progress

2019-12-13 Thread Jean Weber
I have copied this to the Workflow thread and written my comments there. - Jean On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 at 22:45 Olivier Hallot wrote: > Hi > > Other opinions: Yes I have one radically different. > > Rationale: the current workflow and available resources is incompatible > (IMHO) with speed of softw

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Workflow & contributors guide

2019-12-13 Thread Jean Weber
[Copied from another thread. My comments below.] Olivier Hallot wrote: ——— Other opinions: Yes I have one radically different. Rationale: the current workflow and available resources is incompatible (IMHO) with speed of software development, the gap between software release and Guide releas

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Workflow & contributors guide

2019-12-10 Thread Jean Weber
; > (*) > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/DocumentationTeamInfo > > Em 08/12/2019 07:39, Jean Weber escreveu: > > Team, > > > > I should have started a new thread for this discussion. See the thread > > “Base Handbook progress” for earlier notes. > >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Base Handbook progress

2019-12-08 Thread Jean Weber
I have started a new thread for discussion about workflow, folder structure, etc. Let‘s move further notes on that topic and leave this thread for Dan’s Base Handbook updates. Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-documentation] Workflow & contributors guide

2019-12-08 Thread Jean Weber
Team, I should have started a new thread for this discussion. See the thread “Base Handbook progress” for earlier notes. It’s been clear for some time that the wiki and contributors guide need to be updated and made consistent with our actual workflow as well as rationalising the structure of the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook progress

2019-12-07 Thread Jean Weber
It makes more sense to me for updates (or new chapters) to go in Drafts, reviews in Feedback, and finished chapters in Published (the way we did it in ODFAuthors), instead of the way we’ve been doing it in NextCloud. Jean On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 at 03:32 wrote: > Hi Dan > > Documents for review shou

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Suggestion

2019-11-26 Thread Jean Weber
On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 at 18:13 Olivier Hallot wrote: > Hi Steve > > Em 26/11/2019 11:00, Stephen Fanning escreveu: > > Olivier, > > > > As you are aware I have noted some discrepancies between the Function > > Wizard and the Help system with regards to the descriptions of the 500+ > > Calc function

[libreoffice-documentation] Where’s Jean

2019-11-25 Thread Jean Weber
In an earlier note, I mentioned getting home on 15 December. In case you’re interested in where I am, today and tomorrow I’m in Ushuaia, Argentina. No, I’m not on my way to or from Antarctica this time. I came down from Buenos Aires on a ship, and will be continuing up the coast of Chile to Valpara

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook

2019-11-25 Thread Jean Weber
Dan! Wonderful to hear from you with good news about progress on the Base Handbook. Jean On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 at 17:00 Dan Lewis wrote: > I have just finished translating all of the text documents for this > user guide. I had allowed myself to stop work on this project because > the way I wan

[libreoffice-documentation] Next project after Calc Guide

2019-11-24 Thread Jean Weber
What book should we work on after the Calc Guide? Getting Started with LO6.4, or something else? While working on the Calc Guide, I found a lot of errors in the current GS that will need to be fixed along with updates. Many of the errors are out of date info that wasn’t removed or updated. Our QA

[libreoffice-documentation] Status of Calc Guide 6.2

2019-11-24 Thread Jean Weber
Yo, team! You may recall my suggestion 2-3 weeks ago that we leave the proposed two new chapters out of the book we’re working on, so we don’t hold up publication any longer than necessary. I don’t recall seeing any disagreement, or indeed much response at all, so I’m taking the standard open-sourc

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 3

2019-10-28 Thread Jean Weber
To: LibreOffice Documentation > >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 3 > >> > >> Anyone? > >> > >> kees...@libreoffice.org schreef op 24.10.2019 08:51: > >>> Reviewing chapter 3 I notice that all menupaths and b

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] 6.2 Calc Guide - chapters checked out some time ago

2019-10-28 Thread Jean Weber
ssage I've used my alternative Gmail address - does this solve > the problem? > > Regards, > > Steve > > > -Original Message- > From: Jean Weber > Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2019 7:17 AM > To: LibreOffice Documentation > Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] 6.

[libreoffice-documentation] 6.2 Calc Guide - chapters checked out some time ago

2019-10-27 Thread Jean Weber
I wrote, >I suggest that if there will be a major delay in producing Chapters 15 >and/or 16, which are both new, that we release the book without them >and add them to the next iteration of the book. >From: "Steve Fanning" >Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 17:21:52 + > >Jean, > >Do we in the Documentat

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 3

2019-10-26 Thread Jean Weber
wing chapter 3 I notice that all menupaths and buttons are in the > > style MenuPath. > > As I understood they should all be in StrongEmphasis. > > Am I correct? > > > > kees...@libreoffice.org schreef op 22.10.2019 10:51: > >> I have taken this file for a secon

[libreoffice-documentation] Cover for Calc Guide

2019-10-26 Thread Jean Weber
Has anyone produced covers for Calc 6.2 Guide? It would be a minor variation on the covers for the Getting Started and Writer Guides for v6.0. If not, who will do it? I just added a line for each of them on the spreadsheet. Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libre

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] 6.2 Calc Guide - chapters checked out some time ago

2019-10-26 Thread Jean Weber
I suggest that if there will be a major delay in producing Chapters 15 and/or 16, which are both new, that we release the book without them and add them to the next iteration of the book. Jean On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 5:28 PM wrote: > > Hi Steve > > There are also two guides that need a second re

[libreoffice-documentation] My latest book about LibreOffice Writer

2019-10-18 Thread Jean Weber
You may be interested to know that I've updated my book on self-publishing using LO Writer. I'm selling it through Lulu, but I'm also making the PDF available free (donation requested) on my website. http://www.taming-libreoffice.com/my-books/ Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsu

[libreoffice-documentation] I am away until 15 December

2019-10-17 Thread Jean Weber
Team-- I probably won't be seen much, if at all, on this list until after 15 December, due to travels and other prior commitments, some of it in places with little or no Internet connectivity. I'll pick up email when I can and possibly answer it, but I won't be able to do anything else. Hoping to

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 3

2019-10-17 Thread Jean Weber
I have put this chapter into the new template and cleaned up the styles, though I'm sure I've missed a few. I have NOT done a proper review of the file, because I don't have time. So I haven't verified that all the menu paths etc are correct. I have uploaded the file to the Feedback folder and move

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide, Chapter 3, Charts and Graphs

2019-10-14 Thread Jean Weber
I moved Cathy's file to Feedback and changed its name to include her initials and a date. Jean On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 5:15 PM wrote: > > Please keep under construction documents in the Feedback folder. > > Jean Weber schreef op 13.10.2019 22:50: > > On Mon, 14 Oct 2019

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide, Chapter 3, Charts and Graphs

2019-10-13 Thread Jean Weber
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 at 05:27 Cathy Crumbley wrote: > Hi All, > > I have finally placed Chapter 3, Charts and Graphs, in the Draft folder > on NextCloud. (I don’t know why the file icon is blue. Does anyone know?) > > The chapter is substantially revised and significantly longer. > > I would like

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 14 Setting up & Customizing updated to v6

2019-10-12 Thread Jean Weber
I have finished updating Calc Guide Chapter 14, Setting up & Customizing Calc, to V6. It is in the Feedback Folder. --Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidel

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc 6 Guide Chapter 9, Data Analysis

2019-10-06 Thread Jean Weber
I have finished copy-editing this chapter and placed it into the Drafts folder. However, there is one item still to consider (perhaps for the next update, if not this time). In the section on the Solver engine, Zach asked, "I noticed that the Solver has options for evolutionary algorithms. Should

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide chapter 9 Data Analysis

2019-10-05 Thread Jean Weber
On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 5:33 AM Olivier Hallot wrote: > > > > Em 04/10/2019 17:18, Jean Weber escreveu: > > I have taken this chapter for copy-editing. > > > > I see several comments remaining from Zach and one "note to self" from > > Olivier. Olivier

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide chapter 9 Data Analysis

2019-10-04 Thread Jean Weber
I have taken this chapter for copy-editing. I see several comments remaining from Zach and one "note to self" from Olivier. Olivier, have you dealt with these? Can I delete them while I'm editing, or does more need to be done before this chapter is ready for final editing? --Jean -- To unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide, Chapter 17, Keyboard Shortcuts

2019-09-24 Thread Jean Weber
You misread. Zach said he has taken it to update it. On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 15:52 wrote: > Hi Zach > > I don't see the document in the Feedback folder. > Where did you place it? > > Regards, Kees > > kees...@libreoffice.org schreef op 25.09.2019 07:04: > > I will do the first review of this docu

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide, Chapter 9, Data Analysis

2019-09-21 Thread Jean Weber
Hi Olivier, When you are finished with this chapter, I would like to edit it for English grammar before it is final. I can do that very quickly, at most a day or two. Regards, Jean On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 1:08 AM Olivier Hallot wrote: > > Hi > > I'm taking this chapter for final revision and it w

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Ch14, Customizing

2019-09-21 Thread Jean Weber
I have taken Calc Guide Chapter 14, Customizing Calc, to update it to v6.2 Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc 6.2 Guide

2019-08-24 Thread Jean Weber
We seem to be stalled on this book, no doubt partly due to summer holidays in the Northern Hemisphere. Several chapters were checked out many months ago, but others haven’t been claimed. I might be able to do 1 or 2 of the unclaimed chapters, but IMO some need more knowledge of spreadsheet usage th

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice NextCloud

2019-08-24 Thread Jean Weber
This happened to me, too. Somehow, after logging in, I ended up at the wrong place (as described by Arianie). I then opened a new browser tab and used the nextcloud URL as mentioned by Olivier, and all was well. --Jean On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 8:56 PM Olivier Hallot wrote: > > Hello Arianie > > Pl

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Cathy Crumbley Status of Calc Guide Chapter 3?

2019-07-20 Thread Jean Weber
t; be reviewed? > > On 7/19/2019 12:12 AM, Jean Weber wrote: > > Hi Cathy, > > The Calc Guide 6.2 status spreadsheet says that last December you > > checked out Calc Guide Chapter 3 (Charts and Graphs). I can't find any > > indication of it being returned for furth

[libreoffice-documentation] Ping Cathy Crumbley Status of Calc Guide Chapter 3?

2019-07-18 Thread Jean Weber
Hi Cathy, The Calc Guide 6.2 status spreadsheet says that last December you checked out Calc Guide Chapter 3 (Charts and Graphs). I can't find any indication of it being returned for further review. I have a vague memory of some discussion on the list this year, but I've been unable to find any cor

[libreoffice-documentation] SEO for LO online help?

2019-07-18 Thread Jean Weber
Please send LO-related email to the list, not to me personally. Thanks! Jean -- Forwarded message - From: Claire Wood Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 at 07:43 Subject: Forwarded from Ellis Pratt (linkedin.com/in/ellispratt): https://youtu.be/4rRFuonBTw0 To: Hi Jean, I don’t know who man

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: some style and formatting issues for discussion

2019-07-11 Thread Jean Weber
Thanks for pushing on this, but I haven’t the energy for style & formatting guide discussions. I’ve done this two or three times over the OO/LO years and someone always comes along later and changes things, often unilaterally. My only formatting suggestion is: keep it all as simple as possible. Mo

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 8 Pivot Tables

2019-07-10 Thread Jean Weber
Caroline, A thought: You are referring to the latest (draft) version of Ch8, Calc Guide 6.2, aren't you? I noticed that in another note (on Ch6) you refer to the previous iteration of the book, for CG 4.1. Jean On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 4:11 PM Jean Weber wrote: > > Caroline, > F

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide, Chapter 6, Print Export Email Sign

2019-07-10 Thread Jean Weber
Claire, Comments inline. On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 2:23 AM Claire Wood wrote: > > Hi Everyone, here are my suggested changes to Chapter 6 of the Calc Guide: > > Calc Guide Chapter 6, Controlling Printing > Page 6 > A screenshot would be helpful Page 6 is full of screenshots. What extra one do you t

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 8 Pivot Tables

2019-07-10 Thread Jean Weber
0.06.2019 17:25: >> > I've reviewed Calc Chapter 8, Pivot tables and it all seems good to me. >> > I >> > didn't have anything to add. >> > >> > Claire >> > >> > On Sun, 30 Jun 2019 at 01:17, Jean Weber wrote: >> > >&

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 8 Pivot Tables

2019-06-29 Thread Jean Weber
I have gone through Kees's review of this chapter, accepted the changes, and made some further changes (mainly wording). I have put the clean file in the Feedback folder, ready for someone else to review. It may be ready to move to Drafts. I have put Kees's edited file in the Archive folder. I have

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide chapters 6 and 11

2019-06-25 Thread Jean Weber
I have gone through Kees's review of these chapters (which I had updated) and accepted the changes. I have put the clean files in the Feedback folder, ready for someone else to review. They may be ready to be moved to Drafts. I have put Kees's edited files in the Archive folder. I have updated the

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapters 7 and 8

2019-06-24 Thread Jean Weber
I have reviewed Ch7 and placed it in the Drafts folder. I have taken Ch8 for second review. I have updated the status spreadsheet. --Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide: Chapter 1 to Draft folder, Ch7 taken for 2nd review

2019-06-21 Thread Jean Weber
I have done a second review of Calc Guide Ch1 and placed it in the Draft folder. I have taken Ch7 (Formulas and Functions) for second review. I have updated the spreadsheet. Regards, Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoff

[libreoffice-documentation] "Save preview image with document"

2019-06-20 Thread Jean Weber
The General page of the Document Properties dialog has a checkbox labelled "Save preview image with this document". What is a preview image in this context? Why would a user choose to turn it on or off? Thank you! --Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.o

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: I have taken Calc Guide Chapter 1 for second review

2019-06-17 Thread Jean Weber
I will also put it into the v6 template and do other tidying up. Unless Cathy or someone is working on this already but had not marked it on the task spreadsheet? --Jean On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:19 AM Jean Weber wrote: > > I have taken Calc Guide Chapter 1 for second review. > --Jea

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