Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide 7.2

2021-07-15 Thread Steve Fanning
es through Bugzilla. Regards, Steve On 15/07/2021 12:16, Vasudev Narayanan wrote: Greetings Steve: A quick question - Will you open a tracker to include all the items? Thank you-Dev -Original Message----- From: Steve Fanning To: LibreOffice Documentation Sent: Thu, Jul 15, 2021 2:56

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide 7.2

2021-07-15 Thread Steve Fanning
All, Now that RC1 of LO 7.2 Community is available, it is time to start preparing an update to the Calc Guide for 7.2. I have spoken with Felipe Viggiano and he is busy at present, so I am making a start on this update by collating a detailed list of the changes needed to the text and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Meeting Minutes June 24, 2021 at 18:00 UTC.

2021-06-25 Thread Steve Fanning
: Documentation Team Meeting Minutes June 24, 2021 at 18:00 UTC. Presents: Steve Fanning, Olivier Telegram-group https://t.me/joinchat/ALeRuUFCxyZY0wzoddldWQ TDF Jitsi https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/tdfdocteam Completed items: Pending items: AI: Join_The_Doc_Team.odp     + Will review and enhance

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc's ENCODEURL, FILTERXML and WEBSERVICE functions

2021-06-09 Thread Steve Fanning
let me know if you are still unhappy with anything on any of the three pages. Regards, Steve On 08/06/2021 20:36, Steve Fanning wrote: Many thanks to Dev, Eike and Rafael for your helpful comments, they are much appreciated. I have updated the ENCODEURL page and hopefully addressed all

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc's ENCODEURL, FILTERXML and WEBSERVICE functions

2021-06-08 Thread Steve Fanning
ges referencing the corresponding wiki pages? For example: To learn more refer to the WEBSERVICE wiki page. (with a link to the wiki pages) Regards, Rafael Lima On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 4:11 PM Steve Fanning wrote: Hello All, Please could somebody with technical knowledge of these three functi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc's ENCODEURL, FILTERXML and WEBSERVICE functions

2021-06-08 Thread Steve Fanning
-Original Message- From: Steve Fanning To: LibreOffice Developers Cc: LibreOffice Documentation Sent: Mon, Jun 7, 2021 12:36 am Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc's ENCODEURL, FILTERXML and WEBSERVICE functions Hello All, Please could somebody with technical knowledge of these three

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc's ENCODEURL, FILTERXML and WEBSERVICE functions

2021-06-06 Thread Steve Fanning
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Functions Wiki - CONVERT function

2021-04-27 Thread Steve Fanning
s from the wiki be incorporated in the Help page. I would volunteer to do that. Regards, Rafael On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 12:59 PM Steve Fanning wrote: Hi All, Over the last few days I have spent some time updating the description of Calc's CONVERT function on the Wiki (https://wiki.documentfoundati

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Functions Wiki - CONVERT function

2021-04-26 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi All, Over the last few days I have spent some time updating the description of Calc's CONVERT function on the Wiki (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Calc_Functions/CONVERT ). I had no idea that the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updates on Calc Guide 7.1

2021-04-11 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Felipe, With regards to your second point, about the Tools > Options > LibreOffice Calc > General > Expand formatting option. For background information, please note that Bug 94499 highlights a possible bug with this function.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updates on Calc Guide 7.1

2021-04-11 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Felipe, With regards to the first point, about Calc's View > Value Highlighting functionality, I have just experimented on my Windows 10 computer on which LibreOffice Community 7.1.1.2 (x64) is installed. The behaviour I am witnessing matches that described on the relevant Help page -

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide 7.1

2021-02-24 Thread Steve Fanning
logs for 7.1 (the tags in Help when applied to dialogs only). The "?" button in dialogs is not working (it may depend on the windows manager of the operating system). Olivier Em 23/02/2021 08:11, Steve Fanning escreveu: Hi Felipe, Olivier has done a lot of work with the extended tips thro

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide 7.1

2021-02-23 Thread Steve Fanning
e chapter! Keep around, your assistance is much appreciated! Best regards, Felipe Viggiano Em dom., 21 de fev. de 2021 às 18:44, Steve Fanning < stevefann...@libreoffice.org> escreveu: Hi Felipe, I hope that you are well. Regarding a 7.1 Calc Guide, great news that you are starting on

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] boxplot

2021-02-23 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Kees, Please thank your colleague for an extremely useful note on how to produce a box plot in Calc. For those who are not familiar with box plots, there is a good description on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_plot). The note describes in detail how to combine features of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide 7.1

2021-02-21 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Felipe, I hope that you are well. Regarding a 7.1 Calc Guide, great news that you are starting on it. Let me know how I can assist you. I have recently created a folder structure in NextCloud and drafted a major upgrade to Chapter 13 (Calc as a Database) to remove the macros and

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

2021-02-04 Thread Steve Fanning
Fulbright Scholar: aplchinafulbright.weebly.com Cell number- 301-758-1125 Steve Fanning 于2021年2月4日周四 上午9:25写道: Hello everybody. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend this meeting due to a prior engagement. I have inserted a comment in the documentation pad to reflect that the revised Calc

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

2021-02-04 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello everybody. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend this meeting due to a prior engagement. I have inserted a comment in the documentation pad to reflect that the revised Calc Guide Chapter 13 (Calc as a Database) is available for review. Regards, Steve On 04/02/2021 11:10,

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide – Update to Chapter 13

2021-01-29 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi All, At a recent Documentation Team meeting it was agreed that we should update Chapter 13 of the 7.0 Calc Guide to remove its macro code and include an improved description of the functions in the Database category (available from the GSOD2020 project). The initial phases of this work

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Expand formatting and Value highliting options in Calc Guide 6.2

2021-01-24 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi again Celia, I have looked a little further at the Expand Formatting option. The first thing to say is that we need to correct the description of this interaction in Chapter 14 of the next English version of the Calc Guide (once we are clear exactly what behaviour is implemented!). As the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Expand formatting and Value highliting options in Calc Guide 6.2

2021-01-24 Thread Steve Fanning
HI Celia, With regards to your second point, I agree that Chapter 14 of the Calc Guide is incorrect in this respect. And this error remains in the latest 7.0 version of the document. With View > Value Highlighting selected, logical values and dates are shown in blue in my version of Calc.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Regex expressions in formula not needed backslash

2021-01-16 Thread Steve Fanning
$ so that the regex processor does not treat it as a special character. I hope this makes sense and answers your question. Regards, Steve Fanning On 16/01/2021 01:06, Celia Palacios wrote: Hello again! Here's another question. Same Calc Guide 6.2: On page 244 this paragraph says: «Activ

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Regex structures not in ICU project

2021-01-16 Thread Steve Fanning
cgi?id=78840>. Now it is possible to search in functions using regular expressions in a case sensitive mode, using the appropriate flag option within the regular expression. Regards, Steve Fanning On 16/01/2021 00:23, Celia Palacios wrote: Hi, guys. I am helping in the translation to S

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Placing Basic macro code on the wiki

2021-01-12 Thread Steve Fanning
All other pages updated accordingly. Please let me know if you spot any other issues with these pages. Thanks again for all your assistance Ilmari. Regards, Steve On 11/01/2021 20:46, Steve Fanning wrote: Thanks Ilmari. I'll apply what you have done to the other affected pages. Regards

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Placing Basic macro code on the wiki

2021-01-11 Thread Steve Fanning
the above LibreOffice Basic code. Ilmari On 11.1.2021 12.53, Steve Fanning wrote: Hi Ilmari, Thank you for the feedback. I have added translation markups to all twelve of the new pages and marked them for translation. I've also marked the index page for translation. Please let me know if you spot

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Placing Basic macro code on the wiki

2021-01-11 Thread Steve Fanning
way. Regards, Steve On 09/01/2021 20:05, Ilmari Lauhakangas wrote: It looked fine, thanks for the work. I added {{#translation:}} suffixes to the macro page links, so they will always point to the pages in the relevant language. Ilmari On 9.1.2021 17.53, Steve Fanning wrote: I have

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Help page additional sorting options

2021-01-10 Thread Steve Fanning
able to raise one of those? Regards, Steve Fanning On 10/01/2021 18:33, Jürgen Kirsten wrote: Hello all, I hope I am reporting in the right place. One of the German-speaking LibreOffice colleagues told me that I should contact the English-speaking document team. On the helppage from calc

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Placing Basic macro code on the wiki

2021-01-09 Thread Steve Fanning
, I've never done this before. Would it be possible for Ilmari (or somebody else with the appropriate knowledge) to have a look at this page and advise if any of these translation markups are inappropriate? Thanks in advance. Regards, Steve On 05/01/2021 16:35, Steve Fanning wrote: Thanks

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

2021-01-07 Thread Steve Fanning
. Regards, Steve Fanning On 07/01/2021 13:55, 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 https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/tdfdocteam The meeting room

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Placing Basic macro code on the wiki

2021-01-05 Thread Steve Fanning
the content and markup that should remain untranslated). I guess the argument names in the description section could be included in the translation. You would also want to include every single comment in the example code block. Ilmari On 4.1.2021 22.33, Steve Fanning wrote: Thanks Ilmari, I have

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Placing Basic macro code on the wiki

2021-01-04 Thread Steve Fanning
Thanks Ilmari, I have created one of the pages at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Macros/Calc/ba019. Do I need to do anything to prepare it for translation? Regards, Steve On 04/01/2021 11:09, Ilmari Lauhakangas wrote: On 4.1.2021 12.54, Steve Fanning wrote: Hi Ilmari, Could you

[libreoffice-documentation] Placing Basic macro code on the wiki

2021-01-04 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Ilmari, Could you give me some advice with regards to the wiki please? I am in the process of updating Chapter 13 of the Calc Guide to change its emphasis away from macro programming. There are some useful LibreOffice Basic macro code snippets which are to be removed from the document,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Producing guides - add a "Cleaned" directory

2021-01-02 Thread Steve Fanning
All, As discussed at a recent Document Team meeting, I am working on an update to Chapter 13 of the 7.0 Calc Guide (Calc as a Database). I have assumed that the best ODT file to start with is the cleaned version in the folder that Milos identified below

[libreoffice-documentation] GSOD20 - development of Calc Functions wiki area

2021-01-01 Thread Steve Fanning
All, Best wishes to all for 2021. I want to report that I have completed an initial review of all the pages of the Calc Functions wiki area that were updated by Ronnie Gandhi during his GSOD20 project. My comments can be found on the Discussion tabs of relevant pages. I will be spending

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Meeting Minutes December 17th 2020 at 18:00 UTC.

2020-12-18 Thread Steve Fanning
to reuse and adapt the contents in Chap 12 Macros (Dave) + Reuse DB functions contents from GSOD2020 (Steve Fanning, by mail) + Approved. - Collecting images in Guides (Peter S.) + No need to be concerned with storage + Older files can be in archive folder and even deleted

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

2020-12-17 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Olivier, Unfortunately I cannot attend the meeting because of a prior commitment. With regards to your proposals about "Editorial on Calc Guide Chap 13"; I agree wholeheartedly that the macros in this chapter are likely to be beyond the knowledge and interest of most readers. Also, as you

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Functions wiki - ADDRESS function

2020-12-04 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Ronnie, I hope you that you are well. I've been looking at the first function of the Spreadsheet category and concluded that the wiki page for ADDRESS needs a significant amount of work (see my comments on the Discussion tab). The corresponding help page probably needs work too but let's

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GSOD 2020 - Possible Error in Help pages

2020-11-26 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Ronnie, Please link both pages to the ODF's WORKDAY function but explain that: (1) Calc's WORKDAY function does not support the optional Workdays argument that is specified in the ODF. Also, with regards to the issues you raise concerning the example definitions of the work week, please

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GSOD 2020 - Possible Error in Help pages

2020-11-24 Thread Steve Fanning
Excel's documentation seems to not have that error and Calc's function is also working accordingly. Regards, Ronnie Gandhi Undergraduate at Computer Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee +91-07874243430 On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 10:43 PM Steve Fanning wrote: Thanks Ronnie

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GSOD 2020 - Possible Error in Help pages

2020-11-23 Thread Steve Fanning
of Technology, Roorkee +91-07874243430 On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 4:12 PM Steve Fanning wrote: Hello Olivier and Ronnie, Thanks for that information. I have made a note on our list of help issues that the description for the GETPIVOTDATA() function does not currently include an example of its usage

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GSOD 2020 - Possible Error in Help pages

2020-11-23 Thread Steve Fanning
but there are no examples for it on the help page. I'll add some on the wiki pages though. Regards, Ronnie Gandhi Undergraduate at Computer Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee +91-07874243430 On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 4:39 PM Steve Fanning mailto:stevefann...@libreoffice.org>>

[libreoffice-documentation] GSOD20 - Calc functions ODDFPRICE and ODDFYIELD do not appear to work

2020-11-21 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Olivier and Ronnie, I have raised Bug 138388 (https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138388) to cover the apparent non-operation of these two Calc functions. Both appear to report errors unconditionally. At our GSOD20 progress meeting next Tuesday we need to discuss how to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Published guides corrections

2020-11-11 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Felipe, Some who have been involved longer than me might have some other thoughts but : (1) I would not want to go back and update old books. (2) If any errors are identified with the latest published version then I would be in favour of fixing the problems and re-publishing as promptly

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Update on Calc Guide

2020-11-11 Thread Steve Fanning
at ok with you? Regarding the figures, the references were fixed. So I uploaded the new version of the compiled book in the Feedback folder. Chapter 13 was updated as well with the fixed references (only this chapter was affected). Best regards, Felipe Viggiano Em ter., 10 de nov. de 20

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GSOD 2020 - Possible Error in Help pages

2020-11-10 Thread Steve Fanning
Thanks Ronnie. I'm not even sure the statement is 100% correct if you look across the full set of Calc functions. For example, in the case of DCOUNT(), you may omit a value for the 2nd argument but must include a value for the 3rd argument. I'll give some thought as to how to handle these

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Update on Calc Guide

2020-11-10 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Felipe, Thank you for the feedback. With regards to the font problem, I am afraid that I still get it. If nobody else reports it, then feel free to ignore because, apart from the annoyance of needing to dismiss the error dialog, it does not seem to cause any problem with reading. There

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GSOD 2020 - Possible Error in Help pages

2020-11-10 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello Olivier and Ronnie, I agree that the note about _ADD and _EXCEL2003 does not appear to be relevant to this particular function (DURATION). I have added this to our list of help issues to be addressed on completion of GSOD20. I'm looking forward to speaking to you both later.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Update on Calc Guide

2020-11-06 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Felipe, The following comments have arisen from my high-level (skim) review of the full PDF: 1. General. Did we take a conscious decision in the LO 7 template to show the text “Calc Guide 7.0” in the footers of even numbered pages? (This wasn’t the case in the 6.4 CG) 2. General.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Update on Calc Guide

2020-11-05 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Felipe, Excellent job, thank you very much. I have had a look through about 50% of the document and spotted a few minor typos. I haven't got time to finish today (UK time) but will do so tomorrow. Can you wait for those comments before publishing? One problem which may be more than a

[libreoffice-documentation] Another Help page issue arising from GSOD20 work

2020-11-04 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Olivier and Ronnie, I have added another  entry to our list. The help page for SKEWP() seems to contain some inaccuracies in the examples given. For more details see the usual file in our  NextCloud folder. Regards, Steve -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide 7.0, Covers and master document

2020-10-30 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Felipe, With regards to a possible Toolbars appendix, I'm not sure much has changed since August 31st, when I wrote: "I have concluded that at this stage, including such an appendix in the guide might do more harm than good. Consequently, my current intention is to progress the 7.0 Calc

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide 6.4 update

2020-06-09 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi All, The 6.4 update to the Calc Guide is progressing. All chapters have been updated and undergone a first review. However eight chapters are awaiting second review; if you have some spare time on your hands, could you consider helping us by doing the second review for one of these

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] second review of the Calc Guide chapter 06

2020-06-08 Thread Steve Fanning
Many thanks Kees. I have updated the file, accepting your proposed changes and (hopefully) addressing your queries. It is now in the Published folder. Please have a look through it and make sure that you are happy with my edits. Regards, Steve -- Original Message -- From:

[libreoffice-documentation] Re[4]: Calc Error Codes Rev 1

2020-06-06 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Gordon, I have included a suitable tip in the chapter. Regards, Steve -- Original Message -- From: "Kevin Berry" To: "Steve Fanning" Cc: "documentation list" Sent: 06/06/2020 00:51:56 Subject: Re: Re[2]: Calc Error Codes Rev 1 Thank you

[libreoffice-documentation] Re[2]: Calc Error Codes Rev 1

2020-06-05 Thread Steve Fanning
. The part that is relevant to this email is A2:E4 Gordon Bates berrykevin...@gmaill.com github.com/jdoes On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 2:07 AM Steve Fanning wrote: Hi Gordon, Thanks for that. I have accepted most of the changes and placed the updated file in the Draft folder, ready for second review.

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Calc Error Codes Rev 1

2020-06-05 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Gordon, Thanks for that. I have accepted most of the changes and placed the updated file in the Draft folder, ready for second review. I did not accept one of the changes (in Table 2) because I'm not sure that it is correct. As far as I was aware, error 503 gives a #NUM! error in the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Proposal for 7.x guide template

2020-06-04 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Olivier, Some personal thoughts on your proposed LO7 template, in advance of the team meeting to be held later. I think that switching the Text Body paragraph style from a sans serif font to a serif font is an important decision which shouldn’t be made without proper consideration of its

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] second review of chapter 5 of the Calc Guide 6.4

2020-06-03 Thread Steve Fanning
Thanks Kees. I have updated the file accordingly and moved it to the Published folder. Matters arising: Section entitled “Insert Image dialog”, step 5. In response to your comment, I have simplified this step. Mention of it being a floating image is not really of great importance in the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOfice Calc First Timer

2020-05-26 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Gordon, As far as I can tell you've made a good start. A word about this mailing list - any files that you embed in, or attach to, messages are automatically stripped out so we never get to see them. It's important that you put your initials in the spreadsheet to avoid nugatory effort

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Documentation Reviewer

2020-05-24 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Gordon, If you are feeling comfortable with our process then can I suggest you pick one of Calc Guide chapters that has finished its first review and give it a second review? At the time of writing this email, chapters CG6404 through to CG6410 are all waiting for second review so please

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 3

2020-05-22 Thread Steve Fanning
I have actioned the 1st and 2nd review comments on Chapter 3 (Charts and Graphs) and moved the updated file to the Published folder. Regards, Steve -- Original Message -- From: "Leo Moons" To: "documentation@global.libreoffice.org" Sent: 18/05/2020 08:43:54 Subject:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Documentation Reviewer

2020-05-22 Thread Steve Fanning
"Calc Guide - Update and Review Process"? Regards, Steve Fanning -- Original Message -- From: "Kevin Berry" To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: 21/05/2020 21:24:32 Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Documentation Reviewer Hello, this is Gordon Ba

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 10

2020-05-20 Thread Steve Fanning
Thanks Leo. I have accepted all changes and put the updated file into the Draft folder ready for second review. The comment you raised about slight differences in the Keystroke character style between chapters is interesting. These differences have been inherited from the 6.2 files,

Re[2]: [libreoffice-documentation] 6.x template file

2020-05-20 Thread Steve Fanning
le On 20/05/2020 11:03, Steve Fanning wrote: All, For the sake of clarity, I believe that the master template for 6.x guides is the file LibreOffice_6.x_Template.ott, in the Nextcloud folder LibreOffice Documentation > English > Contributor Resources. Please c

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 10

2020-05-20 Thread Steve Fanning
Thanks Leo. I have accepted all changes and put the updated file into the Draft folder ready for second review. The comment you raised about slight differences in the Keystroke character style between chapters is interesting. These differences have been inherited from the 6.2 files,

[libreoffice-documentation] 6.x template file

2020-05-20 Thread Steve Fanning
All, For the sake of clarity, I believe that the master template for 6.x guides is the file LibreOffice_6.x_Template.ott, in the Nextcloud folder LibreOffice Documentation > English > Contributor Resources. Please could anybody who thinks otherwise provide information about an

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] CG6401 Introducing Calc

2020-04-27 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Kees, I don't know whether you are right or not. The workflow description on the Contributor's Guide page on the wiki indicates that when review comments are placed in the Feedback folder, then "the writer (or someone else, depending on book and circumstances) revises draft, removes

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Issuing a book

2020-04-13 Thread Steve Fanning
, 12 Apr 2020 at 22:01 Steve Fanning wrote: Thanks Jean. When master documents are produced, is it preferable to include an index wherever possible? Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Jean Weber Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 10:42 AM To: Stephen Fanning Cc

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Issuing a book

2020-04-12 Thread Steve Fanning
Thanks Jean. When master documents are produced, is it preferable to include an index wherever possible? Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Jean Weber Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 10:42 AM To: Stephen Fanning Cc: LibreOffice Documentation Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide

2020-04-04 Thread Steve Fanning
Pulkit, I'm sorry but I am not able to take on that task at present. Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Pulkit Krishna Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2020 8:41 AM To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide Hello Every body, I think that

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro Getting Started Email Networking

2020-03-18 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Caroline, If possible I'd prefer it if team members used my first name ("Steve") rather than my surname ("Fanning"). Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Caroline Carlisle Tidwell Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 2:03 PM To: LibreOffice Documentation Subject:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Screenshots

2020-02-09 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello Toni, As you say, there are many ways to do this. My personal preference (on Windows) is to capture the screenshot using the keyboard's Print Screen key and paste the image into Paint.NET. In Paint.NET I will usually only crop the image as required and then save it in a suitable

[libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide, Chapter 10

2020-01-22 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Jean, I have been reading Chapter 10 (Printing, Exporting, etc) and a question has arisen which I think is worth asking before I submit the reviewed document. LO Math has its own variant of the Print dialog, is capable of exporting a document as a PDF, and is capable of emailing

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

2020-01-13 Thread Steve Fanning
Jean, As the file still contains my unaccepted review comments, I have moved it back to the Feedback folder. Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Jean Weber Sent: Monday, January 13, 2020 6:39 PM To: kees...@libreoffice.org Cc: LibreOffice Documentation Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Help pages for CALC functions OPT_* (Bug 92084)

2019-11-28 Thread Steve Fanning
If you want to write a piece of Help page, please follow the outline of the other Help Calc functions description/syntax/example/related/ in a simple Writer document and I'll convert to the Help XML. I will commit the patch with your authorship. Regards Em 27/11/2019 12:56, Steve Fanning escreveu

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Suggestion

2019-11-28 Thread Steve Fanning
With respect to the Calc Guide, I feel that the current chapter has value as a simple list of what's available, presented in a straightforward format. However if we feel that it should be removed, then it would be good to decide soon so that no further effort need be expended on updating it.

[libreoffice-documentation] Help pages for CALC functions OPT_* (Bug 92084)

2019-11-27 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Olivier, A couple of weeks ago you mentioned Bug 92084, which relates to the absence of information in the Help files for the OPT_BARRIER, OPT_PROB_HIT, OPT_PROB_INMONEY, and OPT_TOUCH functions. Appendix B of the 4.1 Calc Guide contains descriptions for each of these four functions.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Next project after Calc Guide

2019-11-25 Thread Steve Fanning
Jean, From a new user's perspective, I would expect the Getting Started Guide to be the first book consulted. It is therefore important that this book is up-to-date and accurate. Hence I would vote for another update to GS. Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Jean Weber

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Status of Calc Guide 6.2

2019-11-25 Thread Steve Fanning
Jean, That sounds great. Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: Jean Weber Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2019 10:42 PM To: LibreOffice Documentation Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Status of Calc Guide 6.2 Yo, team! You may recall my suggestion 2-3 weeks ago that we leave the

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc functions not described in the Help system

2019-11-11 Thread Steve Fanning
The following Calc functions do not appear to be described in the LibreOffice v6.3 Help system. Should I raise a bug in the Bugzilla system at https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/ to cover these omissions? Obviously if a function doesn’t appear in the Help system, then the Help button on the

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

2019-10-28 Thread Steve Fanning
iteration of the book. From: "Steve Fanning" Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 17:21:52 + Jean, Do we in the Documentation Team have access to sufficient information to enable us to draft these two chapters? Regards, Steve Steve, I don't know if the necessary info is available in a u

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Chapter 3

2019-10-27 Thread Steve Fanning
I've been using the guidance in the file LibreOffice_6.x_Template.ott (available in NextCloud) which suggests using Strong Emphasis for menu paths. Regards, Steve -Original Message- From: kees...@libreoffice.org Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2019 5:32 AM To: LibreOffice Documentation

Re[2]: [libreoffice-documentation] 6.2 Calc Guide - chapters checked out some time ago

2019-10-26 Thread Steve Fanning
t, Oct 26, 2019 at 5:28 PM wrote: Hi Steve There are also two guides that need a second review. CG6210-LinkingCalcData.odt and CG6214-CustomizingCalc.odt Kind regards, Kees Steve Fanning schreef op 22.10.2019 13:19: > Having recently submitted the updated version of Chapter 12 (Calc

Re[2]: [libreoffice-documentation] 6.2 Calc Guide - chapters checked out some time ago

2019-10-26 Thread Steve Fanning
cond review. CG6210-LinkingCalcData.odt and CG6214-CustomizingCalc.odt Kind regards, Kees Steve Fanning schreef op 22.10.2019 13:19: > Having recently submitted the updated version of Chapter 12 (Calc > Macros) for review, I looked in the Guide Status spreadsheet to check > out another chapt

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

2019-10-22 Thread Steve Fanning
Having recently submitted the updated version of Chapter 12 (Calc Macros) for review, I looked in the Guide Status spreadsheet to check out another chapter for update. At first sight, there don’t appear to be any chapters needing update. However Chapters 15 (Calc Online), 16 (Calculation

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide, Chapter 12, Calc Macros

2019-10-19 Thread Steve Fanning
? Regards, Steve Fanning -- 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 archive: https

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

2019-10-05 Thread Steve Fanning
I am updating this chapter for LO 6.2. The chapter currently focuses on LibreOffice Basic and does not mention any other scripting language. However LibreOffice currently supports four scripting languages - LibreOffice Basic, Python, BeanShell, and JavaScript. Should this chapter include

[libreoffice-documentation] User guide chapter development workflow

2019-09-16 Thread Steve Fanning
does the chapter get uploaded to the Draft folder, and by which role? Thanks for any help. Regards, Steve Fanning -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide, Chapter 10, Linking Calc Data

2019-09-13 Thread Steve Fanning
folder which contains all the spreadsheets used to generate figures, and the figures themselves in PNG format. Regards, Steve Fanning -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe

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

2019-09-04 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Olivier, Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the Wednesday meetings for the foreseeable future because I have another commitment at the same time. Please let me know if you need my input on any specific topics. Regards, Steve -- Original Message -- From: "Olivier

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

2019-07-30 Thread Steve Fanning
e working on. Similarly I would only capitalize the word ???page??? if English requires it or it is capitalized on the user interface. Hence I might write ???See page 114 for more information???. Regards, Steve Fanning -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreo

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

2019-07-23 Thread Steve Fanning
folder which contains all the spreadsheets used to generate figures, and the figures themselves in PNG format. It also contains PDF copies of some papers that compare and contrast the various open source solver engines. Regards, Steve Fanning -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr

Re[2]: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Multiple Operations tool

2019-07-21 Thread Steve Fanning
ubject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Multiple Operations tool Hi Steve, Steve Fanning schrieb am 21-Jul-19 um 13:00: All, I am putting the finishing touches to the updated version of Chapter 9 of the 6.2 Calc Guide and have found an existing sentence which I don't understand. The Libre

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Multiple Operations tool

2019-07-21 Thread Steve Fanning
osoft Excel, the location of the cells containing the formula must be fully defined relative to the data range." Is anybody able to clarify exactly what this means? Regards, Steve Fanning -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Probl

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Solver & FOURIER

2019-07-10 Thread Steve Fanning
;Olivier Hallot" To: "LibreOffice Documentation" Sent: 10/07/2019 19:47:37 Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Solver & FOURIER @Steve Fanning 1) As you can see in the link below, the solver topic is poorly documented in the application Help https://help.libreoffice.org/6.4/en-US

[libreoffice-documentation] Fw: Re: LO Calc - Question About Solver Engines

2019-06-27 Thread Steve Fanning
comparing various open source linear program solvers (including the two that we provide, lp_solve and CoinMP). Regards, Steve Fanning -- Forwarded Message -- From: "Kohei Yoshida" To: "Steve Fanning" ; libreoff...@lists.freedesktop.org Sent: 27/06/2019 12:58:10

Re[2]: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide, Chapter 8, Using Pivot Tables

2019-06-24 Thread Steve Fanning
Chapter 8, what is the next step? Is the action with me to progress the comments raised by Kees in advance of a second review by somebody else? Or do I wait until after a second review to address all comments in one go? Regards, Steve Fanning -- Original Message -- From: kees

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

2019-06-18 Thread Steve Fanning
eview your first real Guide, but I will give it a try. So I have taken chapter 8 for a first review. Kind regards, Kees Steve Fanning schreef op 14.06.2019 17:56: The first draft of the 6.2 Calc Guide, Chapter 8 (Using Pivot Tables) is available for review in the appropriate Nextcloud Draft

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide, Chapter 8, Using Pivot Tables

2019-06-14 Thread Steve Fanning
contribution to the LibreOffice documentation, any constructive feedback would be very welcome! Regards, Steve Fanning -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Pivot charts in pivot tables chapter?

2019-06-06 Thread Steve Fanning
On 5/26/2019 2:05 PM, Dave Barton wrote: On 26.05.2019 18:52, Dave Barton wrote: On 26.05.2019 17:43, Steve Fanning wrote: The 4.1 version of this document includes many figures based on a sample spreadsheet containing sales data in various categories (sailing, tennis, golfing) across four

Re[2]: [libreoffice-documentation] Sample spreadsheet used in Calc Guide, Chapter 8, Using Pivot Tables

2019-05-26 Thread Steve Fanning
ed in Calc Guide, Chapter 8, Using Pivot Tables On 26.05.2019 18:52, Dave Barton wrote: On 26.05.2019 17:43, Steve Fanning wrote: The 4.1 version of this document includes many figures based on a sample spreadsheet containing sales data in various categories (sailing, tennis, golfing) a

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