Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Published LO 4.0 GS4002 Setting up LibreOffice

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's all a lot more simple than we would like it to be.  Oracle owns Java and openJava.  OpenJava does have a community so it has a bit more stability than the java that most people use but it's still ultimately owned by Oracle.  Most people think it's independant or really Free but it's

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Uninstall

2013-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That rings a bell.  I think the Revo one is the one that people were really appreciating on the Users List a couple of years ago.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 15

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started 4.0 book and status of updating all user guides

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sounds like the Calc Guide would be perfect for new team-members to work on if PeterS could review it afterwards or give helpful tips if they ask. Regards from Tom :)  From: Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com To: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com Cc:

[libreoffice-documentation] Regular interviews!?!

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Err, they say that 4warned is 4armed!  here is a post from the marketing list.  I guess it would be good for some of you to take it in turns so that they get the story from different angles but i'm also guessing that quite a few people in docs wouldn't like the lime-light so i just

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started 4.0 book and status of updating all user guides

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) An excellent offer!  I'm not sure how useful this is https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#First_steps_with_the_Documentation_team but the French chap and PeterS might be able to help with that a bit! Regards from Tom :)  From:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Calc Guide needs YOU!

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, i forgot that you haven't got a lot of experience with ODFAuthors.  Hopefully someone can set-up a login for you.  These guides might help a bit https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#First_steps_with_the_Documentation_team Although the whole wiki could use a bit

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Font Sizes

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think it is the default way.  I thought it was odd or possibly something weird i had done by mistake.  If you select text and then Format - Character it uses points rather than percentages.  Then you can drag and drop the text onto the style and it changes the style to suit the settings

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Font Sizes

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
HI :) Trust Jean :)  Yes, i guess it would be nice to have that neat trick on the Styles chapter :) lol Regards from Tom :)  From: PeeWee psaut...@gmail.com To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 11:36 Subject:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] First Steps with the Documentation Team link error

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :)  It turned out to be a typo so now it really does download the Pdf rather than the Odt Thanks and regards from Tom :)  From: Micah Roth micah.r...@ucla.edu To: documentation documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 13 February

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Getting Started Guide complete(ish)

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
2013, 18:18 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Getting Started Guide complete(ish) On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 08:39:37 AM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) WH!!!  The documentation team have managed to get the Getting Started Guide's chapters all done and ready for use several months ahead

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started 4.0 book and status of updating all user guides

2013-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  I think we have a few Calc experts that are new to the documentation team, or at least pretty adept with Calc.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Documentation

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO 4.0: intrinsic database: relations only between primaries keys?

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does anyone know where to get the original German version of the German Base Handbook? Regards from Tom :)   From: Uwe Brauer o...@mat.ucm.es To: us...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 17:03 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: LO

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide needs YOU!

2013-02-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  You can pickchoose which chapters of which guides so it's fairly easy to avoid doing stuff you really don't like.  Even the stuff you don't know is probably something you could review or proofread or something just to see if the proper worker has missed a comma or done a tpyo or

[libreoffice-documentation] Version 4.0 - Enjoying it?

2013-02-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A message from the Users List that i thought you might like to see Regards from Tom :)  From: M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com To: Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com Cc: us...@global.libreoffice.org us...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 11

[libreoffice-documentation] voice and music

2013-02-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Are you able to add a sound track?  I'd really like to ask Pamela to read another script.  I want to catch her while she is still in the right frame of mind and hopefully get her familiar with doing these sorts of things.  It might even push her into trying out LibreOffice more often. 

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Questions galore!

2013-02-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I htought all the wiki and documentation used CC-BY-SA 3.0 or earlier versions of the same license.  I think copying from one to the other is fine.  The trouble only starts when you try to delete stuff from any 1 place.  Regards from Tom :)  From:

[libreoffice-documentation] Maths revamp? Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Documentation in Local Libraries Project

2013-02-10 Thread Tom Davies
:) From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com; market...@global.libreoffice.org market...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2013, 18:21 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Maths revamp? Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Documentation in Local Libraries Project

2013-02-10 Thread Tom Davies
2013, 20:01 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Maths revamp? Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Documentation in Local Libraries Project Le 10/02/2013 20:58, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) I thought i remembered someone saying they had found a Math Guide written in German that had

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Docs/Pubs wiki page: an update on progress

2013-02-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I forgot to go to sleep last night so i did it then.  Also forgot to sneak into work until too late today so i'm not goign to get everything done here either!  lqtm.  At least i am getting a few things done for once though so that feels good.  I saw the page numbers vanish and thought it

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Maths revamp? Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Documentation in Local Libraries Project

2013-02-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, thanks Jean :)  So i was a bit off-track but not completely hopeless :) Thanks and regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: documentation@global.libreoffice.org documentation

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Show or hide page numbers in LibreOffice 4

2013-02-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Great :)  Thanks :)  Also you can edit the text of ones i have put in to make it more understandable or more attractive to people.  I never really know what to say.  Spice up your gui is terribly 90s! Regards from Tom :)  From: C. H. D. LibreOffice

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice's role in a MS Office world

2013-02-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think it would be good if we could list some of the instructional videos that Kannan gave the marketing list a link to.  t seems to be an excellent and well thought out plan to provide a series of videos to help people learn how to use LibreOffice and other OpenSource programs. 

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Questions galore!

2013-02-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The latest documentation is always at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications That page also gives access to archived documentation for previous branches and has links to 3rd party documentation, How-To videos and other resources.  The docs team is very short of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Questions galore!

2013-02-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The Publications page is the least likely to change.  Any time i change a name it tends to be fairly early on and i leave a redirect from the old name.  The Publications page has been around so long now it would be problematic to change it so it's best kept as it is.  Pages such as the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Questions galore!

2013-02-09 Thread Tom Davies
to be involved.  It's usually very positive and usually used as an excuse to raise the profile of all the other teams at the same time.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Robinson Tryon bishop.robin...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: documentation

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] New helper available

2013-02-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Welcome to the list! :)  Our wiki is a tad confusing at the moment!  Sorry about that.  If you could help by suggesting improvements to make it easier for new people to understand how to get started then that would be a huge help.  I think we lose potential volunteers but it's not easy

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Firefox Personas how-to video

2013-02-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :)  I have added it to the 3rd party wiki-page currently at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Other_Documentation_and_Resources#Video_Tutorials along with Leif's video about CMIS (something to do with Content Management)

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Documentation in Local Libraries Project

2013-02-07 Thread Tom Davies
people, if they can see the reference books in their local libraries. On 02/06/2013 06:57 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Please could we try to keep discussions on the right lists?  When something is relevant to the documentation team we could just forwards the thread to the documentation team

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Questions galore!

2013-02-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The official LibreOffice website keeps having wobbly moments due to the strain of so many downloads!!  So, it might be faster to get the official guides from the wiki.  https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications Guides for older branches tend to be good enough for

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Documentation in Local Libraries Project

2013-02-06 Thread Tom Davies
From: klaus-jürgen weghorn ol o...@sophia-louise.de To: market...@global.libreoffice.org Cc: LibreO - Marketing Global market...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2013, 9:35 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Documentation

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: in-built help files

2013-02-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Should we be making an effort to inform the translators teams that the Guides are more important to translate than the in-built help?  While the in-built help is very handy and easy to access it's surely a problem that it's now nearly a decade out of date.  I'm sure a few features have

[libreoffice-documentation] in-built help files

2013-02-05 Thread Tom Davies
?  Is it something that we might be able to work out together somehow?  Is the how-to going to be a wiki-page or a video?  Wiki sounds better to me but video might turn out to be easier? Regards from Tom :)  From: Sophie Gautier gautier.sop...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies

[libreoffice-documentation] feedback from a user Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving pop up help box position when using menus

2013-02-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Just got some feedback from the Users List that i thought i should forwards to this list in case it's useful :) Regards from Tom :)  From: AG computing.acco...@googlemail.com To: us...@global.libreoffice.org On 04/02/13 10:28, Tom Davies wrote: Hi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO set-up options - View options

2013-02-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am using Automatic Tango in Ubuntu 10.04 (or something).  I think this is the version downloaded from the official LibreOffice website rather than the Ubuntu-ised version from their repos but i'm not sure.  I found how to check the icon set from this wiki-guide

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] feedback from a user Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving pop up help box position when using menus

2013-02-04 Thread Tom Davies
: Sophie Gautier gautier.sop...@gmail.com To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 4 February 2013, 13:03 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] feedback from a user Re: [libreoffice-users] Moving pop up help box position when using menus Hi all, On 04/02/2013 13:46, Tom Davies wrote

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draft LO 4.0 Chapter 4 - Getting started with Writer

2013-02-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think there is a sign-out sheet in the wiki https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks scroll quite a long way down for it though.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Tim Lloyd tim.ll...@gmx.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Google Plus

2013-02-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I know i know her and i know we have had off-list discussions about LO too but my memory is a tricky slippery thing sometimes and likes to keep things just out of reach at odd moments.  I think Sigrid gave one of the newer people here their ODFAuthors login and she has been a strength to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Google Plus

2013-02-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I definitely recognise the name from either LibreOffice or Ubuntu mailing lists.  Fairly sure it's from LibreOffice ones.  I generally ignore anyone's request to join them in social networking sites.  Not quite sure about G+.  A very familiar name though.  Sorry u can't help but i will

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Google Plus

2013-02-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I knew i was going to be embarrassed when i found out because the name is very familiar.  My feeble excuse is that it's horribly early in the morning here.  So early that it's still dark and really still more like yday than today.  In Nabble i think the user profile is

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO writer guide 3.6 - conclusion

2013-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is possible.  Some of those chapters have been reviewed and proof-read quite a few times with few major changes.  Plus, if you did miss anything then they might well get corrected for the 4.0.0 and anyway if they didn't leap off the page for you then i doubt most readers would be

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] German text in error message on odfauthors.org

2013-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is the old 'joke' Q1   What do you call someone that can speak a lot of languages? (A1  Polyglot (or multilingual)) Q2   What do you call someone who can only speak 1 language? (A2  English) A while ago when i told it a Japanese buddy piped up (in English) to say he thought i was

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Localization of Android/iOS versions

2013-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought the only Android thing that works for the 4.0.0 is using it as a remote control for an Impress slide-show if the slide-show is being done from a GnuLiux (ie not Windows) Regards from Tom :)  From: Martin Srebotnjak mi...@filmsi.net To:

Re: 4.0 Branding poll was: [libreoffice-documentation] strangeness from the BoD

2013-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Arrgh, sorry!  How do we view the images proposed?  Regards from Tom :)  From: klaus-jürgen weghorn ol o...@sophia-louise.de To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2013, 7:41 Subject:

Re: 4.0 Branding poll was: [libreoffice-documentation] strangeness from the BoD

2013-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Schofield psaut...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: klaus-jürgen weghorn ol o...@sophia-louise.de; documentation@global.libreoffice.org documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2013, 10:38 Subject: Re: 4.0 Branding poll was: [libreoffice-documentation

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Reviewers needed for Getting Started v4.0 guide

2013-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi John R!  Welcome in :)  I managed to dig up this email from  Jean about how to find out how to work with the Docs Team's systems.  I think there are a few other new people too so hopefully it might help you too Regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber

[libreoffice-documentation] First Round of Questions for my Master Thesis

2013-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) While writing very brief answers to this chap's questions i noticed the docs team might be able to help him too. Regards from Tom :)  From: vdv...@drvdvogt.de vdv...@drvdvogt.de To: us...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 25 January 2013, 16:02

[libreoffice-documentation] strangeness from the BoD Re: [board-discuss] Splashscreen Startscreen proposals for the 4.0

2013-01-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Just thought people here might want to know about a developing situation at the BoD discussion list.  They might relent or it might be a case of a relatively simple change (such as a bucket-fill).  Anyway, since you are talking about visual components i thought it might be good to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: My version of proposed covers for LO v4.0 user guides

2013-01-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I like the book-covers as they are.  On my current screen some of the colours look a bit off but that's fairly clearly the monitor i'm using.  Draw's yellow looks a little dull but i'm sure it's usually a heavier, richer golden (redish gold rather than the cheap bright gold sold at

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LO 4.0 user guides - Icon set

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good points but i think these were made in the original discussion.  The decision to use Galaxy was due to it being clearer when printed, (a side issue was that it was the only other one available on all platforms at the time (i think)) Tango might look nice on-screen but if it looks

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Getting Started Guide Version LO 4.0

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Davies
users it's smart to be a bit more obvious.   Regards from Tom :)  From: Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com To: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com Cc: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; documentation@global.libreoffice.org documentation@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LO 4.0 user guides - Icon set

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: documentation@global.libreoffice.org documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2013, 10:11 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LO 4.0 user guides - Icon set On Thu, Jan 24

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LO 4.0 user guides - Icon set

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: documentation@global.libreoffice.org documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2013, 10:11 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LO 4.0 user guides - Icon set On Thu, Jan 24

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO 3.6 Chapters 5 6

2013-01-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr i think i lack context because the p174 suggestion looks wrong and the original potentially looks a bit weird too.  p.174. Bottom. ...treated in more detail... should be ...treated in most detail...  shouldn't it be ... treated in the greatest detail.  hmm, that definitely looks

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: A documentation project for Scilab and other FOSS

2013-01-23 Thread Tom Davies
it is the Docs Team that generates the money i think it would be great if they were able to say how they think it should be spent and how much built-up as a reserve.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO 3.6 Writer Guide chapter 4

2013-01-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good work Hazel, as always.  Errr you meant 3.6 in the subject line tho i guess.  Looks like a deliberate tpyo just to make sure we are awake :) Regards from Tom :) From: Hazel Russman hazeldeb...@googlemail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Getting Started Guide Version LO 4.0

2013-01-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is good to hear the differences (if any) are not very noticeable.  I think that's the only bit that is of crucial interest to the Docs Team except perhaps in one of the guides if there is a paragraph about icon sets.  Even there it probably doesn't matter much unless the different sets

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO3.6 Writer Guide Chapters 1 2

2013-01-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think it's a good idea to rethink some of the documentation but there is seldom enough time for it!  We need more people actively involved in order to help rationalise and streamline the Guides.  However, there is other work , such as the built-in help and video tutorials that would

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO3.6 Writer Guide Chapters 1 2

2013-01-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There is still a lot of work to be done on the 4.0.x guides and it would be really superb if you could join in with that.  Do you have an ODFAuthors account? Regards from Tom :) From: Kieran Peckett crazyske...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide, for the wiki

2013-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Just out of curiosity is there a version of the Calc Guide almost complete for either the 3.5.x or 3.6.x branch?  If not then can i safely change the heading on the wiki? or do i really need to make another new section?  It would be easier for me if we just skipped the 3.5.x and 3.6.x

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide, for the wiki

2013-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Great :)  Ok, i can change the headings on the wiki now :) Thanks and regards from Tom :)  From: Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: documentation@global.libreoffice.org documentation@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Which version of LibreOffice to use when reviewing?

2013-01-20 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This guide https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel hopefully helps install more than one version of LO/OO/NeoOffice alongside each other. Regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] PING Tom Davies: Docs/Pubs page on wiki

2013-01-18 Thread Tom Davies
hopefully it should be fine.  I'll have a look later.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 18 January 2013, 9:10 Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] PING Tom Davies: Docs/Pubs page

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] PING Tom Davies: Docs/Pubs page on wiki

2013-01-18 Thread Tom Davies
@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 18 January 2013, 9:10 Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] PING Tom Davies: Docs/Pubs page on wiki Tom, No rush, but you can now safely make changes to the Writer Guide table similar to those you've done for Getting Started, on the wiki Docs/Pubs page. --Jean

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] PING Tom Davies: Docs/Pubs page on wiki

2013-01-18 Thread Tom Davies
-documentation] PING Tom Davies: Docs/Pubs page on wiki Tom, No rush, but you can now safely make changes to the Writer Guide table similar to those you've done for Getting Started, on the wiki Docs/Pubs page. --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Reference Cards

2013-01-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This thread has been bouncing around different lists, well the design team and marketing list.  Marc thought the Docs Team might be interested in it or that it might be good to add a link from our wiki.  I'm not sure where to put it but let me know and i might have time later or if you

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] An idea about Online Help redirection

2013-01-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't know how to say it without upsetting people because it even upsets me and i haven't done any of the immense amount of work you are all doing.  So, i'm just going to say it.  I was quite shocked to see the high emphasis placed on translating the in-built help.  To me it's the UI

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] PING Dan Lewis: Getting Started with Base 4.0

2013-01-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think Base needs to be the exception.  Upgrading it might be easier after the first full release, after the rest of the chapters are done.  Dan's choice though imo.  I think him and Alex have worked out a way to deal with one of the issues.  Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I joined recently. How can I help?

2013-01-17 Thread Tom Davies
this for us! Regards from Tom :)  From: Tim Lloyd tim.ll...@gmx.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com; us...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 17 January 2013, 8:49 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] PING Dan Lewis: Getting Started with Base 4.0

2013-01-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ouch :(  I know some people, well one person, that is staying with older versions in order to keep the LDAP connectivity so it seems a shame to lose it from the guide.  Also the devs list have said they might put it back if enough people make a fuss on their lists.  (Which i don't know

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Interest as Author/Proofreader

2013-01-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Were you given an account at ODFauthors?  How is it going with working out what to do and how to get involved?  If you slipped through the net then many apologies for that.  If you have been posting prolifically then many apologies that i haven't noticed the posts!  Please let us know how

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Change Load/Save Settings at Server or Domain Level?

2013-01-17 Thread Tom Davies
NOT affect the individual users. I will report back here after I do a reboot. Have to wait 'til end of business day. Hope this helps someone in the future. Big props to TOM DAVIES for his persistence. Thank you, sir! Guy -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide chapters

2013-01-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) My bike lock was so cold i couldn't fit the key in until i'd warmed it up a bit first and then it wouldn't turn.  I had to breathe on the lock to warm it up enough to turn.  Then i remembered my cigarrette lighter in my pocket and was quite glad i hadn't tried to set light to the lock or

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide chapters

2013-01-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) None of the Writer 3.5 chapters are on the wiki yet.  When you say they are published already does that mean they are in Lulu stores but just somehow skipped our wiki? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Writer_Guide Is it because i haven't left much

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Reviwing / Proofreading

2013-01-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahhh, that makes a lot of sense to me.  Kieran? I suspect that those are not 100% rigid though and that a reviewer might make proof-reading changes if that clarified something and a proof-reader might suddenly gain an understanding and see a simpler way of describing something but that

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide chapters

2013-01-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I've finally done the wiki from Calc onwards.  Some very drastic reductions in width.  Centered the Full Books under their branches' sections.  Also made the different guides a lot more consistent with each other in the wiki-coding.  I've thought about it and decided to leave Writer and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Spoken 'video' tutorials for non-sighted users

2013-01-14 Thread Tom Davies
willing to read/record our completed docs and making them available on our site. Cheers, Marc Le 2013-01-13 08:21, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) The guide sounds good to me so i added it to the page https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#Video_Tutorials The other points

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide

2013-01-14 Thread Tom Davies
be a couple of people that could find the time to help with just those 2 chapters now they are so nearly ready.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk To: us...@global.libreoffice.org us...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 14 January

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry, Jean is away for a few days, perhaps even a week or 2, so she might not be able to respond.  I'm not sure if someone else on the list has been following the discussion here.  Apols and regards from Tom :)  From: Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I joined recently. How can I help?

2013-01-11 Thread Tom Davies
@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 11 January 2013, 18:20 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I joined recently. How can I help? Hi Hazel, Am 11.01.2013 18:34, schrieb Hazel Russman: On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:05:28 + (GMT) Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :)  Thanks Jean

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I joined recently. How can I help?

2013-01-10 Thread Tom Davies
help? On 01/10/2013 10:01 AM, Winston Chuen-Shih Yang wrote: Hi, everyone. I joined this mailing list recently. I recently responded to two emails on the libreoffice-users mailing list, writing about SQL joins and grep, and Tom Davies emailed me about helping with documentation

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I joined recently. How can I help?

2013-01-10 Thread Tom Davies
: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Dan Lewis elderdanle...@gmail.com; documentation@global.libreoffice.org documentation@global.libreoffice.org; wins...@cs.wisc.edu wins...@cs.wisc.edu Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2013, 21:46 Subject: Re: [libreoffice

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Release Dutch version Ubuntu Manual 12.04

2013-01-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  I thought people here might be interested in another route for getting LibreOffice's guides out there.  At the moment we have Lulu to print on demand and i think it's good to stick with that for the time being but would this other route be good to think about adding someday?  Regards

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Release Dutch version Ubuntu Manual 12.04

2013-01-09 Thread Tom Davies
also mention or point to somewhere to get the LO guides from but the LO guides have too many similar places that could be pointed to.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Sigrid Carrera sigrid.carr...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Release Dutch version Ubuntu Manual 12.04

2013-01-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hannie contacted me privately to say the only reason they went that way was because their mailing lists could get Lulu to work!  Regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: documentation

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Caution or Attention

2012-12-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't have a clue about the rules or guidelines but as a native-English speaker ... 1.  i agree that Caution is less alarming than Attention 2.  If something doesn't quite match all the criteria required in an Attention notice then Caution is a good fall-back.  I'm not sure if there

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Jean - Base Handbook Chapter 1 translated

2012-12-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Admonition is fine.  I was surprised to find it really is a proper word as i normally hear people use Admonishment instead but apparently the 1st known use of Admonition was in the 14th century so it's fairly well established!  It's odd that people often tend to try to lengthen words

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Functions vs Excel Functions

2012-12-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) My personal opinion is that doing exactly as you have done is quite perfect.  Letting people know and asking for people's opinions so we can hopefully arrive at some sort of consensus or at least agree a temporary policy.  I think it's better to be correct rather than being consistent

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Revised template for user guides

2012-12-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Isn't a black border soemthing to do with funerals and the greiving process?  Like people from some cultures have to wear black, or a black arm-band when attending a funeral?  I think a green border would be nicer but no border might be even better as it avoids the whole printer issue

Re: Fwd: [libreoffice-documentation] Revised template for user guides

2012-12-06 Thread Tom Davies
] Revised template for user guides It's not a page border. It's a frame around a paragraph or several that is a scenario. We only have a few of them. --Jean On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Isn't a black border soemthing to do with funerals

[libreoffice-documentation] Regina's answer Fw: [libreoffice-users] [Writer/Draw] How to insert fields into graphic?

2012-12-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) You have to scroll down a bit, sorry Regards from Tom :)  - Forwarded Message - From: Regina Henschel rb.hensc...@t-online.de To: us...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 17:18 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Writer/Draw] How to insert fields into

[libreoffice-documentation] [Writer/Draw] How to insert fields into graphic?

2012-12-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm not sure if anyone can help this chap but if you do have time and do know the answer please make sure to include his email address in the To or CC field because he is not subscribed to this list.  If you don't have time or don't know the answer then don't worry because Regina seems to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Oracle Open Office Guides - license

2012-11-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hefty upgrades have happened to the Getting Started Guide and there are many different 'local' language teams translating them into various different languages or upgrading from previous versions (or a bit of both).  Some have got a lot further than others

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Oracle Open Office Guides - license

2012-11-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Now i have looked at it those guides are web-pages rather than proper guides and i don't know a good way of downloading them in a useable way.  Perhaps the websites team might be able to help?  Is anyone here on the websites list? Regards from Tom :) 

[libreoffice-documentation] Diwali

2012-11-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Happy Diwali all!  In my country it is not an official holiday so some of us celebrated it last weekend and others will celebrate this coming weekend and some are hoping to do both!  Enjoy dancing and have fun :)  (Perhaps some relevant photos?) Regards from Tom :)  -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Sales of LO books through Ubuntu Software Center

2012-11-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hopefully the decrease (by 14 books( is due to increased success in raising awareness of the free downloads plus the Lulu store.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Saturday, 10

[libreoffice-documentation] Fw: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought a few of you might like to know the wiki is back up and running.  I think the main docs page was not affected anyway.  I'm not sure if this was part of the planned maintenance.  Florian's answer suggests it wasn't, in which case we face a few more days disruption in a week or

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Survey about newcomer experience - Thank you + reminder

2012-10-25 Thread Tom Davies
From: kevouze kevin.cari...@vuw.ac.nz To: us...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012, 21:04 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Survey about newcomer experience - Thank you + reminder Thank you! Thank you to all who took part in the survey. Your

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] RE: Survey about newcomer experience for LibreOffice project contributors

2012-10-23 Thread Tom Davies
, attitudes and approach.  Also their definition of member is a lot more open than TDF's so if you are not officially a member then you can probably still fill it in.  Regards from Tom Davies  - Forwarded Message - From: kevouze kevin.cari...@vuw.ac.nz To: us...@global.libreoffice.org Sent

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Draw Guide LO3.5 Full Book

2012-10-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The wiki seems to drop out occasionally, not very often but it's a little annoying as it seems to know when i need it and carefully chooses those moments.  It should be ok most of the time so just try again when you have time.  The wiki is going to be upgraded soon.  Probably just

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Docs easy hacks page

2012-10-21 Thread Tom Davies
the Docs Team wikis should be any less inconsistent with each other than any of the rest of the wiki.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Documentation@global.libreoffice.org Documentation

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