Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread Martin Fox
On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 12:01:16 +0100 (BST) Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > I'm guessing you have already had one called K9? It's a shame Base is > not quite up to the level of the challenge you face with Access. > > > There has been some discussion about a power-users guide in here about a > month

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread Tom Davies
office-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates? Also, with Andrew Pitonyak working on an update to his "Macros Explained" book, putting a lot of effort into advanced macros info in another form seems to be misplaced effort -- unless of course there is someone who has the knowledge an

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread Tom Davies
Regards from Tom :) From: Jean Weber To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 5 September, 2011 12:08:43 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates? On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 21:01, Tom Davies wrote: > There has been some d

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread Jean Weber
Also, with Andrew Pitonyak working on an update to his "Macros Explained" book, putting a lot of effort into advanced macros info in another form seems to be misplaced effort -- unless of course there is someone who has the knowledge and time to do it. What would be good IMO is some specific usage

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread Jean Weber
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 21:01, Tom Davies wrote: > There has been some discussion about a power-users guide in here about a month > ago.  It stalled when a few of us argued that the macro chapters that are > already in the guides should stay there even tho it edges into the realms of > power-users.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread Jean Weber
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 19:05, Martin Fox wrote: > But my point is, we have all this really good _basic_ information contained > in the Guides. > > What about the power users? Who addresses their needs? Do we > need some sort of cookbook of ideas/FAQs or whatever in a Wiki format? > Harvested from

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread Tom Davies
e.org Sent: Mon, 5 September, 2011 10:05:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates? On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 18:38:13 +1000 Jean Weber wrote: > Glad to hear you're on the job; wasn't sure if your other work/life > was interfering. Yes, took on a &qu

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread Martin Fox
On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 18:38:13 +1000 Jean Weber wrote: > Glad to hear you're on the job; wasn't sure if your other work/life > was interfering. Yes, took on a "rescue dog" a few weeks ago, an 8 year old standard poodle I named Doctor Who. Bit of a handful, trying to catch up the missing 8 years of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread Jean Weber
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 18:09, Martin Fox wrote: > Jean > I am working through Pivot Tables (Previously DataPilot) from Ch 8 of the > Calc Guide at present. > There will be quite some confusion as not all the strings have been > changed from DP to PT - for example the first layout screen still says

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread Jean Weber
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 17:39, David Nelson wrote: > Hi Jean, > > As you know, I'm working on Alfresco and am not currently working on > documentation. When done with the work on Alfresco, I'll be starting > that work on a power user's guide, unless you feel that it would be > more productive to wo

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread Martin Fox
Jean I am working through Pivot Tables (Previously DataPilot) from Ch 8 of the Calc Guide at present. There will be quite some confusion as not all the strings have been changed from DP to PT - for example the first layout screen still says DataPilot while all the help screns have Pivot Tables. reg

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-05 Thread David Nelson
Hi Jean, As you know, I'm working on Alfresco and am not currently working on documentation. When done with the work on Alfresco, I'll be starting that work on a power user's guide, unless you feel that it would be more productive to work on updates with you, but it's unlikely to be for a few week

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-04 Thread Tom Davies
advantage and prepare for it. The heat here is still unbearable. Regards from Tom :) From: Jean Weber To: Documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 4 September, 2011 10:02:52 Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

[libreoffice-documentation] Anyone working on 3.4.x updates?

2011-09-04 Thread Jean Weber
Is anyone working on 3.4.x updates for any of the chapters in any of the books? I don't see anything checked out. I know it's a long weekend in the USA, and it's probably still summer holidays in much of Europe, so perhaps that's the reason? Or perhaps you're doing more research before checking a