Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Tom, this is also being discussed at ODFAuthors; Andrew is one of our macro gurus and wrote Getting Started with Macros and the macro chapter in the Calc Guide amongst other things -- including some helpful macros for us. In this case I can't see doing two editions of the book, unless LibO in

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 30/06/11 09:13, Jean Hollis Weber a écrit : Hi Jean, Have you seen his website and his book? They are good resources for people who want serious info on macros. (Shameless plug for Andrew) http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php http://www.pitonyak.org/book/ Just as a side remark, and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-30 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hello Luis, On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:47:55 +0200 Luis Gutiérrez de Cabiedes lgcabie...@ono.com wrote: El 22/06/11 11:42, Tom Davies escribió: [...] Dear Tom. You seem to be one of the headers of this group. I'm triyng to unsuscribe with the links above, but it's imposible. Have you any good

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-06-29 23:45, Gary Schnabl a écrit : On 6/29/2011 11:28 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 22:20 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/29/2011 9:54 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Forgot one item: 6) Remove Chapter 13 (Macros) and make it a stand-alone document. --Jean Insert

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-06-30 00:05, David Nelson a écrit : Hi Jean, The references to OpenOffice.org should obviously be LibreOffice.org, right? I would suggest that macros should be covered in a totally independent volume, not simply as a chapter in the Writer guide. I also feel that Base should stay

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-06-30 03:29, Alexander Thurgood a écrit : Le 30/06/11 09:13, Jean Hollis Weber a écrit : Hi Jean, Have you seen his website and his book? They are good resources for people who want serious info on macros. (Shameless plug for Andrew) http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 04:42 -0400, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2011-06-30 03:29, Alexander Thurgood a écrit : Le 30/06/11 09:13, Jean Hollis Weber a écrit : Hi Jean, Have you seen his website and his book? They are good resources for people who want serious info on macros. (Shameless plug for

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmmm, it's a shame there doesn't seem to be a generic term covering OpenOffice, LibreOffice and the various forks. I see why Andrew is standing back from re-editing until the dust settles but it would be a shame to miss the opportunity to get established fast. Perhaps at the beginning

[libreoffice-documentation] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Impress, Master Slides and Custom Animations

2011-06-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Another person that has not subscribed to the Documentation Mailing List, yet. Regards from Tom :) - Forwarded Message From: tpe s91...@yahoo.gr To: us...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 30 June, 2011 7:56:58 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Impress, Master Slides and Custom

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Impress, Master Slides and Custom Animations

2011-06-30 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
If I understand the question correctly, what he wants to do is possible in LO. However, if he is saving in a PowerPoint format instead of ODP, that could be the problem. Some things don't save to PPT properly; I don't remember if these effects are among them. I don't think what he wants is done

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Fwd: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started guide]

2011-06-30 Thread Richard
Hello Jean, I'd like to start work on the Getting Started Guide. I am using LibO 3.3.3 installed on Debian Squeeze. Through one change and another, I need the URL for the latest revision, just to be sure. regards, Richard. On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Jean Hollis Weber

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Fwd: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started guide]

2011-06-30 Thread Richard
I see the GS33 here for OOo, http://www.odfauthors.org/openoffice.org/english/userguide3/gs3/V3_3_revisions and I suppose that is what needs to be morphed into a GS33 for LibO? Probably why I didn't find it before. :) regards. On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Richard richard.h...@gmail.com

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Fwd: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started guide]

2011-06-30 Thread Richard
Hello David, Thanks. It will probably make things simpler. Use login: Richard or RichardH or JRichardH or RHolt or JRHolt or whatever will fly. :) regards, Richard. On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:15 AM, David Nelson li...@traduction.biz wrote: Hi, On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Richard

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Fwd: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started guide]

2011-06-30 Thread David Nelson
Hi Richard, On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Richard richard.h...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. It will probably make things simpler. Use login: Richard or RichardH or JRichardH or RHolt or JRHolt or whatever will fly. :) Sure. :-) I created your account and mailed you the credentials... Did you

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Fwd: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started guide]

2011-06-30 Thread Richard
Yes, thanks. Going to get a local copy and start to work using Jean's suggestions. Once I get that sorted, I'll check back to see where the pieces go. regards, Richard. On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:03 AM, David Nelson li...@traduction.biz wrote: Hi Richard, On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:11 PM,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Need HELP texts for changed feature

2011-06-30 Thread David Nelson
Hi André, I have been looking at the wiki page and I don't see clearly what you might like to have in the help text. May I suggest that you post a suggested text here, and then I'll check it for spelling/grammar and ask any questions that might help ensure clarity and ease of understanding? --

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Need HELP texts for changed feature

2011-06-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That's what i thought. It's function seems so obvious and self-explanatory. I think Andre is not subscribed to this list so it would help to CC him. Regards from Tom :) From: David Nelson li...@traduction.biz To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Fwd: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started guide]

2011-06-30 Thread Jean Weber
You might also look at some of the files in the English Resources space, which includes (among other things) 4 draft chapters of the Contributors' Guide for the LibreOffice Documentation Team: * Joining the LibreOffice Documentation Team * Producing LibreOffice User Guides * Style Guide for

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Impress, Master Slides and Custom Animations

2011-06-30 Thread Jean Weber
Forgot to say... LibreOffice may have some extra functionality in this area that OOo lacks (I don't know). It's one of the things that someone needs to verify when updating the OOo Impress Guide for LibO. Tom, I'm not subscribed to the users list, and won't do so until late July (after my

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Impress, Master Slides and Custom Animations

2011-06-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi Jean :) Thanks :) I had already forwarded your previous post but got a bit swamped at work today and forgot to let anyone know i had done that. I'm not great at writing documentation but i think i am just about able to point people in roughly the right direction sometimes. It's

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/30/2011 4:27 AM, Marc Paré wrote: Based on my experience as a K-12 teacher a decade ago, I know that kids do not bother to read texts, even if assigned as homework. So, users will do as much as they can on their own before consulting the online help or user guides. One reason for low

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread Tom Davies
From: Gary Schnabl gschn...@swdetroit.com To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 30 June, 2011 23:50:09 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide On 6/30/2011 4:27 AM, Marc Paré wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Fwd: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started guide]

2011-06-30 Thread Richard
Thanks Jean, On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: You might also look at some of the files in the English Resources space, which includes (among other things) 4 draft chapters of the Contributors' Guide for the LibreOffice Documentation Team: * Joining the

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Gary Le 2011-06-30 18:50, Gary Schnabl a écrit : Late in my (engineering and other things) career, I taught at both public and private K-12 schools, last teaching back in 2001. All of the schools were long computerized by then. During the computer labs, most of the kids were taught by

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Need HELP texts for changed feature

2011-06-30 Thread David Nelson
Hi Tom, On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I think Andre is not subscribed to this list so it would help to CC him. He's subscribed here, it's OK. Thanks. ;-) -- David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

[libreoffice-documentation] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Impress, Master Slides and Custom Animations

2011-06-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm not tracking this well, just forwarding from the users list. Goodnight chaps and chapessess Regards from Tom :) - Forwarded Message From: Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl To: us...@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 30 June, 2011 15:12:31 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread planas
Hi, Gary and All On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 18:50 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/30/2011 4:27 AM, Marc Paré wrote: Based on my experience as a K-12 teacher a decade ago, I know that kids do not bother to read texts, even if assigned as homework. So, users will do as much as they can on