Re: [libreoffice-projects] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Meeting Minutes - Doc team meeting of 5/21/2020

2020-05-25 Thread jonathon
size your documents. The Delete-Styles Macro has extremely useful for me, in deleting unused styles. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + mo

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writing techniques

2020-03-28 Thread jonathon
on’t becomes will not, and so on) 5. Never use Latin abbreviations (for example: etc becomes and so on; e.g. becomes for example; i.e. becomes that is). jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-li

[libreoffice-documentation] Using OmegaT for translation

2019-05-16 Thread jonathon
All: If the LibreOffice Documentation Team is going to eat its own dogfood, would it not be appropriate to use Anaphraseus, rather than OmegaT? https://extensions.libreoffice.org/extensions/anaphraseus jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Styles in Guides

2019-05-16 Thread jonathon
projects specifically banned screen shots from Microsoft products, because of that copyright issue. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + mo

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] May I change the License within the Simple-Chinese version book (Getting Started Guide6.0) ?

2019-05-06 Thread jonathon
-BY-SA. I don't know Chinese (PRC, ROC, Hong Kong, Macau,Tibet, Xinjiang) law. Things may play out there, differently. I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-h

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updated proposal to support minor updates of published guides, more detail on I10N support added

2018-11-22 Thread jonathon
hun Lulu. Brick and mortar stores started doing that more than a decade ago. CreateSpace for Amazon, and Ingram Select for brick and mortar stores. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/h

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] DOC Meeting Minutes 2018-11-21

2018-11-22 Thread jonathon
tyle changes within the document; * I've got several multi-page tables in these documents. In one document, there was a table that was 150+ A4 pages long. Would like copies of these documents? FWIW, the content is codes for languages, writing systems, countries, and political subdivisions of t

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] What baffles users? What help do they need?

2018-11-22 Thread jonathon
said are highly desirable, only to end up in a crash and burn scenario. ^7: In academia, a reference book is roughly 120 pages, or 10 chapters, or 50,000 words long. Thus, 5,000 words per chapter. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problem

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide 6.x

2017-11-29 Thread jonathon
ing how I managed to get 2500 functions in Calc. And more importantly, what do those functions do. jonathon -- 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: ht

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide 6.x

2017-11-28 Thread jonathon
opy of it. Basically, I'm looking for a checklist, to more easily determine what is completely gone, and what is merely hiding in the "Advanced Configuration Setting". jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide 6.x

2017-11-27 Thread jonathon
wnside is that not every feature change/addition/removed gets listed anywhere. jonathon -- 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.documentfoundati

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Report on FR documentation project

2017-11-13 Thread jonathon
wnloading? If so, what is the URL? jonathon -- 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 archi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Community-vote for the new ‘Getting Started Guide’ cover

2017-11-09 Thread jonathon
On 11/09/2017 10:19 AM, Olivier Hallot wrote: > We invite the community to vote for the new book cover. Is the same cover going to be used for all of manuals for LibO 6.x? jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? ht

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] How-tos and tutorials

2017-08-19 Thread jonathon
cumentation etc, by major release number: * OOo 1.x; * OOo 2.x; * OOo 3.x; * LibO 3.x; * LibO 4.x; * LibO 5.x; * LibO 6.x; I'm listing OOo, specifically because there are a couple of How-Tos/Tutorials/Documentation for them, which, AFAICT, has not yet been updated. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Efforts to Clean Wiki

2015-05-10 Thread jonathon
for somebody starting out with documentation is ready. I don't have the disk space to pull the entire wiki onto my laptop, and throw my tools at it, to determine which pages fall into which categories. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Efforts to Clean Wiki

2015-05-03 Thread jonathon
but not current material; * Both good and current material; Then once those determinations had been made, material can be re-written, updated, etc. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Efforts to Clean Wiki

2015-05-03 Thread jonathon
of getting a IRC channel together for documentation? What would the function/purpose of the channel be? How would it integrate into the existing work-flow? Maybe provide examples of how dev and QA use it. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] guide for scholars

2015-03-27 Thread jonathon
it was, and a quick reread doesn't remind me. :( ^1: For the broader user community, it might be more useful to have a stand alone guide, or series of guides, of how to correctly implement the criteria of the various styles guides and manuals, in LibO. jonathon * English - detected

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] guide for scholars

2015-03-23 Thread jonathon
, that is all that matters. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] guide for scholars

2015-03-23 Thread jonathon
to proceed? Yes. Thanks for the copies. I don't know how soon I will be able to translate it. (That's what, six documents in my to-be-translated queue.) jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] guide for scholars

2015-03-18 Thread jonathon
? If so, where is the right place to look? jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Fonts, Font Substitutions, Languages, Graphite, Justification, etc.

2015-03-12 Thread jonathon
with low-cost/gratis Pan-unicode fonts. I think most of the glyphs are ugly, but it was all that available then. And for some sub-sets, it still is the only thing that is available. I'd like to think that typographers are now focusing on pretty. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Fonts, Font Substitutions, Languages, Graphite, Justification, etc.

2015-03-12 Thread jonathon
the Internet several years ago. Unifont is an extremely extensive pan-unicode font. I don't remember the specific license it is distributed under, but it is Libre, and Gratis. (Look for it your *Nix repository under fonts.) jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Fonts, Font Substitutions, Languages, Graphite, Justification, etc.

2015-03-11 Thread jonathon
by programmers, for programmers, to explain what was supposed to happen, and occasionally, functional equivalents, tests, and other useful things. It probably is still floating around, somewhere. Nothing useful if one was writing documentation, to explain how to use the software, though. jonathon

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fonts, Font Substitutions, Languages, Graphite, Justification, etc.

2015-03-08 Thread jonathon
, but is there any source for documentation on how this genre of stuff is supposed to work? AFAIK, not that non-programmers can understand. And which of the substitution mechanisms are best suited for which purposes? None of them. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Documentation

2015-01-27 Thread jonathon
. Is there nothing for using Base with LibreOffice 4.4, in _any_ language? jonathon -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUx+lPAAoJEKG7hs8nSMR7BjsP/2XeOgpa+iByUnnZ4bJJH0Ib

[libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Manual of Style

2015-01-27 Thread jonathon
the documentation template that Jean constructed/maintains. jonathon * English - detected * English * English javascript:void(0); -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUx/dzAAoJEKG7hs8nSMR7xIUQAJK

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Documentation

2015-01-27 Thread jonathon
days. I'll wait for it then. The German Base-Handbook will show a little bit more examples than the older versions. +1 There will be also a package of example-databases for special solutions with an own description. +1 jonathon -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Manual of Style

2015-01-27 Thread jonathon
to the User Interface? jonathon -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUyDE/AAoJEKG7hs8nSMR7qj8P/14MIDzWNJ8NlbTuDKL5PYnL NjZMGooIo6Hesdht7a3xSHwy25Sp3+Ohl0e12hBTZJqMCgU7kwprQMTO8FHMH98a ZA5Ju4FDupO

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I HAVE A VERY FRUSTRATING PROBLEM that I hope you can help me with!

2014-12-15 Thread jonathon
in any way in LO, That feature popped up several years ago. I see it as one of those just before you can, does not mean that you should features. It is the same process as embedding audio, or video in Impress, but with slightly less predictable results. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] problem w/Base Handbook

2014-08-30 Thread jonathon
explicit reference is made; My recommendation is Option # 2. jonathon -- Your documents. Your language. Your way. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more

[libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice in a Multi-Lingual Environment.

2014-08-23 Thread jonathon
is reading the languages, not writing them, and definitely not speaking them. Furthermore, I am rusty in some of these languages, and writing systems. jonathon -- ODF: Your documents, your language, your way. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems

[libreoffice-documentation] LibO in a Multi-Lingual Environment

2014-07-11 Thread jonathon
4.0. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO Math Help

2013-11-15 Thread jonathon
it be possible to both include that content in the help files, and also as a stand-alone downloadable document? jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] White Paper

2013-10-30 Thread jonathon
pages. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] White Paper

2013-10-30 Thread jonathon
; * The localization of Microsoft Office; * Which update packages have been installed; * A list of installed MSO extensions; jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Branding and Documentation

2010-11-05 Thread jonathon
experience. It seems like it would When an OS blows up because of too many fonts, the effect is the same as if the OS had been hit by a virus. jonathon -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: LibreOffice Branding and Documentation

2010-11-05 Thread jonathon
mind, is 50K installed fonts for some Linux distros, but majority can handle 100+K installed fonts. jonathon -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzUyNcACgkQaC1raifmCuHDAgCeJ5

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Need of a documentation framework for LibreOffice?

2010-11-01 Thread jonathon
/documentation to their copy. My perception is that having the ODF makes it slightly easier for people to grok creating and using styles. # FWIW, I've started to transcribe and update _OOo in a Multi-Lingual Environment_ at http://libreoffice-environment.blogspot.com/. jonathon -BEGIN PGP