Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writing a chapter

Although I'm not doing any recent technical editing for OO/LO during my semi-retirement, I am still subscribed to a few dozen e-mail lists... [Your question has been up for some four hours or so w/o any response, so I will make some suggestions.] If the chapter in question exists, then simply

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Missing words and spelling errors in manuals and other LibreOffice texts

Due to my semi-retirement and other time constraints, I haven't done any LO editing anytime recently. However, my guess for any "missing" words and such in LO's working documentation could be related to some conditional or hidden text being used. LO Writer is somewhat limited in its conditional

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Can I use the Style and Format used by Libre Office Manuals?

Just use the formatting styles and other formatting, as you wish. Forget about any attribution, too. You can create your own template from a suitable ODT file by simply deleting all the text in the file (plus deleting any formatting styles for those not needed, if desired) that you do not want

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Use of "Resources for Contributors" Templates as basis for in-house User Support documentation?

The typical reasons that there is any writing on a template is for supplying directions for using the styles in the template or for supplying some useful boilerplate stuff, such as chapter heads, preset headers/footer, and such. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilerplate_(text) If none of that e

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Manuals in ePub format?

m our iPad On 11 Apr 2014, at 13:54, "Gary Schnabl [via Document Foundation Mail Archive]" > wrote: On 4/11/2014 6:22 AM, PeeWee wrote: Does anybody know of an ePub creator that is free and easy to use, that is not having to enter HTML code to get the right format to display wh

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Manuals in ePub format?

When MS Word and other documents are converted to (X)HTML files without style sheets, every element in the document is individually directly formatted, which is very inefficient--as you likely already know. So, yes indeed, something like CSS files are almost a practical necessity. Gary On 4

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Manuals in ePub format?

iPad On 11 Apr 2014, at 13:54, "Gary Schnabl [via Document Foundation Mail Archive]" wrote: On 4/11/2014 6:22 AM, PeeWee wrote: Does anybody know of an ePub creator that is free and easy to use, that is not having to enter HTML code to get the right format to display when you cre

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Manuals in ePub format?

On 4/11/2014 6:22 AM, PeeWee wrote: Does anybody know of an ePub creator that is free and easy to use, that is not having to enter HTML code to get the right format to display when you create an ePub document. I have tried Sigil, which is not bad, but still trying to work out how to use it corr

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Template manager

As I recall, there were some bugs with the Template Manager in the earlier versions. Also, the older documentation also contained some errors. However, due to bugs being present, it would be very difficult to have error-free documentation about something that didn't work properly. Gary On 3/2

[libreoffice-documentation] Fwd: Learn Adobe Illustrator from Scratch

+ (UTC) From: Friends of FrameMaker Group Members To: Gary Schnabl Message-ID: <1340648294.60806834.1394280663106.javamail@ela4-app3537.prod> Subject:Learn Adobe Illustrator from Scratch MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; bo

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Guide Chapter 4, Getting started with Writer

--Jean On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:13 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: One thing I noticed about disappearing graphics was that some figure graphics were attached "as characters"--a method that is used for inserting "inline" graphics along with the text. IOW, on a line of text,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Guide Chapter 4, Getting started with Writer

explain what the problems are when doing it differently. --Jean On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:13 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: One thing I noticed about disappearing graphics was that some figure graphics were attached "as characters"--a method that is used for inserting "inline" gr

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Guide Chapter 4, Getting started with Writer

iple copies for the time being. My earlier problem was with v4.2.0.3 and now we're into v4.2.0.4 I'm hoping it will be trouble free. Time will tell. Regards JohnS On 03/02/2014 04:09, Gary Schnabl wrote: A recurring problem I occasionally encountered is having some (or all) of the F

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Guide Chapter 4, Getting started with Writer

nt not displaying changes made before pasting. Regards JohnS On 01/02/2014 22:52, Gary Schnabl wrote: Do you have any idea why they crashed? Did you try a copy (Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C)-and-paste of the entire chapter file unto a clean, new ODT file from the most current template? Gary On 2/1/2014

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Guide Chapter 4, Getting started with Writer

Do you have any idea why they crashed? Did you try a copy (Ctrl-A and Ctrl-C)-and-paste of the entire chapter file unto a clean, new ODT file from the most current template? Gary On 2/1/2014 5:33 PM, John Smith wrote: Hi The GS Guide Ch4 has been uploaded to here; http://www.odfauthors.org/l

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Technical writing about LibO 4.2 lists/headings bullet/numbering

Instead of e-mail attachments, you will need to provide a link to the documents, parked somewhere online. Gary On 1/25/2014 8:16 AM, dominique.bout...@laposte.net wrote: Hi, I wrote the attached monograph about the tricky "LibO 4.2 lists/headings bullet/numbering" subject (FR and EN). Plea

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] yet another free software package--free for a day

Apparently, there are two "free" modules. The others are available for purchase--not so good a deal. Gary On 1/22/2014 3:16 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: Another free software package is available--normally $20. There are some other software installed during a default down/instal

[libreoffice-documentation] yet another free software package--free for a day

Another free software package is available--normally $20. There are some other software installed during a default down/installation, so perform a custom download in order to skip those... http://download.cnet.com/8301-32471_4-57617565-10391713/free-giveaway-for-24-hours-only-soda-pdf-6-convert-

[libreoffice-documentation] proprietary ebook authoring app for $19.95

In the event anybody might want to take advantage of a $130 coupon for an ebook authoring application--DeskTopAuthor Pro version 7.1.5 (the most current), one can buy it today for less than $20 US. coupon. Gary -- To

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] compatibility issues with most recent update

Try this URL: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/open-the-program-compatibility-troubleshooter instead. On 12/21/2013 10:10 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: It would be much easier to assist you if you described in some detail what your problem is. If there might be a compatibility issue, you

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] compatibility issues with most recent update

It would be much easier to assist you if you described in some detail what your problem is. If there might be a compatibility issue, you could work around it using the Program Compatibility troubleshooter . [The URL is the version for Windows 7, but the W8 version should be similar.] However,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Copy documentation from OpenOffice.org?

One point about screen captures that should be considered in authoring the user guides is eliminate their use in most cases in procedural documentation--and use them only if those instances where they are really useful. Describing the appropriate menu commands with their associated submenu comm

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] chapter 1

On 9/13/2013 5:38 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I agree with most of that except 1. Most non-mathematicians seem to mean xor when they say "or". So for most people "A or B" excludes "A and B" happening a the same time. 2. without spaces on both side of "/" it makes things a little cramped and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Plural of "formula"

14/06/13 18:35, Gary Schnabl wrote: The term "helluvalot" almost always gets past automatic censoring on forums or comment boards... BTW, I am not a purist on English usage; you might be, though. That's tautological, don't you think? Clearly you're not a purist and yes,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Plural of "formula"

The term "helluvalot" almost always gets past automatic censoring on forums or comment boards... BTW, I am not a purist on English usage; you might be, though. Gary On 6/14/2013 9:21 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: I don't normally engage in these affairs, but you're purporting to lecture the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Plural of "formula"

Those in the largest English-speaking country on the planet--China--likely adhere to the US English norms, primarily because the Chinese copy much of their technology from the US, including its chosen flavor of English. I reckon it would be a safe bet that even India more often uses US Englis

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

ne that I am getting to first. Gary On 4/26/2013 5:23 PM, John Smith wrote: Hi Gary I'm currently working through WG Chapter 13 Working with Master Documents. Regards JohnS On 25/04/2013 14:40, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 4/25/2013 5:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The old lurgy of disappearin

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] How to downgrade from 4.0.2. to 3.6.6

On 4/25/2013 5:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) The old lurgy of disappearing pictures seems to have reappeared (or perhaps just never went away since it's so rare). Someone has just come up with the idea of adding something to the guides tio help people avoid it. Would it make sense? Regards

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide Chapter 4 technical edit

The Writer Guide Chapter 4 document, dated 28 February 2013, in the Published LO 4.0 folder is being edited. http://www.technicaleditor.livernoisyard.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=28&p=33#p33 Gary -- Detroit--two miles north of Canada, Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] One Column page style?

ols and regards from Tom :) ---- *From:* Gary Schnabl *To:* Jean Weber *Cc:* documentation@global.libreoffice.org *Sent:* Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 0:14 *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-documentation] One Column page style?

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] One Column page style?

Jean Weber wrote: I have never been able to find a template on either your forum or your website, despite your referring to them on numerous occasions. --Jean On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: ... I upload material about my projects and their files and other stuff onto my TE f

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] One Column page style?

'd share with us the styles you've defined? --Jean On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: I already adapted a different template for myself a while ago, which was based upon the older 3.4 template. So far, only two list styles--Numbering 1 and List 1--were employed to prod

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] One Column page style?

tself is going to be replaced soon anyway with one that is very different in terms of style names and usage, amongst other things. --Jean On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: In the 3.4 chapter template--in a part that I didn't work on, BTW. The sentence was rewritt

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] One Column page style?

3/19/2013 5:41 PM, Jean Weber wrote: I have no idea what that is about. Where did you find this sentence? --Jean On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: Was a One Column [sic] page style intended to be used with the LO chapter template? See the following (rewritten) sentence

[libreoffice-documentation] One Column page style?

Was a One Column [sic] page style intended to be used with the LO chapter template? See the following (rewritten) sentence. The template contained no such animal--and its exposition was silent about it, AFAIK. /Page Style/. Continues until manually changed to /First Page/ or /One Column/. G

[libreoffice-documentation] producing-LO-userguides.odt file in Resources

I noticed that the outline lists with level-1 numbered list items and second-level unordered list items employed List paragraph list styles meant for formatting level-one list items used for level-two list items (OOoList 1 Start/Cont./End styles in level 2). The lists look OK, though. Gary --

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Unable to log in to ODFAuthors?

On 3/11/2013 1:26 PM, Kieran Peckett wrote: I'm not sure, but I think my KieranP account is broken too - when I try to do a password reset, it tells me that my username could not be found. On 11 Mar 2013 10:25, "Sigrid Carrera" wrote: Ditto here with my "Detroit" username. Gary -- Detroit--

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: How do you spell open source ?

A popular general-purpose American style guide--The Chicago Manual of Style--would likely prefer using the hyphenated form when used as an adjective (such as in "general-purpose" in this sentence). Otherwise, not. Gary On 3/5/2013 10:48 AM, Marc Paré wrote: Le 05/03/13 10:26 AM, Rainer Bielef

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Unable to log in to ODFAuthors?

My "Detroit" username did not pass muster. Gary On 3/4/2013 11:48 PM, Jean Weber wrote: I've received reports that people can't log in to the updated ODFAuthors website; they're getting a message that their username cannot be found. it's an issue with the migration of the user accounts to the n

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Uninstall

On 2/15/2013 1:24 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) When you uninstall LibreOffice it has to leave the User Profile behind so that a new install can pick up on all the old settings and stuff. Also the problem is that the MS uninstaller is a bit rubbish imo. Uninstalling any programs tends to leave a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Uninstall

Try using an uninstall app, such as IObit Uninstaller (there as lots of others...) and then do a deep scan with it afterward in order to be more certain that those orphaned files and Registry keys can be detected/deleted. Then check your LO user account files and left-over files in the "deleted

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Font Sizes

On 2/13/2013 8:15 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: On 02/13/2013 06:36 AM, PeeWee wrote: Hello Problem solved. Jean came up with the solution. If you have a percentage figure in the font size for a style, just highlight the percentage figure and, for example, type 16pt. This turns all the percentage

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Off-List: A bug about changing styles in Recording Changes

OO and LO always performed like that, AFAIK. Gary On 1/25/2013 10:06 AM, Zeki Bildirici wrote: Hi, Sorry for Off-topic but i would like to ask you a question about recording changes. It seems that LibreOffice is not recognizing changes in styles while recording changes. Was it working in pas

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

ot;, and "Tango" (plus a few others). So there are some differences in what icon sets are available by OS. I don't have access to the RPM version. --Dan On 01/23/2013 10:09 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: BTW, what is the difference in the LibreOffice View options for icon styles between

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

BTW, what is the difference in the LibreOffice View options for icon styles between the "Automatic (Tango)" and the "Tango" listitems? In addition, it is somewhat confusing to still have Galaxy listed as the default for the icon style--worded as "Galaxy (default)"--after the factory default wa

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updates for LO4.0

On 1/15/2013 2:09 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: On the subject of changes in LO4, also note that the Template Manager has been completely redesigned, and it does not function in the same way as the previous one. It currently has some limitations over the old one which are being addressed by the d

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Caution or Attention

On 12/30/2012 5:51 PM, Jean Weber wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Tom Davies wrote: 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 r

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

On 11/12/2012 8:02 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: On 11/12/2012 01:42 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 11/6/2012 2:56 AM, Peter Schofield wrote: Hello Jean I have just picked up my email and would like to make a comment about templates. Is it possible to simplify the number of styles used in the template

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

On 11/12/2012 2:20 AM, Jean Weber wrote: On 12/11/2012, at 16:42, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 11/6/2012 2:56 AM, Peter Schofield wrote: Hello Jean I have just picked up my email and would like to make a comment about templates. Is it possible to simplify the number of styles used in the

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

On 11/6/2012 2:56 AM, Peter Schofield wrote: Hello Jean I have just picked up my email and would like to make a comment about templates. Is it possible to simplify the number of styles used in the template. For example, the list style has three styles - start; cont; end. It would be much better

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Text into table

On 9/25/2012 1:07 PM, Tom wrote: Hi :) It's not very clear exactly what is meant by copying a text file into a table. Is the text in a .txt or a .csv or tsv file-type? Or do you have maybe a Word file open or a website or something and trying to copy&paste from that into LibreOffice? If you c

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Adding new figures (screenshots) and renumbering?

You really do not have to fret over the automatic numbering of figure or tables in the event that you do not know how to do them. Just insert/modify your graphics/tables in the order you desire and create or modify their captions appropriately--leaving the numbering part absent. (Leave marginal

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] "Register true" Layout property for page styles

On 8/2/2012 9:45 AM, Dan wrote: On the LO user's mailing list, someone was asking how to line up paragraphs of mirrored pages. Regina mentioned this as a way to do this. This is the first time I have heard about it. (Maybe I have not read the Writer Guide close enough.) Should we be us

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Term usage for login and logout

On 6/28/2012 2:58 AM, Peter Schofield wrote: Hello Jean and Tom In my opinion we need a dictionary of terms that everybody has to follow. The dictionary should also include the use on contractions and the apostrophe. I have used this type of dictionary before when I worked with Ericsson in Swe

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice 3.6 is approaching quickly!

On 6/14/2012 2:23 AM, Jean Weber wrote: On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/14/2012 12:19 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/13/2012 8:18 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Is the 3.6.x usable enough to completely skip all the remaining 3.5.x guides and go straight to the 3.6.x

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice 3.6 is approaching quickly!

On 6/14/2012 12:19 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/13/2012 8:18 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Is the 3.6.x usable enough to completely skip all the remaining 3.5.x guides and go straight to the 3.6.x guides instead? Regards from Tom :) My dos centavos... Due to the very small number of writers

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice 3.6 is approaching quickly!

On 6/13/2012 8:18 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Is the 3.6.x usable enough to completely skip all the remaining 3.5.x guides and go straight to the 3.6.x guides instead? Regards from Tom :) My dos centavos... Due to the very small number of writers available, LO should always rewrite its curre

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Could make a little change on template please?

g in the English-language template, just set the Asian Text Fonts' option while you are at it. And thanks the Jean's suggestion! Regards Sun 2012/6/11, Gary Schnabl: On 6/10/2012 10:25 AM, Alexander Sun wrote: Hi all, I´m in the process of translating the Getting Started Guide to Chin

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Could make a little change on template please?

r the one after. If only there was some way of applying a revised template to multiple documents! :) Regards from Tom :) --- On Mon, 11/6/12, Gary Schnabl wrote: From: Gary Schnabl Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Could make a little change on template please? To: doc

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Could make a little change on template please?

/11/2012 5:28 PM, Jean Weber wrote: On 11/06/2012, at 22:43, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/11/2012 8:36 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think the problem is that each time he starts working on a new Chapter he has to redo all the settings again, and again for the next Chapter and again for the one

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Could make a little change on template please?

On 6/11/2012 8:36 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) I think the problem is that each time he starts working on a new Chapter he has to redo all the settings again, and again for the next Chapter and again for the one after. If only there was some way of applying a revised template to multiple docum

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Could make a little change on template please?

Fonts' option(Maybe they didn't realized that one day the guide well translate to Chinese/Japanese/Korean). So my suggestion is not ALTER anything in the English-language template, just set the Asian Text Fonts' option while you are at it. And thanks the Jean's suggestion! Regard

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Could make a little change on template please?

On 6/10/2012 10:25 AM, Alexander Sun wrote: Hi all, I´m in the process of translating the Getting Started Guide to Chinese. But there has a little problem here. The Font's size and style in template between Asian and Western are different. Every time I open a new file and become translating. I mu

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles for list styles

On 5/11/2012 3:04 AM, Peter Schofield wrote: Hello I have been following this discussion and found it very interesting. However, I would like to make one suggestion for the paragraph styles - KISS - keep it simple st. One example - why is there three styles for numbers and lists? There sh

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles for list styles

On 5/10/2012 6:42 PM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 10/05/2012 23:43, Dan Lewis a écrit : IMO, the list paragraph styles need to be studied very carefully. I find duplication of styles that unnecessarily makes understanding them very complex. The complexity comes from the Next Style se

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles for list styles

I haven't gotten around to recheck all the list paragraphs styles yet for v. 3.5.x--easy to do, using the factory-default parameters. However, the older OOo styles (v. 3.3.x) did not have consistent formatting for all the Ns, in addition to OOo's having buggy styles that could not properly be r

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles for list styles

copied your reply to the users list and cc'd the op. I guess the op will find the documentation link useful and between us it looks solved. Thanks and regards from Tom :) --- On Thu, 10/5/12, Gary Schnabl wrote: From: Gary Schnabl Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles for list styles

These styles make up the set of paragraph styles for ordered and unordered lists that date way back to version 1.x, but which never were really explained much outside of the OOo/LO user guides. Also, the factory-default formatting for these styles is not in general agreement throughout the Ns (

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Printed copies of LibreOffice 3.4 Getting Started

On 5/6/2012 2:22 AM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 06/05/2012 07:35, Gary Schnabl a écrit : Your observation is what is typically used in practice--using serif typefaces for body text in print docs and sans serif for onscreen viewing. Some editors will switch typefaces used for headings

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation template

On 5/8/2012 4:34 AM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Hi, I've uploaded (some of) the documents I've been working with to the drafts in the resource repository. In all, 3 docs: -- the styles catalog (Calc sheet), created from the SG 3.4 http://alfresco.libreoffice.org/share/page/document-deta

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Printed copies of LibreOffice 3.4 Getting Started

On 5/6/2012 2:22 AM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: Le 06/05/2012 07:35, Gary Schnabl a écrit : Your observation is what is typically used in practice--using serif typefaces for body text in print docs and sans serif for onscreen viewing. Some editors will switch typefaces used for headings

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Localization of LibreOffice documentation

On 5/5/2012 6:30 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: If you use "Print Screen SysRq" key to take screenshots, you need a graphics program that will "crop" the picture. LO's Draw has a crop feature, but it will not work in this case. It only reduces the visible part of the screenshot, but the entire screenshot

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Printed copies of LibreOffice 3.4 Getting Started

On 5/4/2012 2:29 PM, Christian Lohmaier wrote: Hi *, On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:52 AM, Jean Weber wrote: I just received a printed copy of the LibreOffice 3.4 Getting Started book from Lulu.com. Wow, the cover looks good on the real book! :-D http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/libreoffic

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] The apostrophe

English is used by Airbus where I spent nearly four happy years in Hamburg. Regards Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com On 24 Apr 2012, at 15:22, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 4/24/2012 4:35 AM, Peter Schofield wrote: Hello Jay and Tom The USA and UK are two countries separated by one language

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] The apostrophe

:10 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Here, there and where all have "here" as part of the word. Makes it easier to remember. Regards from Tom :) --- On Tue, 24/4/12, Gary Schnabl wrote: From: Gary Schnabl Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] The apostrophe To: doc

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] The apostrophe

On 4/24/2012 11:30 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: Gary On 04/24/2012 09:22 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 4/24/2012 4:35 AM, Peter Schofield wrote: Hello Jay and Tom The USA and UK are two countries separated by one language - English - and the ne'er the twain shall meet ;-( Avoiding the use o

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] The apostrophe

On 4/24/2012 4:35 AM, Peter Schofield wrote: Hello Jay and Tom The USA and UK are two countries separated by one language - English - and the ne'er the twain shall meet ;-( Avoiding the use of the apostrophe is one thing we should consider. It does help users whose mother tongue is not Eng

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Typo] a weird sentence in ch1, writer guide.

t particular mistake is one i make often. Regards from Tom :) --- On Sun, 22/4/12, Gary Schnabl wrote: From: Gary Schnabl Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Typo] a weird sentence in ch1, writer guide. To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sunday, 22 April, 2012, 19:03 On 4/

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Typo] a weird sentence in ch1, writer guide.

On 4/22/2012 5:45 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It's good to ask and i think it usually leads to better understanding and better documentation. It can be frustrating and we don't have a lot of time to discuss each sentence of all the books in depth so you might have to "make a judgement call" and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Typo] a weird sentence in ch1, writer guide.

On 4/21/2012 9:39 AM, Hazel Russman wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:18:56 +0900 Jihui Choi wrote: Hello. I'm Jihui Choi and I'm translating some documents to Korean. Today I found a small typo in LibO 3.3 Write guide. in page 8, Ch1 introducing writer. "For example, when the cursor is in a tab

[libreoffice-documentation] faulty tabs in ToC

One suspected bug in Writer is the inability to insert a useable tab between an autonumbered entry and its heading text in second and higher levels ToC entries. (The tabs in first-level ToC entries work fine.) If a tab is inserted for the higher-level entries, it always is a right (quite undes

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] What are you going to do for v3.5 updates?

On 4/3/2012 4:29 PM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) It is possible to install the 3.5.1 alongside your existing install http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel I did have both 3.4.x and 3.5.2.1 working separately, but 3.5.2.1 wiped out a 3.5.1.2. So, one can do some things but not a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] 3.5 crashing unless a Java JRE is installed

tty rare tho even in the 3.5.0. Note that the 3.5.1 has still not been released so it might be a good time to test it and post bug-reports against it to help get things fixed for the 3.5.x branch. Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 14/3/12, Gary Schnabl wrote: From: Gary Schnabl Subje

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] 3.5 crashing unless a Java JRE is installed

Sorry, but you are talking to the wrong crowd :))) Best wishes Rogerio 2012/3/14 Gary Schnabl I came across a series of crashes a couple days ago because Java was not installed with 3.5. Checking through the Options showed that no Java JRE was automatically installed. So, checking my hard

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] 3.5 crashing unless a Java JRE is installed

honestly most of us know squat about the inner functionalities of the program per se. Please subscribe to the user list or dev list or make a bug report. Sorry, but you are talking to the wrong croud :))) Best wishes Rogerio 2012/3/14 Gary Schnabl I came across a series of crashes a couple days

[libreoffice-documentation] 3.5 crashing unless a Java JRE is installed

I came across a series of crashes a couple days ago because Java was not installed with 3.5. Checking through the Options showed that no Java JRE was automatically installed. So, checking my hard drive showed that my system had two versions of JREs. Manually adding the more recent (possibly, a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] PING: version 3.5 developers -- common template path reporting error still exists

RC1 is already out I just downloaded and installed it on my Mac it takes the your main LibreOffice preferences information not the LOdev one which I found had a tendency to overwrite your preferences . Ian On 21/01/12 8:09 AM, Gary Schnabl wrote: That is definitely not an unreported bug, so

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] PING: version 3.5 developers -- common template path reporting error still exists

Davies wrote: Hi :) Please post a bug-report about it and perhaps contact the devs list too? http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport Regards from Tom :) --- On Fri, 20/1/12, Gary Schnabl wrote: From: Gary Schnabl Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] PING: version 3.5 developers -- common

[libreoffice-documentation] PING: version 3.5 developers -- common template path reporting error still exists

rect path, C:\Program Files\LOdev 3.5\share\template\common, which does exist. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum <http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/> -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Styles naming and usage in LibO manuals

. -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum <http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/> -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Styles naming and usage in LibO manuals

mewhere, right?) that don't actually apply such good practices is bad teaching. Can anyone with a long experience explain this naming thingy? Because of the problems listed above, I think we should review the documents styles and adopt the predefined styles wherever they are concerned, ad

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco web site

abandoning Alfresco and moving to the ODFAuthors site. Would be no more work than getting Alfresco back to working order. --Jean -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum <http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/ph

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GS Ch11 (Graphics) and WG Ch8 (Graphics)

David has completed his work to restore from backup. --Jean -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum <http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/> -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documenta

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Graphics vanishing

list archive at Nabble.com. -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum <http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/> -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Pro

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] AutoText dialog

There are plenty of other areas that OOo/LO docs in the past have not covered in any depth or at all... Adding some rewriting of new or including previously unmentioned material would not hurt Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] version 3.5 shared templates path

On 12/28/2011 2:31 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: On Wed, 2011-12-28 at 10:18 -0500, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 12/28/2011 9:54 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: On Wed, 2011-12-28 at 07:59 -0500, Gary Schnabl wrote: Just what exactly is the folder path for shared templates supposed to be. My beta 2 of the version 3.5

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] version 3.5 shared templates path

On 12/28/2011 9:54 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: On Wed, 2011-12-28 at 07:59 -0500, Gary Schnabl wrote: Just what exactly is the folder path for shared templates supposed to be. My beta 2 of the version 3.5 implementation shows the following path via the LODev options, although no such physical folder

[libreoffice-documentation] version 3.5 shared templates path

, there does exist this path in my system: C:\Program Files\LOdev 3.5\share\template\common. What gives??? -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum <http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/> -- Unsubscribe instructi

[libreoffice-documentation] possible 3.5 bug?

Could somebody verify if the Template Management dialog box in version 3.5 possibly has a bug? I expected that the user-stored templates would appear in the MyTemplates "folder." However, they show up instead in the MediaWiki "folder." Is this proper? Gary -- Gary Schna

[libreoffice-documentation] version 3.5 List defaults

0pt, Indent right 0pt, Next style: List Contents -- inherited from Default List Indent: 0pt + Indent left 14pt, First Line 128pt, Indent right 0pt -- inherited from Text body BTW, Text body's defaults are: From top 0pt, From bottom 6pt -- inherited from Default Gary -- Gary Schnabl Sout

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