Re: [libreoffice-documentation] 7.2 Base Guide

2021-12-07 Thread Olivier Hallot
t for a future issue. Regards, Steve -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 LibreOffice – free and open source office suite: https://www.libreoffice.org Respects your privacy, and gives you back control over your data

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Mail merge nested IF conditions

2021-12-07 Thread Mike Saunders
Hi Andy! This documentation@ list is for coordinating the LibreOffice documentation project's activities. It's not a place to get help (although someone may have some ideas!) For specific questions about the software, please see: https://ask.libreoffice.org You can ask a question

[libreoffice-documentation] 7.2 Base Guide

2021-12-07 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello everybody. The "cosmetic" update to the Base Guide for 7.2 is now finished. All ODT and PDF files are in NextCloud, and available via the Publications page of our wiki (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications). Olivier, please could you make the files available

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide - updated Preface

2021-12-06 Thread Jean Weber
Steve, Looks okay to me. Jean On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 11:43 PM Steve Fanning wrote: > > Hello All, > > I have compiled the 7.2 Base Guide into one ODT file, and generated the > PDF for the book. All files are in the Published folder in NextCloud. > > All is ready for final checking before

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide - updated Preface

2021-12-06 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello All, I have compiled the 7.2 Base Guide into one ODT file, and generated the PDF for the book. All files are in the Published folder in NextCloud. All is ready for final checking before publication and hopefully Jean will still have time available to look at this. Regards, Steve

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide - updated Preface

2021-12-05 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello everybody. I have moved the ODT and PDF files for all chapters of the 7.2 Base Guide to the Published folder. Next I will collate the full book. Regards, Steve On 04/12/2021 11:24, Jean Weber wrote: Hi Steve, Yes, I expect to have time to check the compiled book when it’s ready.

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide 7.2

2021-12-05 Thread Peter Schofield
Version 01 of Chapter 8, Connections, Flowcharts and Organisation Charts for the Draw Guide 7.2 is in the Work In Progress folder on NextCloud ready for its review and comment. Now for Chapter 9. Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team -- To unsubscribe

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide 7.2

2021-12-04 Thread Peter Schofield
Version 01 of Chapter 7 3D Objects for the Draw Guide 7.2 is now in the Work In Progress folder on NextCloud ready for its review and comment. Now for Chapter 8. Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide - updated Preface

2021-12-04 Thread Jean Weber
Hi Steve, Yes, I expect to have time to check the compiled book when it’s ready. Jean On Sat, 4 Dec 2021 at 20:32 Steve Fanning wrote: > Hi Jean, > > Thank you for that review - I have accepted all your suggestions. With > regards to your question about the description of how the software >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide - updated Preface

2021-12-04 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Jean, Thank you for that review - I have accepted all your suggestions. With regards to your question about the description of how the software behaves when the offline help isn't installed, I have reverted the description to match that in the other books. I will now take a little time

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Math Guide for 7.x?

2021-12-03 Thread Jean Weber
Ilmari mentioned that Dante added commands for frac and evaluate. Can someone tell me which of the tables in Appendix A of the Math Guide these commands should go in, and can someone give me an example to go in those tables? I've been poking around looking for this information but haven't found

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide - updated Preface

2021-12-03 Thread Jean Weber
Steve, I have checked, commented, and returned the Preface with a new filename and updated the status spreadsheet. Only minor suggestions, plus one question. Jean On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 8:50 PM Jean Weber wrote: > > I’ll do it. -Jean > > On Fri, 3 Dec 2021 at 20:04 Steve Fanning > wrote: >> >>

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Thoughts on the Base Guide

2021-12-03 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Olivier, Thanks for that, and for producing the book covers. I will check all chapters for unnecessary tab characters and remove them before publication of the 7.2 Base Guide. Regards, Steve On 03/12/2021 12:07, Olivier Hallot wrote: Hi Steve I also agree with your remarks. Regards

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Thoughts on the Base Guide

2021-12-03 Thread Olivier Hallot
g required. However, I have already prepared an updated Preface and it might be worth including that. Meanwhile we can continue reviewing/improving the material in preparation for a future update. All views would be very welcome. Regards, Steve -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation C

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Two comments

2021-12-03 Thread Mike Saunders
Hi Brian, On 02.12.21 16:06, Brian Wichmann wrote: I am on Catalina 10.15.5 with Libre Office 7.2.3.2 Page 30, I can’t get the menu options to show with ‘save as’ Which document/guidebook are you specifically referring to? Page 31. With the tools menu, I do not get a options item. In

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide - updated Preface

2021-12-03 Thread Jean Weber
I’ll do it. -Jean On Fri, 3 Dec 2021 at 20:04 Steve Fanning wrote: > Hi All, > > Please would somebody review the updated Preface that I propose for Base > Guide 7.2? It isn't lengthy - 10 pages including front matter - and has > lots of boilerplate material common to all guides. > > It is in

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Thoughts on the Base Guide

2021-12-03 Thread Jean Weber
+1 Jean On Fri, 3 Dec 2021 at 19:09 Steve Fanning wrote: > Hello All, > > Thanks for the feedback received about how to progress the Base Guide. > > Based on my current understanding of its status, I would like to make > the following two suggestions: > > (1) That we issue a 7.2 Base Guide

[libreoffice-documentation] Two comments

2021-12-03 Thread Brian Wichmann
Dear Sir, I am on Catalina 10.15.5 with Libre Office 7.2.3.2 Page 30, I can’t get the menu options to show with ‘save as’ Page 31. With the tools menu, I do not get a options item. Brian. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-documentation] Forced quite needed

2021-12-03 Thread Brian Wichmann
During an edit, LibreOffice looped. Unfortunately, it would be difficult to reproduce it! Brian -- 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:

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide 7.2

2021-12-03 Thread Peter Schofield
Version 01 of Chapter 6 Editing Images for the Draw Guide 7.2 is in the Work In Progress folder on NextCloud ready for a review and comment. Now for Chapter 7 Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-documentation] Base Guide - updated Preface

2021-12-03 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi All, Please would somebody review the updated Preface that I propose for Base Guide 7.2? It isn't lengthy - 10 pages including front matter - and has lots of boilerplate material common to all guides. It is in the Work in Progress folder, file name BG7200-Preface_SF_03Dec2021.odt.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Thoughts on the Base Guide

2021-12-03 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello All, Thanks for the feedback received about how to progress the Base Guide. Based on my current understanding of its status, I would like to make the following two suggestions: (1) That we issue a 7.2 Base Guide within the next few days. I’m happy to collate the book based on the

[libreoffice-documentation] FOSDEM 2022: LibreOffice Technology DevRoom CfP

2021-12-02 Thread Italo Vignoli
LibreOffice Technology DevRoom Call for Papers FOSDEM 2022 will be a virtual event, taking place online on Saturday, February 5, and Sunday, February 6. The LibreOffice DevRoom is scheduled for Sunday, February 6, from 9AM to 7PM (times to be confirmed). If we will get more interesting talk

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide 7.2

2021-12-02 Thread Peter Schofield
Version 01 of Chapter 5 Combining Multiple Objects for the Draw Guide 7.2 is in the Work In Progress folder on NextCloud ready for its review and comment. Now for Chapter 6. Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Thoughts on the Base Guide

2021-12-01 Thread Felipe Viggiano de Souza
Hello Steve, Just uploaded a first review of the BG7002 and checked out the BG7204. Since I do not have any experience in the LO Base, I have just made some superficial suggestions. About your considerations: i. There were some reference to bugs and a lot of pictures without caption. ii.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Adding Bangla translation

2021-11-30 Thread sophi
Hi all, Le 27/11/2021 à 06:55, Y.Sol.lei a écrit : > Welcome, Pratik! > As Wikipedia say, Bangla is a synonym for Bengali language. Here are two > translating projects for Bengali, both need active support. > https://translations.documentfoundation.org/projects/libo_ui-master/#languages > Please,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Thoughts on the Base Guide

2021-11-29 Thread Jean Weber
Steve, I would be fine with issuing a cosmetic "update" to complete the set of v7.2 user guides. IIRC, I have done that before with at least one other book, though possibly back in OO days. I have checked the section "Creating mail merge documents" in Chapter 7, which I said I would update. I see

[libreoffice-documentation] Thoughts on the Base Guide

2021-11-29 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Team, During the past few days, I have spent some time looking at the 6.4 Base Guide as we begin to review and update it. Unfortunately, if we are to improve the quality of the book then the task may involve significantly more effort and time than we at first anticipated. This conclusion

[libreoffice-documentation] DG7200/DG7201 returned from first review

2021-11-28 Thread rachel kartch
Hello all-- I've returned DG7200 and DG7201 from first review and moved the previous versions of the files to the Archive. Rachel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide 7.2

2021-11-27 Thread Peter Schofield
Version 01 of Chapter 4 Changing Object Attributes for the Draw Guide 7.2 is now in the Work In Progress folder on NextCloud ready for its review and comment. This has been updated using information from the Impress Guide 7.2. Regards Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com Technical Writer, LO

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Adding Bangla translation

2021-11-26 Thread Y.Sol.lei
Welcome, Pratik! As Wikipedia say, Bangla is a synonym for Bengali language. Here are two translating projects for Bengali, both need active support. https://translations.documentfoundation.org/projects/libo_ui-master/#languages Please, contact your project maintainer to get the translating

[libreoffice-documentation] DG7200 and DG7201 checked out for first review

2021-11-25 Thread rachel kartch
Hello all-- I've checked out DG7200 and DG7201 for first review, anticipated return date Nov. 28. Rachel -- 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:

[libreoffice-documentation] 7.2 Base Guide - Preface

2021-11-25 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Team, I have updated BG7200 (Preface) and returned it to the Work in Progress folder for review. Please note however that the section entitled "What’s new in LibreOffice Base 7.2 Community?" will require further last minute additions once we understand what is changing in the book's other

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Use of the Archive folder after publishing

2021-11-24 Thread kees538
of storing space is there is no use for it. Maybe this folder can be removed too? Kind regards, Kees -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 LibreOffice – free and open source office suite: https://www.libreoffice.org Respects your

[libreoffice-documentation] Base - BG7202 - Chapter 02 - Updating

2021-11-24 Thread Felipe Viggiano de Souza
Hello everyone, Just checked out the BG7202, expect to return in 01Dec2021. The Base Guide Status has been updated. Best regards, Felipe Viggiano -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-documentation] REMIND: Documentation team call is this Thursday at 18:00 UTC

2021-11-24 Thread Olivier Hallot
in the pad. See you later! -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Comunidade LibreOffice Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 http://tdf.io/joinus -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base - BG7201 - Chapter 1 for Updating

2021-11-24 Thread Steve Fanning
Thanks Dev. Don't worry about quoting a tentative return date; we are all volunteers and do things when we can. Regards, Steve On 24/11/2021 04:43, vasudev.naraya...@aol.com wrote: Greetings - I am checking out Chapter 1 for updating. The return date is tentative. I have updated the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-24 Thread Marc Paré
Hi all, Just to add, in my trying to convince local libraries to purchase sets of guides for LibreOffice, I am often asked if there is a whole set that they can purchase. The answer thus far from me has been no. Having a full 7.2 would greatly help in promoting the guides as complete sets to

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide 7.2

2021-11-24 Thread Peter Schofield
Version 01 of DG7203 Working with Objects for the Draw Guide 7.2 is in the Work In Progress folder on NextCloud ready for its first review and comment. Only cosmetic changes for the upgrade from LO 7.1 to LO 7.2 Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team -- To

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Use of the Archive folder after publishing

2021-11-24 Thread Olivier Hallot
is removed. But the Archive folder is kept. What is the use of the Archive folder after publishing? In my opinion it takes a lot of storing space is there is no use for it. Maybe this folder can be removed too? Kind regards, Kees -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Rio de

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide 7.2

2021-11-24 Thread Peter Schofield
Version 01 of DG7202 Drawing Basic Shapes for the Draw Guide 7.2 is in the Work In Progress folder on NextCloud ready for its first review and comment. Cosmetic changes only on the upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2. Regards Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team --

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Use of the Archive folder after publishing

2021-11-23 Thread kees538
The Dutch community decided that the (Dutch) Archive folder can be deleted after publishing a Guide. This can save a lot of storage space. Cheers, Kees kees...@libreoffice.org schreef op 19.11.2021 09:21: All On Nextlcoud here are several folders for the process op developing Guides. Work

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Release Notes 7.3 wiki page errors

2021-11-23 Thread Ilmari Lauhakangas
The page reported it yesterday before Rafael changed the marker (and that I removed today), not anymore. Anyone is free to fix any such mistakes they spot, it is simply wiki text anyhow. Ilmari On 23.11.2021 15.31, Martin Srebotnjak wrote: Well, Rafael, the page now reports that it contains

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Release Notes 7.3 wiki page errors

2021-11-23 Thread Martin Srebotnjak
Well, Rafael, the page now reports that it contains changes that cannot be marked for translation, which is also not good. All content should be made translatable. Lp, m. V V tor., 23. nov. 2021 ob 14:27 je oseba Ilmari Lauhakangas < ilmari.lauhakan...@libreoffice.org> napisala: > Sure, it's

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Release Notes 7.3 wiki page errors

2021-11-23 Thread Ilmari Lauhakangas
Sure, it's not a big deal, but the right way to fix it would have been to just remove the marker entirely and not rename the number :) Ilmari On 23.11.2021 15.05, Rafael Lima wrote: Hi Martin and Ilmari, Yesterday I edited the Release Notes for LO 7.3 and accidentally duplicated entry 263.

[libreoffice-documentation] The Calc Guide 7.2 is at the Station!

2021-11-23 Thread Olivier Hallot
Blog Post ! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/11/23/the-calc-guide-7-2-is-at-the-station/#more-12324 Kind regards -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 LibreOffice – free and open source office suite: https

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Release Notes 7.3 wiki page errors

2021-11-23 Thread Rafael Lima
Hi Martin and Ilmari, Yesterday I edited the Release Notes for LO 7.3 and accidentally duplicated entry 263. This was the only one I edited and now it is fixed. I did not check if there are any other duplicate IDs though. Rafael On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 8:32 AM Martin Srebotnjak wrote: >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Release Notes 7.3 wiki page errors

2021-11-23 Thread Martin Srebotnjak
Helo, Ilmari, I did not mess with translation markes, I do not know who did it. I just found that the page needs to be checked for translation since it had updates and the wiki system returned an error. Lp, m. V V tor., 23. nov. 2021 ob 07:05 je oseba Ilmari Lauhakangas <

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-23 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello Team, Many thanks for the offers of help with updating the Base Guide to LO 7.2. I have created the folder structure in NextCloud, included a tracking spreadsheet, applied the LO 7 template to all ODT files, and placed those files in the Work in Progress folder. I have also checked out

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Jean, hi Steve, > Can we identify portions of the German book about Firebird that could > be translated and go into the English version? Or are the books too > different now? Have a look at the chapter "Tabellen"→"Direkte Eingabe von SQL-Befehlen" of "Base Handbuch 7.2"

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Release Notes 7.3 wiki page errors

2021-11-22 Thread Ilmari Lauhakangas
On 22.11.2021 22.54, Martin Srebotnjak wrote: Hello, just want to report, the wiki page https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.3 has errors (the name of the translation unit 263 has several instances) and thus cannot be marked for translation in the latest version. Please fix this

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Jean Weber
I have now checked Chapter 7 of the Base Guide, which covers (among other things) the Mail Merge function, which uses Writer. There have been some changes: relatively minor, involving a few of the Mail Merge dialogs and including at least one extra function. I can update these in the BG chapter

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Jean Weber
Robert, Can we identify portions of the German book about Firebird that could be translated and go into the English version? Or are the books too different now? Steve, FYI the English Base Guide started out as a translation of the German Base Handbuch; it has been revised and portions rewritten

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Math Guide for 7.x?

2021-11-22 Thread Jean Weber
Thanks, Martin, Ilmari, Rafael. I agree the wording of the Math Guide should be revised to match the GS chapter. I am willing to take on the updating and revision of this book for LO 7.2. I will look into the topics Ilmari mentions, as well as what's in the Release Notes. Jean On Tue, 23 Nov

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Release Notes 7.3 wiki page errors

2021-11-22 Thread Rafael Lima
Hi Martin, I fixed the duplicate occurrence of ID 263. Rafael On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 5:56 PM Martin Srebotnjak wrote: > Hello, > > just want to report, the wiki page > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.3 > has errors (the name of the translation unit 263 has several

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Felipe Viggiano de Souza
Hello everyone, Congratulations to Steve, Peter and everyone involved on the recent published guides! Very nice!! Steve, I do not have much experience with LO Base, but I can help with the reviews! Best regards, Felipe Viggiano Em 22/11/2021 05:16, Steve Fanning escreveu: Hello

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Robert, Thanks for that and apologies for my daft questions (I'm not always aware of the history of the project). I'll give some more thought to improving this area in the (English) Base Guide, although I probably won't be able to do much during this iteration. I do, however, believe

[libreoffice-documentation] Release Notes 7.3 wiki page errors

2021-11-22 Thread Martin Srebotnjak
Hello, just want to report, the wiki page https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.3 has errors (the name of the translation unit 263 has several instances) and thus cannot be marked for translation in the latest version. Please fix this and mark the latest version available for

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Steve, creating a new internal Firebird database has been set to experimental. Using the created Firebird database isn't experimental. So there are many people, who had created such a database (thinking HSQLDB will be deprecated) and won't notice any difference to versions before LO 6.4.3. We

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I have about 20 odd years experience in documentation

2021-11-22 Thread marcia wilbur
uot; 3. Inanimate object personification "them". These are just a few items to clean up in the docs. FYI. -Marcia From: "Jean Weber" To: "lorraine dick" Cc: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, November 22, 2021 4:01:38 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello everybody, In my experience so far working within the Documentation Team, we don't tend to describe experimental features within the guides.Therefore, given its current status, would I be better off removing discussion of the internal Firebird engine from the 7.2 Base Guide? This

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Math Guide for 7.x?

2021-11-22 Thread Martin Srebotnjak
From my experience localizing the chapters of GS and the Math guide in OmetgaT: the Math guide is very similar to Math chapter in GS guide (it is only extended in some parts) - but GS chapter got thoroughly revised by the reviewers (regarding wording) from 7.0 (I think), while the Math guide

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Math Guide for 7.x?

2021-11-22 Thread Ilmari Lauhakangas
On 22.11.2021 13.49, Rafael Lima wrote: On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 7:41 AM Jean Weber wrote: Is anyone updating the Math Guide for 7.x? The last time I looked at a published copy, I noticed some formatting problems in some of the tables that I’d be happy to fix before a new edition is

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Rafael Lima
Hi everyone! An update to the Base Guide is surely needed. You can count on me for reviewing chapters. Rafael On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 7:46 AM Jean Weber wrote: > I agree, and I suggest 7.2. It would be nice to have a complete set of > guides branded for the same release. If Peter does Draw

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Math Guide for 7.x?

2021-11-22 Thread Rafael Lima
Hi Jean, I took a look at the release notes and a few minor changes were made to LO Math since 7.0. - 7.1: Math has now a full support of HTML colors - 7.2: It's now possible to scale the code input box. - 7.3: Nothing so far If you can do the initial updating of the chapters, I'll be happy to

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide 7.2

2021-11-22 Thread Peter Schofield
Version 01 of DG7201 Introducing Draw for the Draw Guide 7.2 is in the Work In Progress folder on NextCloud ready for its first review and comment. Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw Guide 7.2

2021-11-22 Thread Peter Schofield
Version 01 of DG7200 Preface for the Draw Guide 7.2 is now in the Work In Progress folder on NextCloud ready for its first review and comment. Regards Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I have about 20 odd years experience in documentation

2021-11-22 Thread Jean Weber
Welcome. This list strips out attachments, so we don’t see which page or typo you’re referring to. Also, you will probably find that some of the info on the wiki about the team and its work is incomplete, contradictory, or otherwise confusing. It’s been under revision for some time. Jean (Another

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Jean Weber
I agree, and I suggest 7.2. It would be nice to have a complete set of guides branded for the same release. If Peter does Draw and Steve does Base and someone (who?) does Math, we could have a full set for 7.2. Jean On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 at 20:13 Olivier Hallot wrote: > HI > From a standpoint

[libreoffice-documentation] Math Guide for 7.x?

2021-11-22 Thread Jean Weber
Is anyone updating the Math Guide for 7.x? The last time I looked at a published copy, I noticed some formatting problems in some of the tables that I’d be happy to fix before a new edition is published, if someone else doesn’t fix them first. Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Jean Weber
I think there may be some changes in Writer that might affect the discussion of using Base with Writer. I’ll take a look. Jean On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 at 18:17 Steve Fanning wrote: > Hello everybody. > > All our guides now reflect LibreOffice 7, apart from the Base Guide > which currently

[libreoffice-documentation] I have about 20 odd years experience in documentation

2021-11-22 Thread Lorraine Dick
Hi, I have about 20 odd years experience writing user manuals for several different software companies with a wide range of subjects. I served on the board for the Montreal Technical Communicators Society and served as a judge for their annual manual contest. I have written large manuals, quick

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Olivier Hallot
but could be the feature "Auto Grow" in reports, introduced since LO 6.4, is also missing. Regards Robert -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 LibreOffice – free and open source office suite: https://www.libreoffice.org R

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Steve, there has nothing been changed in Base in LO 7.*. Only thing which should be part of the description: Since LO 6.4.3 Firebird has been set back to experimental feartures. So you could only create a new Firebird dabase when "experimental features" are choosen. Don't know the whole

[libreoffice-documentation] Print copies of LO 7.2 Impress Guide and Calc Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Jean Weber
Print copies of LO 7.2 Impress Guide and Calc Guide are now available through the Lulu bookstore. I have added links om the wiki page. Impress https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/libreoffice-documentation-team/libreoffice-72-impress-guide/paperback/product-4gmnd5.html Calc https://www.lulu.com/en/us

[libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2021-11-22 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello everybody. All our guides now reflect LibreOffice 7, apart from the Base Guide which currently describes LibreOffice 6.4. As far as I can see, nobody is working on an update to the Base Guide but please correct me if this assumption is wrong. As discussed at the most recent

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Hear ! Hear ! The Impresss Guide 7.2 just arrived !

2021-11-22 Thread Peter Schofield
have filenames IG7213 and IG7214 respectively. >>> >>> Regards >>> Peter Schofield >>> psaut...@gmail.com >>> Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team >>> >>>> On 20 Nov 2021, at 20:49, Olivier Hallot >>>> wrote: >>>>

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Hear ! Hear ! The Impresss Guide 7.2 just arrived !

2021-11-21 Thread Jean Weber
; Peter Schofield >> psaut...@gmail.com >> Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team >> >> > On 20 Nov 2021, at 20:49, Olivier Hallot >> > wrote: >> > >> > Spread the word !!! >> > >> > https://blog.documentfoundati

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Hear ! Hear ! The Impresss Guide 7.2 just arrived !

2021-11-21 Thread Jean Weber
> > > https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/11/20/announcing-the-impress-guide-7-2/ > > > > Kind regards > > -- > > Olivier Hallot > > LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator > > Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 > > LibreOffice –

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: 7.2 Calc Guide

2021-11-21 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello everybody. The 7.2 Calc Guide is now finished. All ODT and PDF files are in NextCloud, and available via the Publications page of our wiki (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications). Olivier, please could you make the files available via the website? Thanks for

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Hear ! Hear ! The Impresss Guide 7.2 just arrived !

2021-11-21 Thread Peter Schofield
he word !!! > > https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/11/20/announcing-the-impress-guide-7-2/ > > Kind regards > -- > Olivier Hallot > LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator > Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 > LibreOffice – free and open source off

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: 7.2 Calc Guide

2021-11-21 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Jean, Many thanks for checking the document. I will update the copyright URLs within the chapter files in the next few hours and we'll be ready to go. Regards, Steve On 21/11/2021 01:20, Jean Weber wrote: Steve, In the copyright statement, the URLs should be https: not http: The back

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: 7.2 Calc Guide

2021-11-20 Thread Jean Weber
Steve, In the copyright statement, the URLs should be https: not http: The back cover image should be behind the text box, not in front. I did not find anything else. I have amended the book ODT, regenerated the PDF, and uploaded them to NextCloud. IMO the book is ready for publication. I have

[libreoffice-documentation] Hear ! Hear ! The Impresss Guide 7.2 just arrived !

2021-11-20 Thread Olivier Hallot
Spread the word !!! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/11/20/announcing-the-impress-guide-7-2/ Kind regards -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 LibreOffice – free and open source office suite: https

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: 7.2 Calc Guide

2021-11-20 Thread Jean Weber
Steve, Yes, I’ll do that today. Jean On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 at 03:27 Steve Fanning wrote: > Hello All, > > I have generated the PDFs for the individual chapters, compiled the book > into one ODT file, and generated the PDF for the book. All files are in > the Published folder in NextCloud. > > All

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: 7.2 Calc Guide

2021-11-20 Thread Steve Fanning
Hello All, I have generated the PDFs for the individual chapters, compiled the book into one ODT file, and generated the PDF for the book. All files are in the Published folder in NextCloud. All is ready for final checking before publication. Jean, have to still got time available to look

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress 7.2 Guide chapter logos

2021-11-20 Thread Peter Schofield
r files and each chapter in the compiled >> book have the old logo, without the word "Community". >> Olivier, should these be changed to the new logo for the PDFs and >> source files? I will do so for the printed copies. >> Jean > > -- > Olivier Hallot > Lib

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress 7.2 Guide chapter logos

2021-11-20 Thread Olivier Hallot
unity". Olivier, should these be changed to the new logo for the PDFs and source files? I will do so for the printed copies. Jean -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-03:00 LibreOffice – free and open source office su

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress 7.2 Guide chapter logos

2021-11-20 Thread Martin Srebotnjak
Thanks for noticing, Jean. I think they should be replaced, yes, to be in line with all the Community editions of the software they refer to. Lp, m. V V sob., 20. nov. 2021 ob 05:21 je oseba Jean Weber napisala: > Peter, Olivier, and team-- > > Apologies for not noticing this before, but the

[libreoffice-documentation] Impress 7.2 Guide chapter logos

2021-11-19 Thread Jean Weber
Peter, Olivier, and team-- Apologies for not noticing this before, but the title pages in each of the Impress 7.2 Guide chapter files and each chapter in the compiled book have the old logo, without the word "Community". Olivier, should these be changed to the new logo for the PDFs and source

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Impress Guide 7.2 layout comments

2021-11-19 Thread Olivier Hallot
nt" should be "Color adjustment" so capitalisation matches other headings. Page 317: There is an extra amount of space under Figure 294, above the bullet point "Print". Page 318: URL for extension repository should be https, not http Page 365: Bad page break at bottom, in Line and Fill

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress Guide 7.2 layout comments

2021-11-19 Thread Martin Srebotnjak
Hello, Peter, why do you not take Jean's files? This way there will be no difference between them, otherwise some errors might persist or new can be introduced ... Lp, m. V V pet., 19. nov. 2021 ob 11:03 je oseba Peter Schofield < psaut...@gmail.com> napisala: > Hello Jean > > I am checking

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress Guide 7.2 layout comments

2021-11-19 Thread Peter Schofield
Hello Jean I am checking all my Impress files against your review comments. Thanks Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team > On 19 Nov 2021, at 10:44, Jean Weber wrote: > > When you check the rest of your messages, you will see I’ve done the updates > and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress Guide 7.2 layout comments

2021-11-19 Thread Jean Weber
When you check the rest of your messages, you will see I’ve done the updates and some other work. On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 at 18:30 Peter Schofield wrote: > Hello Jean > > Thanks for the review. Will now correct my copies. > > Regards > Peter Schofield > psaut...@gmail.com > Technical Writer, LO

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress Guide 7.2 layout comments

2021-11-19 Thread Peter Schofield
Hello Jean Thanks for the review. Will now correct my copies. Regards Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team > On 19 Nov 2021, at 03:10, Jean Weber wrote: > > Hi Peter, > Here is what I have found. > On the Copyright page, "Based on LibreOffice 7.2." should

[libreoffice-documentation] Use of the Archive folder after publishing

2021-11-19 Thread kees538
All On Nextlcoud here are several folders for the process op developing Guides. Work in Progress, Archive and Published. After publishing a Guide, the folder Work in Progress is removed. But the Archive folder is kept. What is the use of the Archive folder after publishing? In my opinion it

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Impress Guide 7.2 layout comments

2021-11-18 Thread Jean Weber
Peter and Olivier, I have made the corrections and uploaded the new ODT and PDF files to NextCloud. Jean On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 12:22 PM Jean Weber wrote: > > Peter and Olivier, > Here is what I plan to do: > 1. Make the few corrections needed in the files. (Today) > 2. Upload the corrected

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress Guide 7.2

2021-11-18 Thread Jean Weber
to make the document look good. >> > >> > Now for the Draw Guide. >> > >> > Regards >> > Peter Schofield >> > psaut...@gmail.com >> > Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Olivi

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Impress Guide 7.2 layout comments

2021-11-18 Thread Jean Weber
Peter and Olivier, Here is what I plan to do: 1. Make the few corrections needed in the files. (Today) 2. Upload the corrected files to NextCloud. (Today) 3. Upload all of the chapter and book files to the Publications wiki page. (Over the weekend) 4. Create the print version of the book. (Next

[libreoffice-documentation] Impress Guide 7.2 layout comments

2021-11-18 Thread Jean Weber
Hi Peter, Here is what I have found. On the Copyright page, "Based on LibreOffice 7.2." should say "Based on LibreOffice 7.2 Community." Cover pages of Preface and each chapter and appendix use the wrong page style; should be First Page (so it doesn't have a footer). On page 11, Table 2, "macOS

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