Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Status of Writer Guide v5.4: Olivier please note
Hello Jean Congratulations to the Writer Team. Impressive effort. Em 27/01/2018 19:53, Jean Weber escreveu: (snip) > I have completed the rewriting and updating of the WG to 5.4. > The ODT files for the chapters, and the front and back cover PNG files, are in > https://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/published-LO-5.4 > > Olivier: These files are ready to be "cleaned". I know there are some > issues with the labelled figures, for which my apologies. I have browsed all files and picked a couple of these labelled figures, typos and broken references. Some Headings 2 in Chap 18 had different fonts too, which I reset to style's default. I uploaded/replaced all files after "cleaning" them in the "Published" folder. > > I have compiled the full book from the chapters and am in the process > of checking the result. > > I will put the full book file on ODFAuthors, and everything (ODT and > PDF) on the wiki as soon as I can, probably in the next day or two. > I'll let you know when that is done. Thank you for this. > > Notes: > I incorporated many of Cathy's edits in Chapter 1, but very few in > Chapter 2 (which I have moved to be Chapter 20). I agree with almost > all of her suggestions, but I lacked the time, and in some cases the > knowledge, to implement them in this iteration of the book. Also, I > think a lot of the changes she suggested for Ch2 should go into the > Help (from which much of this chapter was copied) and/or into the > corresponding chapter in the Getting Started Guide. And lastly, I've > cut out quite a bit of the chapter completely, or reduced topics to a > paragraph, and referred readers to the Help or the GSG. I read Cathy's notes and I agree too... It will require a in depth review of the text. > > I seriously hope someone will follow up on her > suggestions, and indeed I will try to incorporate as many as I > can in Writer Guide for LOv6. It's always a struggle between doing it > better and getting it done before the book is thoroughly obsolete, and > I really dislike not being able to follow up properly on a good, > thorough review. The issue is triggered by the speed the software is adding features and have its user interface changed. Just for example, the MUFFIN or "Notebook" bar will invalidate most of the images and contents we describe in all guides. How to deal with such enormous task? We need a better documenting process, capable of following the speed of LibreOffice improvements and changes. I'll open a thread for this theme next week. Kind regards -- Olivier Hallot LibreOffice Documentation Coordinator Comunidade LibreOffice Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - Local Time: UTC-02:00 http://tdf.io/joinus -- 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 archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-documentation] Status of Writer Guide v5.4: Olivier please note
On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 7:12 AM, Jean Weber wrote: > As I mentioned elsewhere, I have almost finished revising the WG up to > LOv5.4, and as soon as I've finished the others, I'll start updating > them to v6.0. The list and sequence of chapters have been > significantly changed. I've put the completed files in the "Writer > Guide > Published LO5.4" folder on ODFAuthors. > > I know the team decided not to do a 5.x iteration of the Writer Guide, > but I found it easier to do that than attempt to rewrite at the same > time as making the jump from 4.2 to 6.0. > > Regards, Jean I have completed the rewriting and updating of the WG to 5.4. The ODT files for the chapters, and the front and back cover PNG files, are in https://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/published-LO-5.4 Olivier: These files are ready to be "cleaned". I know there are some issues with the labelled figures, for which my apologies. I have compiled the full book from the chapters and am in the process of checking the result. I will put the full book file on ODFAuthors, and everything (ODT and PDF) on the wiki as soon as I can, probably in the next day or two. I'll let you know when that is done. Notes: I incorporated many of Cathy's edits in Chapter 1, but very few in Chapter 2 (which I have moved to be Chapter 20). I agree with almost all of her suggestions, but I lacked the time, and in some cases the knowledge, to implement them in this iteration of the book. Also, I think a lot of the changes she suggested for Ch2 should go into the Help (from which much of this chapter was copied) and/or into the corresponding chapter in the Getting Started Guide. And lastly, I've cut out quite a bit of the chapter completely, or reduced topics to a paragraph, and referred readers to the Help or the GSG. I seriously hope someone will follow up on her suggestions, and indeed I will try to incorporate as many as I can in Writer Guide for LOv6. It's always a struggle between doing it better and getting it done before the book is thoroughly obsolete, and I really dislike not being able to follow up properly on a good, thorough review. --Jean -- 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 archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted