Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction and Getting Started

2022-05-24 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hi Aline Thanks for contacting us. Can you join our meeting this Thursday 26 at 18:00 UTC?. It will be an opportunity to let you know what we are doing in documentation. Otherwise contact me off-list so we set a meeting. To give you access to our documents, I need to know SSO login name

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction and Getting Started

2022-05-24 Thread Aline Nayir
Hello, My name is Aline and I'm interested in making contributions to your documentation team. A little about me: 1. I am a university student 2. I have a few years experience in copy-editing for my school's newspaper 3. I have experience in formatting reports to a variety of style

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2022-02-17 Thread flywire
Welcome Vikram. I assume you worked through https://www.libreoffice.org/community/docs-team/ to the wiki finding the https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development link. I'm sure one of the coordinators will reply to guide you through an induction. Please make the most of your

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2022-02-17 Thread Vikram Ghangurde
Hello, My name is Vikram. I am considering a career change into technical writing, and would like to get some experience by volunteering on an open source project. I currently work as a corporate recruiter, but would like to work on something more product-oriented. Although I do not come from a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction - joining the team

2021-08-31 Thread Laura Venieri
Hi, Thanks Steve and Olivier for the suggestions, it sounds good to start with reviewing the Calc Functions wiki. I will look more into it in the coming days, and write here when I have some questions. Kind regards, Laura On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 at 23:44, Olivier Hallot wrote: > Hi Steve > >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction - joining the team

2021-08-30 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hi Steve Thanks for the heads-up! (I was looking at them) Kind regards Olivier Em 30/08/2021 17:27, Steve Fanning escreveu: Hi All, In the interests of avoiding confusion, the updated files for the 7.2 Calc Guide are NOT currently in NextCloud. I will advise via the mailing list when they

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction - joining the team

2021-08-30 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi All, In the interests of avoiding confusion, the updated files for the 7.2 Calc Guide are NOT currently in NextCloud. I will advise via the mailing list when they are ready to be reviewed, by whoever wishes to review them. Regards, Steve On 30/08/2021 21:09, Olivier Hallot wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction - joining the team

2021-08-30 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hello Laura You are welcome to review any guide book chapter. The Calc guide is a good topic for mathematicians and well as the Math guide (equation editor). All files are in the cloud, at LibreOffice Documentation/English/Calc Guide/7.2/Work in Progress/ (Calc) Download one chapter and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction - joining the team

2021-08-30 Thread Steve Fanning
Hi Laura, Welcome! I'm a member of the Documentation Team who (at the moment) focuses on Calc aspects. I've been chatting to Ilmari Lauhakangas and wondered whether you would be interested in helping with some of our current activities to improve Calc's documentation? There is plenty to

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction - joining the team

2021-08-28 Thread Laura Venieri
Hi everyone, My name is Laura and I would like to join the documentation team. As a background I'm a mathematician, and currently working as quantitative analyst. Joining the project seems like a great way to improve my technical writing skills, so looking forward to getting started! Maybe I

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction and Documentation User Account Request

2021-08-20 Thread Olivier Hallot
Welcome Mitch You have now access to the cloud files. I have a question for you: What kind of communication you have in mind? Kind regards Em 20/08/2021 12:23, Mitchell Camfield escreveu: Hi everyone, My name is Mitch and I work as a technical communicator for a large public university in

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction and Documentation User Account Request

2021-08-20 Thread Mitchell Camfield
Hi everyone, My name is Mitch and I work as a technical communicator for a large public university in the USA. I have worked extensively with various tools in education as well as instructing others on how to utilize those tools. I would like to assist with the technical communication of

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2021-01-13 Thread Nicholas Stevens
Hello! I came across the LibreOffice Docs Team while looking for projects to contribute to and to gain experience with documentation. Admittedly, I am not too familiar with LibreOffice yet but I am in the process of learning. Right now I think the way I could be most helpful would be to edit and

RE: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction-Chris Smith

2020-10-19 Thread Chris
receiving the e-mails from the group. Thank you, Chris Smith Sent fromMailfor Windows 10 From:Dave BartonSent:Monday, October 19, 2020 7:11 AMTo:Chris;documentation@global.libreoffice.orgSubject:Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction-Chris Smith Original

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction-Chris Smith

2020-10-19 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Chris [mailto:csmith94...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020, 22:45 UTC To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction-Chris Smith > Hi, > > My name is Chris Smith, I just recently discovered Li

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction-Chris Smith

2020-10-18 Thread Chris
Hi, My name is Chris Smith, I just recently discovered LibreOffice, and I would like to help contribute to the documentation team. I’ve been in the technical communications field for several years, but I’m new to technical writing. I’m currently working on my technical writing

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2020-10-01 Thread randolph gamo
Hi Rob, Its pleasure to welcome you. Regardless of your skills, you can always help. The next step is for you to create a login in our working environmznt. Please follow this link https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Infra/SingleSignOn Regards Randolph Le mar. 29 sept. 2020 10:20 PM, Robert

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2020-09-29 Thread Robert Darlow
Hello. As per the /JoinDocTeam /guide, this is a brief introduction to me and what I can offer to the documentation team. I work in the public sector in England in a data management team. Much of my work

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2020-08-28 Thread Bart Steanes
Hi, I am a currently retired engineer / programmer / sales guy / business owner, based in Sydney, Australia. My first word processor was wordstar on CP/M. Along the way I have used Xerox Star, MacWrite, Interleaf, Nissus, Word and Openoffice. I recently went looking for a sample document and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] - Introduction

2020-07-16 Thread Felipe Viggiano
Hello Jean, Thanks for the welcome! I have taken Chapter 12 for a review, and updated the *Guide Status WG.ods* as requested. best regards, Felipe Viggiano Em qua., 15 de jul. de 2020 às 00:04, Jean Weber escreveu: > Welcome, Felipe, > Good to have you reviewIng Writer Guide 6.4 chapters.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] - Introduction

2020-07-14 Thread Jean Weber
Welcome, Felipe, Good to have you reviewIng Writer Guide 6.4 chapters. For this round, please focus only on technical correctness and glaring errors. Please do not attempt to reorganise or rewrite, even when it’s obvious a chapter needs serious work. You are welcome to flag issues for revision for

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] - Introduction

2020-07-14 Thread Felipe Viggiano
Thanks for the tips Olivier, I will begin by reading and commenting on the LibreOffice Writer 6.4 documents, since I am more familiar with it. And I hope, in the future, to get evolved with the 7.0 version as well. Best regards, Felipe Viggiano Em ter., 14 de jul. de 2020 às 18:15, Olivier

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] - Introduction

2020-07-14 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hello Felipe Welcome! You can start here and follow the link on writing books. https://documentation.libreoffice.org/en/join-the-documentation-team/ If you have a specific subject you want to work, please let us know. People use to start reviewing chapters of one of these books Spreadsheets,

[libreoffice-documentation] - Introduction

2020-07-14 Thread Felipe Viggiano
Hello everyone, I'm Felipe Viggiano, an Electrical Engineer from São Paulo, Brazil and I would like to contribute to this beautiful project. I believe that the effort you guys are doing can really make a difference in giving access to good quality softwares to a great number of people, and being

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction - Avani

2020-06-11 Thread avani bhatt
Hello everyone, Hope you all are doing well. I'm Avani and I have recently joined the LibreOffice mail list. In the past few weeks I've been going over the wiki pages and the style guide to accustom myself with the writing guidelines and processes, so that contribute as a review and a writer. I

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2020-05-22 Thread Jenna Sargent
Hi, I'm interested in working with the documentation team. I've already signed up for a Document Foundation account and have read through the documentation team wiki. I'm currently a writer for a software development news site so I'm used to writing about technical concepts, but I've never

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2019-07-31 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hello Arianie Welcome and thank you for your contact. The documentation team is happy to have you participating in our effort to make LibreOffice even more popular and valuable. PLease have these othtr contact points with us (besides the current mailing list) *The documentation webchat*

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2019-07-30 Thread Arianie McGee
Hello, My name is Arianie McGee. I have joined LibreOffice’s mailing list in hopes of contributing to the Documents team. I have recently completed a Technical Communication certificate program. I hope to utilize the knowledge I gained from the program and acquire some technical writing

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction / request for registration

2019-02-14 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hello Tom Sorry for the late reply Welcome to the team Kind regards Olivier Em 12/02/2019 14:13, Tom Thibodeau escreveu: > Good morning from Austin, TX! > > My name is Tom, and I'm a Systems Administrator working for the city of > Austin. I have been working with the city for about 7 years,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2017-07-10 Thread Paul Figueiredo
For sure. I had a glance at the 6.0 and 5.4 change logs to see what was coming down the pipe. Are there style guides for the 6.0 documentation? Or is it keeping the 5.X style guide? On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 at 14:24 Olivier Hallot wrote: > Hello Paul > > It may be

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2017-07-10 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hello Paul It may be better to look ahead and update the documents for the next 6.0 release, due next February. That will include the 5.3 (that you did) and 5.4 (to be released before August) and follow the development of the 6.0 release (on-going). In case you want to have a glimpse to the 5.3,

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2017-07-06 Thread Paul Figueiredo
Hi there; I am interested in joining the documentation team and would need access to the ODFAuthors website. I do not have much familiarity with *technical *writing, having been a fiction writer in my younger years. However, since I am not a programmer or developer but am finding a need to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction German Translator for Documentation (BASIC)

2016-05-16 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Maik, Glad to see you here, welcome :-) Best, Charles. Le 15 mai 2016 14:00:46 GMT+02:00, Maik Wagner a écrit : >Dear List, > >I signed up yesterday for this list and would like to introduce myself: > >My name is Maik Wagner and I am from a small village called

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction German Translator for Documentation (BASIC)

2016-05-15 Thread Maik Wagner
Dear List, I signed up yesterday for this list and would like to introduce myself: My name is Maik Wagner and I am from a small village called Brome which is in Lower-Saxony (Niedersachsen). I am offering services relating to Linux, Websites as well as translation services. I am fluent in

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2016-03-07 Thread Sophie
Hi Andrew, Le 06/03/2016 23:44, Andrew Wetmore a écrit : > Hi, all: > > I am Andrew Wetmore, a playwright and software documentation expert in Nova > Scotia, on the east coast of Canada. I have been using Libre Office (and > Open Office before it) for a number of years, and would like to

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2016-03-06 Thread Andrew Wetmore
Hi, all: I am Andrew Wetmore, a playwright and software documentation expert in Nova Scotia, on the east coast of Canada. I have been using Libre Office (and Open Office before it) for a number of years, and would like to contribute in any way that is useful to strengthening the documentation for

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2015-11-13 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi Ava, Thanks for your offer. As you requested, I created an account for you on the ODFAuthors website. You should have received an email with a link to set your password. If you have any questions feel free to ask here on this list again. Welcome to the team. Sigrid On 12 November 2015 at

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2015-11-12 Thread Jan Holesovsky
Hi Ava, Ava Jarvis píše v Ne 08. 11. 2015 v 22:21 -0800: > My software engineering background gives me the capability of additionally > taking on tasks for writing documentation geared towards developers. In > addition I have the writing and mentoring skills to write end-user > documentation,

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2015-11-08 Thread Ava Jarvis
Hello there, I'm new to the project, and I'd like to help out with documentation. I'm a Seattle-area freelance writer who focuses on tech topics. I used to work for Amazon.com (for nearly 11 years!) until last year—as a software developer. Though I mostly coded, I also wrote the technical and

[libreoffice-documentation] introduction

2015-10-22 Thread Steve
Hello, My name is Steve. I just signed up for the mailing list and I wanted to get involved in any way that I can to help with the documentation for LibreOffice. I've been an OpenOffice/LibreOffice user for many years and have converted basically everyone I know. I thought it would be nice to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] introduction

2015-10-22 Thread Jean Weber
Hi Steve, Glad to have you here. If you don't already have an account on the ODFAuthors website, where we store our working files, I'll set one up for you -- as soon as I find out your surname and your preferred username. You can sign up for an account on the wiki yourself. The best way you can

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2015-03-21 Thread Jean Weber
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 5:43 AM, John Linton john.linto...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My name is John Linton and I would like to contribute to the LibreOffice Documentation Team. I've been a LibreOffice user for the past 5 years when I made the switch to the Linux OS. I solely used LibreOffice

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2015-03-19 Thread John Linton
Hi, My name is John Linton and I would like to contribute to the LibreOffice Documentation Team. I've been a LibreOffice user for the past 5 years when I made the switch to the Linux OS. I solely used LibreOffice through grad school and in the business I started. My background in mainly in

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] introduction

2014-10-03 Thread Tom Davies
gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Documentation@global.libreoffice.org documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 29 September 2014, 0:21 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] introduction Hey Gary, Great to have you volunteering! So I believe you'll want to check out: https

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] introduction

2014-09-30 Thread Gary Collins
jmadero@gmail.com; Gary Collins gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk; Documentation@global.libreoffice.org documentation@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 5:26 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] introduction Gary has been registered on ODFAuthors. Gary, you should have received

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] introduction

2014-09-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Gary did join last week sometime. I am not sure if he is already registered on ODFAuthors and i have no idea how to check. My fault! I should have learned much more about ODFAuthors - to register people and take the burden off otherwise already very busy people. We have been trying to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] introduction

2014-09-29 Thread Jean Weber
Gary has been registered on ODFAuthors. Gary, you should have received an email. Tom, you do not have the permissions required to register people or even see who is registered. The small group that maintains the ODFAuthors website is NOT the LibreOffice Documentation Team, although there is some

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] introduction

2014-09-28 Thread Joel Madero
Hey Gary, Great to have you volunteering! So I believe you'll want to check out: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/7/74/Producing-LO-userguides.pdf If you go to the How to Review a Chapter section - I believe that's where the documentation team is at in the process. There are several

[libreoffice-documentation] introduction

2014-09-26 Thread Gary Collins
Hi, I'm Gary. The 'joining the LibreOffice Document Team document says to introduce myself on the list, and as I can't remember that I've done that, I'm doing it now! I've signed up to help with review of the documentation, with a particular interest in helping with base. my current work -

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2014-06-02 Thread Tony Micah Lambert
Hey folks, My name is Tony and I'm from a small city a little bit north of Nashville, TN. I'm currently a systems administrator for a community college while pursuing a Master's Degree from Champlain College online for Digital Forensic Science. Lately I've been feeling the need to contribute to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2012-11-18 Thread Jean Weber
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 4:46 AM, Franziska Schulthess fschulth...@bluewin.ch wrote: For years I've been using Linux and many free programs like LibreOffice. I've wanted to make a contribution to an open source project for a long time, but not being a programmer, I didn't know how. About a

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2012-03-18 Thread Mail Dump
Hi all, My name is Richard Barnes. I would like to help out and have access to the Documentation Team web sites. I have previously helped with the OOo docs and you will find my name on several Calc chapters as an author. I have been thinking about the lack of documentation for Base and would

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2012-03-18 Thread Jean Weber
Welcome back, Rick! It's great to see you again. I've created an account for you at the other website the LibreOffice Docs people use. (I see Sigrid set you up at ODFAuthors.) You'll receive a private email with login info. --Jean On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 01:52, Mail Dump mail.d...@comcast.net

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2011-09-12 Thread Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér
Dear documentation team, A few words to introduce myself - I am a Danish Linux user. I have been active with Free Open Source Software for many years, written about it on writtenandread.net, used it professionally - it is part of my everyday life. I was proud to see myself on the list of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2011-09-12 Thread David Nelson
Hi, You could usefully join the localization mailing list as well, because they can give you lots of useful advice. Check here for that: http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/localizers/ But I can also set up a Danish area on our Alfresco platform, where you could have a storage area and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2011-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
@libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 21 February, 2011 20:48:41 Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction Hello, My name is Johnny and I'm interesting in helping with LibreOffice documentation. I'm currently running Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick. Since installing Ubuntu a few months ago, I'm working

[libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2011-02-21 Thread Johnny McClung
Hello, My name is Johnny and I'm interesting in helping with LibreOffice documentation. I'm currently running Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick. Since installing Ubuntu a few months ago, I'm working on joining the Ubuntu Beginners Team ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/) to work on the Ubuntu Community