Re: [libreoffice-documentation] User Guides Images

2020-04-16 Thread Peter Schofield
Hello I agree with Kenneth about what to use for images being place in LO documents. PNG format and a minimum of 300 DPI when embedding images. From my own past experiences in technical writing I have found that this is the best to use. You get no formatting or fuzziness using these settings,

[libreoffice-documentation] User Guides Images

2020-04-16 Thread Kenneth Hanson
Hello all, I'm looking at the contributor guide and past versions of the user guides now. I have some questions about images. 1. Are there source files (ODG, SVG, etc.) stored in Nextcloud or otherwise? I don't see anything for Writer or Getting Started, current or previous version. 2.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Base Guide

2020-04-16 Thread Pulkit Krishna
Hello Jean, I will start the work on libreoffice base guide 6.4 tommorow. On Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 03:03 Jean Weber wrote: > While we are waiting for Drew and Dan to complete their reviews on BG6.2, I > suggest we start updating the completed chapters for v6.4. I think you said > there were not

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draw help and 3D

2020-04-16 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hello Peter Thanks for pointing this. Indeed the User interface has changed a lot and the help pages are a bit outdated. I'll be glad to review the Help based on your findings. Can you annotate the changes you discovered in the review so I can go directly to the point? Olivier Em 16/04/2020

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] User Guides Images

2020-04-16 Thread Luke (gmail)
On 17/4/20 1:20 am, Olivier Hallot wrote: Hi Kenneth Em 16/04/2020 03:08, Kenneth Hanson escreveu: Hello all, I'm looking at the contributor guide and past versions of the user guides now. I have some questions about images. 1. Are there source files (ODG, SVG, etc.) stored in Nextcloud or

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] User Guides Images

2020-04-16 Thread Martin Srebotnjak
Hi, Luke, V V čet., 16. apr. 2020 ob 20:43 je oseba Luke (gmail) < luke.kend...@gmail.com> napisala: > Why not export ODG to SVG, as vector components will stay high res and > scalable, and image parts will stay as images, and it's supported by EPUB? > for pure screenshots of UI and its

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] User Guides Images

2020-04-16 Thread Kenneth Hanson
Thanks, all. Peter and Jean: will do. 1. One outstanding issue is that raised by Robert, regarding the DPI of screenshots. Actually, I was thinking that existing screenshots look kind of wonky in my PDF viewer (Okular) at many zoom levels. I've been thinking mostly about diagrams and annotated

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] User Guides Images

2020-04-16 Thread Olivier Hallot
Hi Kenneth Em 16/04/2020 03:08, Kenneth Hanson escreveu: > Hello all, > > I'm looking at the contributor guide and past versions of the user guides > now. I have some questions about images. > > 1. Are there source files (ODG, SVG, etc.) stored in Nextcloud or > otherwise? I don't see anything

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] reviewing Chapter 2 of the Writer Guide

2020-04-16 Thread kees538
Ok, I will wait then. Kees Jean Weber schreef op 16.04.2020 11:15: Shavrani updated, I reviewed, and left it for S to deal with what needed to be done in response to my comments. I didn’t think it was ready for someone else to review. Hoping to hear from S about the status of the file.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] reviewing Chapter 2 of the Writer Guide

2020-04-16 Thread S Shravz
Hi Jean & Kees, I have downloaded the file from the feedback folder updated with Jean's comments and worked on all the required changes including the change in images. Please let me know if that's not the protocol to be followed and if the changes in the file had to be made directly in nextcloud

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] reviewing Chapter 2 of the Writer Guide

2020-04-16 Thread Jean Weber
Shavrani, Answers inline below. On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 2:09 PM S Shravz wrote: > Hi Jean & Kees, > > I have downloaded the file from the feedback folder updated with Jean's > comments and worked on all the required changes including the change in > images. Please let me know if that's not the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] reviewing Chapter 2 of the Writer Guide

2020-04-16 Thread Jean Weber
Kees, My Win10 setup showed the drop-down palette of Favourites from the Special Characters icon, but my Linux setup didn't. So I dug around a bit more and I have found the answer to the mystery. Look in the "Visible buttons" list for the standard toolbar; you should see TWO icons for Special

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] reviewing Chapter 2 of the Writer Guide

2020-04-16 Thread Jean Weber
Kees, I thought Shravani was still working on that chapter. Perhaps I’m wrong. I don’t know why you’re seeing something different. What o/s are you using? Jean On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 17:42 wrote: > Hi > > I am giving chapter 2 of the Writer Guide a second review. > I stumbled into a comment

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] reviewing Chapter 2 of the Writer Guide

2020-04-16 Thread kees538
Hi Jean I thought Shravani had updated the chapter and you did the first review. So I thought to do the second review. Please correct me if I am wrong. I am using Windows 10 and LibreOffice 6.4.2.2 Kees Jean Weber schreef op 16.04.2020 10:48: Kees, I thought Shravani was still working on

[libreoffice-documentation] reviewing Chapter 2 of the Writer Guide

2020-04-16 Thread kees538
Hi I am giving chapter 2 of the Writer Guide a second review. I stumbled into a comment I can not reproduce. Shravani wrote: Or, click the Insert Special Character icon on the standard toolbar to open a list of favorite and recently used characters and click on the one you wish to insert

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] User Guides Images

2020-04-16 Thread Luke (gmail)
On 16/4/20 5:12 pm, Jean Weber wrote: The Contributors Guide needs a lot of updating. Images - creation, insertion, anchoring, storage, etc - are among the many topics that are out of date. (Updates are being done on the wiki first; feel free - indeed, encouraged - to contribute. In my

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] User Guides Images

2020-04-16 Thread Jean Weber
Mostly we haven’t kept source files for images other than in the chapters where they’re used, except for some that are labelled - and those not consistently. We should do more, especially if the originals are ODG, SVG, etc. Yes, they should go in an Images folder for the book version. Same name,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] User Guides Images

2020-04-16 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Kenneth, > > 3. When exporting the image to be embedded, what format and settings should > be used? My instinct is to use PNG and 300 DPI. The LO Draw export dialog > for PNG also has options "Mode/Interlaced" and "Drawing Options/Save > Transparency". How do you want to get images of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draw help and 3D

2020-04-16 Thread Peter Schofield
Having no experience in using Gerrit or creating Help pages, I am very reluctant to try. I do not want to create something that is completely useless. Regards Peter Schofield psaut...@gmail.com > On 16 Apr 2020, at 12:20, Ilmari Lauhakangas > wrote: > > Peter Schofield kirjoitti 16.4.2020

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] reviewing Chapter 2 of the Writer Guide

2020-04-16 Thread Jean Weber
Shavrani updated, I reviewed, and left it for S to deal with what needed to be done in response to my comments. I didn’t think it was ready for someone else to review. Hoping to hear from S about the status of the file. Tomorrow I’ll look on my Windows 10 test machine to see what’s there on the

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw help and 3D

2020-04-16 Thread Peter Schofield
I am updating Chapter 7 — 3D Objects in the Draw Guide and have come across a shortcoming in LO Help. There has been several changes to 3D and LO Help definitely does not match what I am learning whilst updating Chap 7. Will somebody be updating the LO Help to match what is happening in LO

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draw help and 3D

2020-04-16 Thread Ilmari Lauhakangas
Peter Schofield kirjoitti 16.4.2020 klo 12.30: I am updating Chapter 7 — 3D Objects in the Draw Guide and have come across a shortcoming in LO Help. There has been several changes to 3D and LO Help definitely does not match what I am learning whilst updating Chap 7. Will somebody be updating

[libreoffice-documentation] Draw — 3D Effects

2020-04-16 Thread Peter Schofield
There is one tool in Draw that appears to have no function at all. This is 3D-Effects. It appears when you right click on a 3D object and also appears in Visible Buttons. I have tried using 3D-Effects several times in different situations, but getting no response. Can this be removed from Draw