Re: [libreoffice-documentation] General questions and suggestions

2010-11-06 Thread Gary Schnabl
to get picky, picky... The CMoS says not to hyphenate adverb-adjective combinations whose adverbs end in -ly. So, it should be: highly experienced instead. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... -- E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: General questions and suggestions

2010-11-07 Thread Gary Schnabl
as well. In both Canadian English and French? -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... -- E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice Branding and Documentation

2010-11-07 Thread Gary Schnabl
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-12 Thread Gary Schnabl
/early 2000s, I used each form, depending upon which O/S the particular IDE apps used. So, another consideration is to employ the term based upon the particular O/S hosting the office suite. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] html editors

2011-01-27 Thread Gary Schnabl
employ an HTML editor that validates and simplifies coding for a number of common DOCTYPEs. There are plenty of them available. Try using the free (X)HTML editors from W3C or CoffeeCup Software. A decent editor also incorporates CSS for formatting. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] html editors

2011-01-27 Thread Gary Schnabl
for formatting. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fonts, highlighting etc in user guides

2011-02-12 Thread Gary Schnabl
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Fonts, highlighting etc in user guides

2011-02-12 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 2/12/2011 10:30 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/02/12 8:46 PM Gary Schnabl wrote: Thus, a PDF viewed on a monitor may appear different from its actual printed copy. And if the viewer's computer system does not have the actual typefaces employed in the PDF, the viewed PDF will have other

[libreoffice-documentation] Using OOo/LibreOffice sources with DTP applications

2011-02-24 Thread Gary Schnabl
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[libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco access

2011-04-25 Thread Gary Schnabl
Somebody set up my Alfresco access so that I can get into it. I do not think I applied for access earlier. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Request user account on Alfresco

2011-04-30 Thread Gary Schnabl
) for ham use, where QSOs (contacts) past a distance of a few hundred miles was the normal maximum range otherwise. 73, Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/ -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] 3.4 bug?

2011-06-06 Thread Gary Schnabl
such features would be fixed before labeling v. 3.4 as being final. 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 to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposed book on styles and templates.

2011-06-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
directly into the template, therefore making it unnecessary for any users to waste their time when needlessly creating those AutoText entries themselves. (4) The current OOo/Libo template has its share of copyediting and some substantive errors. I will fix them... Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposed book on styles and templates.

2011-06-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/19/2011 2:11 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/19/2011 10:40 AM, Hazel Russman wrote: When I was preparing my novel for Lulu, I didn't use templates but I did use page styles and found them very useful, especially for the prefatory matter. I could let you have some samples. I could add

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposed book on styles and templates.

2011-06-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/19/2011 5:41 PM, Nino Novak wrote: Hi Gary, On Sunday, 19. June 2011 20:11:57 Gary Schnabl wrote: I could add a few items: (1) The predefined List and Numbering paragraph styles are inconsistent among its various levels, making them less useful. This is an implementation issue

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposed book on styles and templates.

2011-06-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/19/2011 7:27 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 19:12 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/19/2011 7:07 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 14:11 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: (3) The template exposition suggests that the user could employ AutoText for subsequent

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposed book on styles and templates.

2011-06-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/19/2011 7:30 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/19/2011 7:27 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 19:12 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/19/2011 7:07 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 14:11 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: (3) The template exposition suggests

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposed book on styles and templates.

2011-06-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/19/2011 8:09 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 19:47 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/19/2011 7:30 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/19/2011 7:27 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 19:12 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/19/2011 7:07 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposed book on styles and templates.

2011-06-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/19/2011 8:46 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 20:20 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/19/2011 8:09 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 19:47 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/19/2011 7:30 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/19/2011 7:27 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote

[libreoffice-documentation] AutoText file(s)

2011-06-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
descriptive filename for each template variant, so that the users need not have to create any such AutoText entries, unless they choose to. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com

[libreoffice-documentation] version 3.3.3 installation

2011-06-20 Thread Gary Schnabl
repair function. The same occurred. I killed unopkg.bin again and a bit later, a dialog box appeared, indicating that 3.3.3 was finished installing. Version 3.3.3 appears to work, so far. Somebody should see why the Windows installer does not shut down or finish on its own. Gary -- Gary Schnabl

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposed book on styles and templates.

2011-06-20 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/20/2011 6:36 AM, Nino Novak wrote: On Monday, 20. June 2011 00:06:04 Gary Schnabl wrote: Perhaps, these might have been fixed since I last recently used them. However, I would strongly doubt that because they have remained that way from the OOo version 2 days, possibly even earlier. I

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] AutoText file(s)

2011-06-20 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/20/2011 5:26 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Sun, 2011-06-19 at 22:30 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: Jean, what I intend to do concerning AutoText in my future versions of the templates is to include a downloadable *.bau file with the predefined AutoText entries dedicated for each individual

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-21 Thread Gary Schnabl
yourself a lot of time, effort, and grief instead by learning how to use PDFs more effectively. 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] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-22 Thread Gary Schnabl
On Wed, 2011-06-22, Gary Schnabl wrote about DocBook. My view, which I have expressed on several occasions: Using DocBook files (or anything other than ODT files) as source documents for our user guides would be counter-productive, for two main reasons: (1) It would exclude the vast majority

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-22 Thread Gary Schnabl
On Wednesday, 22. June 2011 09:15:52 Gary Schnabl wrote: A DTD (say, a DocBook 4.5 DTD--the last normative version, 03 Oct 2006) only deals with document structure--not formatting a document. So, you would have to employ something else for formatting purposes, much like CSS formats XHTML code

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-22 Thread Gary Schnabl
program. You get the use of MS Visual Studio 10 and the Expression suite to use for three years for nothing--and get to keep them afterward: http://www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark/ Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-22 Thread Gary Schnabl
to use for three years for nothing--and get to keep them afterward: http://www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark/ Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/ -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Is anyone working on Draw Guide

2011-06-22 Thread Gary Schnabl
. It takes us very little time and effort to assist you. It is good for you to have ideas and offer advice and such. Besides, you are doing something. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
them for the Comment and Review function, considering its ease to do so with no added cost or real time and effort... Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/23/2011 12:44 PM, Nino Novak wrote: Hi Gary, On Thursday, 23. June 2011 18:35:27 Gary Schnabl wrote: Therefore, I suggest that every OOo/LO PDF file be so converted by Adobe Acrobat Professional afterward, prior to release so that OOo/LO users will have that extra functionality. What

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
, even though you might not ever use it. Millions do... on their printed documents, including books and memos. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/ -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
a Luddite... I have Acrobat Pro, and I feel certain that other LO contributors do likewise. 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] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/23/2011 1:44 PM, Nino Novak wrote: On Thursday, 23. June 2011 18:53:12 Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/23/2011 12:44 PM, Nino Novak wrote: Hi Gary, On Thursday, 23. June 2011 18:35:27 Gary Schnabl wrote: Therefore, I suggest that every OOo/LO PDF file be so converted by Adobe Acrobat

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/23/2011 2:15 PM, planas wrote: Gary On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 13:43 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/23/2011 1:25 PM, planas wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 19:04 +0200, C wrote: On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 18:53, Gary Schnablgschn...@swdetroit.com wrote: Therefore, I suggest that every OOo/LO

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fwd: Password-protect your folders with free docLock (Windows)

2011-06-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
, converted it with Acrobat Pro, and tested it with Adobe Reader. It works fine. Anybody wanting such a PDF can simply email me. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/23/2011 1:44 PM, Nino Novak wrote: On Thursday, 23. June 2011 18:53:12 Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/23/2011 12:44 PM, Nino Novak wrote: Hi Gary, On Thursday, 23. June 2011 18:35:27 Gary Schnabl wrote: Therefore, I suggest that every OOo/LO PDF file be so converted by Adobe Acrobat

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/23/2011 5:08 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 14:18 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: Having the Review and Comment functionality on a PDF (to be done with Adobe Reader) must be first imparted by Acrobat Pro to that file. Trust me... Gary is correct on this point

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] HTML versions of the Guides

2011-06-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
of the Guides On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 14:18 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: Having the Review and Comment functionality on a PDF (to be done with Adobe Reader) must be first imparted by Acrobat Pro to that file. Trust me... Gary is correct on this point. As for doing that, Gary states elsewhere that it's

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Where have all the bloggers gone?

2011-06-27 Thread Gary Schnabl
the Getting Started and Writer Guide manuals. BTW, I am still rewriting the current LO template and guide. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/ -- Unsubscribe instructions: E

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Book sales, 2010-2011

2011-06-28 Thread Gary Schnabl
DreamSpark website) It's about giving students Microsoft professional tools at no charge. It's Easy: Sign In Get Verified Downloads Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-29 Thread Gary Schnabl
in the first place. -- 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 Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-29 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 6/29/2011 11:28 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 22:20 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 6/29/2011 9:54 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Forgot one item: 6) Remove Chapter 13 (Macros) and make it a stand-alone document. --Jean Insert the macros material intact as a chapter

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Proposal for major revision of Getting Started Guide

2011-06-30 Thread Gary Schnabl
the on-line help, and will usually ask somebody else for help, as any problems occur. 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 to documentation+h

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] getting involved with helping with LO docs

2011-07-01 Thread Gary Schnabl
the notes in MS Word) via the Insert and View menus. (You can also add other comments via the Edit Changes Comment command to the edit tracking items.) Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Paste bugs / feature-requests

2011-07-03 Thread Gary Schnabl
reformat the text in the usual manner after doing the unformatted paste. The unformatted paste is most useful when pasting text from other applications. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-05 Thread Gary Schnabl
that is contained in all the various flavors of templates, no? 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 to documentation+h

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-05 Thread Gary Schnabl
of templates, no? Gary There are some errors of both omission and commission (plus some copyedit errors) in the OOo/LO template exposition. I am working on them. Probably, I will get back to that sometime this week and finish it. Good for you--your reading of it. Gary -- Gary Schnabl

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-05 Thread Gary Schnabl
not be of much concern to you. Any time a reviewer/editor goes over the OOo/LO documents, there are very likely many overlooked errors that could be corrected--in addition to filling in gaps left undone in prior work.. That would be my dos centavos... Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-05 Thread Gary Schnabl
to be done. That would be my 2 cents... @Song Chuan: Song Chuan, would you have any comments or suggestions? -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/ -- Unsubscribe instructions: E

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-05 Thread Gary Schnabl
that is contained in all the various flavors of templates, no? 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 to documentation+h

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-05 Thread Gary Schnabl
for the particular document being reviewed or technically edited. 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 to documentation+h

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-05 Thread Gary Schnabl
they? They even give away much of their software nowadays. Removing the Windows XP silver screenshots was needless busy work that wasted time and effort, which could have introduced errors in the process. The old saw: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-08 Thread Gary Schnabl
-- 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 Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-08 Thread Gary Schnabl
virtually everywhere on copyright pages). My common-sense take on this (non)issue is that Microsoft would actually not object to any such public exposure of their GUI than in suppressing it, as it provides free advertising for the (now-obsolete) product. Ditto for Apple. Gary -- Gary Schnabl

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-08 Thread Gary Schnabl
than anything... 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 to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Getting Started Guide_Setting up Libreoffice

2011-07-08 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 7/8/2011 3:52 PM, planas wrote: Hi, On Fri, 2011-07-08 at 04:43 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 7/8/2011 4:02 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 08/07/11 09:45, Gary Schnabl a écrit : Hi Gary, My common-sense take on this (non)issue is that Microsoft would actually not object to any

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide errors.

2011-08-30 Thread Gary Schnabl
to read “Step 7 creates all your letters, one per recipient.” instead of “In step 7, creates all your letters, one per recipient.”. Sorry for the previous glitch. John Smith -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide errors.

2011-08-30 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 8/30/2011 4:58 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: Obviously, the email has altered some formatting. You could post your file upon a LibreOffice server or any other website, for that matter. Then post the link to its URL in your email. Gary On 8/30/2011 4:52 PM, John Smith wrote: Here's the info from

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] High resolution copy of Libo book

2011-09-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
resolution. --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 documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get

[libreoffice-documentation] user name ,PW

2011-10-11 Thread Gary Schnabl
Duh! I forgot my log-in user name and password on account of not logging in recently. (Unless, my user account has not been updated for whatever version is now employed) So, I either need my memory refreshed as to the particulars for my account or a new account registered. Gary -- Gary

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] user name ,PW

2011-10-11 Thread Gary Schnabl
as to the particulars for my account or a new account registered. 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 to documentation+h

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Ch10

2011-10-14 Thread Gary Schnabl
while ago. And the local baseball team here is playing later today in the ALCS, plus my favorite team (in my hometown, Milwaukee) is also in the NLCS. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Ch10

2011-10-14 Thread Gary Schnabl
-professional standards. In any event, I will load the edited Chapter 10 source file onto my forum site soon and will include mucho exposition there also--relating to what was done in greater detail. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Ch10

2011-10-14 Thread Gary Schnabl
for you to do what you want with, but - if you want to contribute to the LibreOffice docs team, it would be preferable to use LibreOffice resources for the collaboration. Your material is likely to stay on your forum without anyone benefiting from it. -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Ch10

2011-10-15 Thread Gary Schnabl
of the Chapter 10 source document--and making it available for anybody over at LO to use--is, at a minimum, a contribution to LO docs in itself. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Turning enquirers into volunteers

2011-10-15 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 10/15/2011 12:37 AM, Jean Weber wrote: David Nelson wrote, Gary Schnabl wrote, I am on the OOo docs email list also as you, so we both clearly know that OOo docs is getting a fair number of recent volunteers... whereas LO is not receiving many such new volunteers, for what that is worth

[libreoffice-documentation] Template field on the General page of the document properties

2011-10-18 Thread Gary Schnabl
=48#p48 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 to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Template field on the General page of the document properties

2011-10-18 Thread Gary Schnabl
, 2011-10-18 at 11:29 -0400, Gary Schnabl wrote: Does anybody know how sure whether or not that a document file generated from a template would automatically have the template filename automatically inserted in the Template field of the General page of the document properties (File Properties

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Template field on the General page of the document properties

2011-10-18 Thread Gary Schnabl
/18/2011 4:34 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: That field also exists in the template file proper. How does the template get that field entered, as the template does not have a template for itself? Does the UI just enter the filename for the template there so that it can import the data field to the copy

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] bugs and work-arounds

2011-10-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
to be a lot of non-obvious interactions. Because of that complexity, this is one of the topics on my list for extensive research for my proposed book on styles and templates. --Jean -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] bugs and work-arounds

2011-10-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
interactions. Because of that complexity, this is one of the topics on my list for extensive research for my proposed book on styles and templates. --Jean -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forumhttp

Re: minor issue re: words Re: [libreoffice-documentation] bugs and work-arounds

2011-10-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
for my proposed book on styles and templates. --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 documentation+h

Re: [libreoffice-documentation]was bugs and work-arounds... now Working with Templates

2011-10-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
a solution pretty quickly. -- 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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation]was bugs and work-arounds... now Working with Templates

2011-10-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
), it had not yet been uploaded. And AFAIK you have not put it on the LO Alfresco site either. Thanks, Jean -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/ -- Unsubscribe instructions: E

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Gary: BAU file for LO template

2011-10-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
that would not do edit-changes. I would have to resume finishing that template design 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] Ping Gary: BAU file for LO template

2011-10-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
. 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 to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Gary: BAU file for LO template

2011-10-19 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 10/19/2011 11:34 PM, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 10/19/2011 11:24 PM, Jean Weber wrote: FYI, I took your partially-done v3.4 template, removed the bits I disagreed with (such as some of the style uses proposed) and some of the long-winded exposition, and published it as the current v3.4

[libreoffice-documentation] First edit since February: Working with Templates (Writer Guide Chapter 10 source)

2011-10-20 Thread Gary Schnabl
of the substantive errors in the original source file were caught. Gary http://technicaleditor.livernoisyard.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=24t=58p=48#p48 -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Gary S: Your edited copy of 0210WG34

2011-10-24 Thread Gary Schnabl
and collectively made the decision. --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 documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ping Gary S: Your edited copy of 0210WG34

2011-10-24 Thread Gary Schnabl
no longer am sure which were self-installed and which come with the program. Just butting in here, but no, the Template Changer is not installed by default in current versions of LibO. Alex -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ping Gary S: Your edited copy of 0210WG34

2011-10-24 Thread Gary Schnabl
-step procedure. And Jean, did you update that one outdated version 3.3 screenshot in Chapter 10 to version 3.4? If not, maybe you could do so in order to keep the same appearance for that graphic. Gary On 10/24/2011 7:17 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: Le 24/10/2011 10:56, Gary Schnabl a écrit

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ping Gary S: Your edited copy of 0210WG34

2011-10-24 Thread Gary Schnabl
://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Ping-Gary-S-Your-edited-copy-of-0210WG34-tp3447226p3448186.html Sent from the Documentation mailing 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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ping Gary S: Your edited copy of 0210WG34

2011-10-24 Thread Gary Schnabl
to regain parts or all of what you lost by doing so. Regards from Tom :) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Ping-Gary-S-Your-edited-copy-of-0210WG34-tp3447226p3448186.html Sent from the Documentation mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Gary Schnabl

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ping Gary S: Your edited copy of 0210WG34

2011-10-24 Thread Gary Schnabl
-copy-of-0210WG34-tp3447226p3448186.html Sent from the Documentation mailing 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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ping Gary S: Your edited copy of 0210WG34

2011-10-24 Thread Gary Schnabl
. Gary has indicated that he may be making further edits to WG Ch10; those can be taken into the official copy of that chapter when they are available. Thanks to both Hazel and Gary for their work. I hope to see more people getting involved. --Jean -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ping Gary S: Your edited copy of 0210WG34

2011-10-24 Thread Gary Schnabl
template file, but that those factory defaults are embedded within the software implementation. Gary On 10/24/2011 8:14 PM, Jean Weber wrote: Gary Schnabl wrote: The Getting Started guide should contain subsections as to that extensions, etc. would not necessarily need to be reinstalled after

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] how to type %

2011-11-10 Thread Gary Schnabl
:44 in mathe, i find all guide ,but i can't find how to type % in writer. -- 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

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] AutoText: Tip, Note, Caution

2011-11-14 Thread Gary Schnabl
tables. That file would then be placed in the appropriate path on one's computer so that those table entries are available without having to be produced by a user--editor, writer, etc. I found the *.bau file the other day, before I got sidetracked by some other matters. Gary -- Gary Schnabl

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] AutoText: Tip, Note, Caution

2011-11-15 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 11/15/2011 3:23 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 22:39 -0500, Gary Schnabl wrote: On 11/14/2011 4:19 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: I was adding these tables :tip, note, and caution to AutoText in LO. One thing that I noticed which was also true for the OOo template: each is preceded

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Some v 3.4.4 OOO340m1 and Template Changer observations

2011-12-14 Thread Gary Schnabl
to recognize the updated file because that version (1.2.6) of Template Changer did not have a file extension. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/ -- Unsubscribe instructions

[libreoffice-documentation] template path

2011-12-15 Thread Gary Schnabl
not notice it having any effect. The default reverts automatically back to the user path. Any ideas about this? Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/ -- Unsubscribe

[libreoffice-documentation] template path

2011-12-15 Thread Gary Schnabl
I just noticed that version 3.4.4 (possibly earlier versions...) now has TWO paths for Templates. One path is the usual user path (set by default via the installer), and the other is a common shared template stored within a Basis subfolder--Basis\share\template\common, which supposedly can be

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Some v 3.4.4 OOO340m1 and Template Changer observations

2011-12-15 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 12/15/2011 3:05 PM, Nino Novak wrote: Hi, On Wednesday 14 December 2011, Gary Schnabl wrote: ... Downloading version 1.2.6 from this URL: http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/template-changer, I downloaded the file. However, the downloaded file had no file extension

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: template path

2011-12-16 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 12/16/2011 5:01 AM, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 15/12/11 19:15, Gary Schnabl a écrit : Hi Gary, However, I tried to switch between the two folders via the Edit command but did not notice it having any effect. Any ideas about this? Possibly related to one or more of the currently known

[libreoffice-documentation] inserting higher-quality graphics

2011-12-16 Thread Gary Schnabl
Picture From File. So, what would be the best means to achieve higher-quality screen captures? 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] inserting higher-quality graphics

2011-12-16 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 12/16/2011 7:17 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Gary, Gary Schnabl schrieb: I am experimenting with different means to insert graphics into Writer. Using the Insert Object OLE Object with a copy-and-paste from a Draw object with a PNG file as input, I was able to embed a higher-quality

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] inserting higher-quality graphics

2011-12-16 Thread Gary Schnabl
On 12/16/2011 12:48 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Gary, Gary Schnabl schrieb: On 12/16/2011 7:17 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Gary, Gary Schnabl schrieb: I am experimenting with different means to insert graphics into Writer. Using the Insert Object OLE Object with a copy-and-paste from

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Modify a dot file with writer

2011-12-20 Thread Gary Schnabl
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Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Graphics vanishing

2011-12-21 Thread Gary Schnabl
me think that linking instead of embedding might make version updates easier? Yours, M __ Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejer http://syntaktisk.dk * mj...@syntaktisk.dk -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum http

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