Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Dialog or dialog box?

2011-01-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi I prefer dialogue-box with a hyphen in the middle like that. Ubuntu documentation team have decided that dialogue box is too technical and are replacing it with window [deep sigh][sulks]. So now their official documentation wont make any sense to anyone I'm not sure that being

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Install Guide Feedback

2011-01-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Err this guide deals almost entirely with worst case scenarios where LibreOffice is not in the repos. LO is already in the repos of quite a few market leaders and other distros. Even Arch has it in their repos already! Debian and RedHat are just about to produce new releases for the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Install Guide Feedback

2011-01-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't mind getting things in non-ODT formats. I use OpenOffice or LibreOffice so i can read almost any format and really don't even notice which formats things are in unless i need to communicate with outsiders. Since i am on linux i doubt any infections in .doc or .docX could do any

[libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) As i understand it a pop-up is a very generic term and could mean almost anything that appears. I have even heard a drop-down referred to as a pop-up! Context menu might be a little geeky for people initially but tends to make sense because of the rest of the sentence it is in, ie

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) While i prefer dialog box i still think dialog is far better than window. Window is tooo generic and could be talking about almost anything on the screen, or the screen itself or famously from a support-line-story even off-screen. The story was a user phoned tech-support and had

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Dialog or dialog box?

2011-01-11 Thread Tom Davies
There are a few starting points for something like this but all i have is https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Glossary One of the Ubuntu translators teams mentioned about sharing some sort of glossary/dictionary/translated-words across amny projects but i can't remeber and can't find any details

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Incorrect Terminology for Installing on a Mac

2011-01-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is there a generic term that covers taskbar, dock, panel? Many users will see all these things as being very much alike. Geeks know that they are completely different of course but many people don't even know the name for whichever one they have been using for years. I think taskbar

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] pop-up is generic

2011-01-12 Thread Tom Davies
Despite a couple of people prefering dialog-box i think we have agreed that dialog is better for us because it is easier to make all documentation and help consistent if we use dialog. The problem with pop-ups is that there really are so many different kinds and they do sometimes need to be

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Incorrect Terminology for Installing on a Mac

2011-01-12 Thread Tom Davies
regards to all from Tom :) From: Alexander Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 12 January, 2011 12:49:13 Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Incorrect Terminology for Installing on a Mac Le 12/01/11 10:24, Tom

[libreoffice-documentation] !politeness

2011-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi Computer geeks are famously bad at dealing with people. Often you have to choose between getting someone good at the work or getting someone that can be friendly about it. So far we have been mostly lucky in getting people that are capable of both. That is not to excuse rudeness as

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] !politeness

2011-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
Quite. English people are often seen as being very rude too. I have certainly been quite rude to quite a number of good people in here but not received any criticism for it yet. I try to mitigate my rudeness by sometimes giving congrats where it's due but it would be better if i avoided

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Maximizing Value for Time Spent

2011-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
Yep, i think re-branding has to be the priority. I got a bit bogged down in minor side-issues in the only page i have looked at so far. Hopefully i might get time to skim through a few more pages soon but life got unexpectedly complicated just before Christmas but 'should' settle down soon.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing

2011-01-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Please can we have a link so that 'anyone' can proof-read it? Regards from Tom :) From: David Nelson comme...@traduction.biz To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 15 January, 2011 13:21:39 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Contributing Hi,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Install Guide Feedback

2011-01-16 Thread Tom Davies
...@gmail.com Hi Tom, On 11/01/2011 02:37, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Err this guide deals almost entirely with worst case scenarios where LibreOffice is not in the repos. LO is already in the repos of quite a few market leaders and other distros. Even Arch has it in their repos already! Yes

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Another grep - Drop-down

2011-01-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Drop-down list is the usual form known out there but it is quite generic. People outside of LibreOffice do shorten it to drop-down fairly often but drop-down list is probably better for formal documentation, especially since it is already more widely used. Selection list, selection

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Another grep - Drop-down

2011-01-17 Thread Tom Davies
Wow, that is an interesting result! So is selection list used more often than drop-down list? or is there not much difference between the numbers? Combo-box being used in Base and other form-building sounds exactly right. It is slightly specialised when using it in those contexts so a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Another grep - Drop-down

2011-01-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ok, i have spotted the numbers drop-down list = 6 or 7 selection list= 14 I still think we should aim to use Drop-down list because it makes more intuitive sense to people that have not heard either term before. However, i still think there is no need to change whichever of those 2

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Box/Field

2011-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think this is another one that is good either way. I think leave them as they are? Box is more obvious to some people that have never used a computer or are new to it all. Field is used quite often too tho. So, i think just use whichever feels more comfortable or leave as is?

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Box/Field

2011-01-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I agree with Hal about this now that he said it. Box does make more sense as being something for user-input. Regards from Tom :) From: Barbara Duprey b...@onr.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 22 January, 2011 1:34:08 Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Box/Field

2011-01-22 Thread Tom Davies
Ooops, sorry for the insult Hal. Apols and regards from Tom :) PS i remembered the 1st rebuke/nudge just after receiving the 2nd. From: Rogerio Luz Coelho luz.roge...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 22 January, 2011 10:11:35 Subject:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base documentation

2011-01-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) There are these 3 but they only mention/advertise/promote OpenOffice [1] - http://documentation.openoffice.org/tutorials/index.html [2] - http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/ [3] - http://www.learnopenoffice.org/ Regards from Tom :) From: Barbara

[libreoffice-documentation] html editors

2011-01-27 Thread Tom Davies
I use gedit (a text-editor) and switch from plain-text to html so that it all gets colour-coded. Most text-editors (except Notepad) seem to offer the same functionality. Does that count as an html editor? Regards from Tom :) From: Hal Parker

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] html editors

2011-01-27 Thread Tom Davies
. Thanks for the suggestions :) Regards from Tom :) From: Gary Schnabl gschn...@swdetroit.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 27 January, 2011 14:17:27 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] html editors On 1/27/2011 4:25 AM, Tom Davies wrote: I use

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Incorrect Terminology for Installing on a Mac

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) When people open coding brackets please remember to close them again. It feels like scrapping fingernails down a blackboard when you leave them open! Yday or before someone did smile without the corresponding /smile! Regards from Tom :) From: Hal

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Joining the documentation team

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Welcome in. Resumes and examples are not necessary. Just register and start working your magic. There are probably some guidelines to help with all this alfresco newness. Alfresco is a fairly new system to us but it is rapidly getting much better as people get used to it and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] How to stop emails from CMS?

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am having the same problem. Can we stop the website sending out these mails? Filter rules often filter the wrong stuff aswell as the right stuff and it's tricky to get the precise enough Regards from Tom :) From: Stefan Weigel

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / our role

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I agree with Hal. I think we need to get the job finished fast now that LO has been officially released. There will be plenty of time later to re-visit and do some finesses ready for a re-release but we have to get our first finished version out there fast now. Regards from Tom :)

[libreoffice-documentation] Publish or Save, don't Request Publication

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) To get this first issue completed faster and to avoid sending out these thousands of emails please can people avoid using Request Publication? If you think the document might be ready enough then just go straight to Save and Publish. If you are not confident or feel slightly too unsure,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] How to stop emails from CMS?

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
: Sat, 29 January, 2011 8:46:37 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] How to stop emails from CMS? Hi Tom, :-) On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 16:27, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Can we stop the website sending out these mails? Not really, given that people have the ability to publish

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [ ] vs

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Aaargh, i think the correct term is [chuckle] using means keep doing whatever until a relevant / ends it. I should have said chuckle /. Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / our role

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / our role Things like that, of substance, seem to me worth doing now, unlike some of the cosmetic stuff. But if others think I should skip it for now, that's okay with me. David, what do you think? Hal On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie

[libreoffice-documentation] LO in freeBSD?

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Have we had any feedback from the developer's list about running LibreOffice in BSD? This is the 2nd enquiry about it and i sent the 1st one to the developer's list. The 1st person was using a different BSD distro and got about 12 very geeky but possibly fixable error messages after

[libreoffice-documentation] login for Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hal, I stayed logged in to 1 page overnight! I fell asleep before making changes and it would have let me edit about 10hours later! I closed it and clicked on the email link and it didn't ask me to re-login again! My web-browser is SeaMonkey which uses the same engine as Firefox (gecko)

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 29 January, 2011 10:45:13 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 10:39 +, Tom Davies wrote: I think a place we can look-up status would be very much more useful and MUCH less annoying than

[libreoffice-documentation] ?edits and Save

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Aaargh. I did a minor edit and used Save but when i click on the link in the email to view the page i can't see the edit. If i then use the email's link to edit the document the edit is clearly there done. I've done something wrong but don't see what! Sorry. I guess i should have had

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] login for Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
files and edit there. Sounds to me like you're talking about Silverstripe, the website editor, where we DO edit online. Hal On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Alfresco keeps me logged in so i can edit without having to do the login process ?? Weird

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] login for Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
emails from the website list as well as this (documentation) list, and possibly others that you've subscribed to... hence the hundreds of emails you referred to earlier. Hal On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Oh no! You're kidding! Yes i have been using

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] ?edits and Save

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Lol, THHGTTG quote was very much appreciated. I didn't notice the (lack of) full stop! Did you see Hal's reply about using chuckle /? Neat. I receive a huge amount of emails about CMS Workflow should i delete or ignore these? Can we stop them being sent out? I used Save a couple of times

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Joining the documentation team

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Joining the documentation team Thanks for the welcome! I think I'll start with reviewing and proof reading, and perhaps expand later, depending on time and how it goes. -Surat On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: Hi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Joining the documentation team

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
with that. If anyone could help me get access, let me know! -Surat On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) I don't know how to help with registration and login. Hopefully someone will help you get setup soon. Good luck and regards from Tom

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / my role

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think people have got to do what they works best for themselves. After we have finished and got 1 set of completed documentation out there then we can work at fixing inconsistencies and detail. Obviously that is going to be easier when we get to the pages you have done and you are

[libreoffice-documentation] Get Help page

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I realise you are not head of the team but you are excellent at co-ordinating effort and freeing people up so that they (Hal Barbara and possibly others i don't notice) can get on with the heavy lifting. And you are blatantly doing a lot of heavy lifting too. Seems like good

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / my role

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think you 2 are the main people doing the work so i think a lot of people regard you both very highly. People work better in different ways and it is good to hear hintstips from the people that are having success. I am still struggling with basics and distractions, sorry. Regards

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Get Help page

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
anyway? Many thanks and regards from Tom :) From: David Nelson comme...@traduction.biz To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 30 January, 2011 5:01:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Get Help page Hi Tom, :-) On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:03, Tom

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: General question about translation of documentation and organisation within Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
comme...@traduction.biz To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 30 January, 2011 6:03:19 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: General question about translation of documentation and organisation within Alfresco Hi, :-) On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 00:55, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Template repository maintenance

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, that is something i would be really bad at i think. I have a feeling that a lot of projects have a core-group of official templates and then community or user websites with attractive names with themes and skins and things developed by users. So, i think we are working at the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: General question about translation of documentation and organisation within Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Looks great :) All languages clearly being equal. But surely some languages have sub-divisions? Such as en-gb, en-aus, en-us and so on? Also is LibreOffice Documentation or LibreOffice/Documentation Although either way is good. Anyway getting rid of that extra folder in the middle to make

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Volunteer to Proofread (Starting with the website.)

2011-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Wow! Those are some obscure pages! Yes, they do look as though they have not been as thoroughly ironed-out as some other pages although i am sure we are so hasty right now that errors are possible everywhere. I have to say that government documents tend to be hideously full of cliches and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: General question about translation of documentation and organisation within Alfresco

2011-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
+1 here too From: Jean-Francois Nifenecker jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 30 January, 2011 14:02:17 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: General question about translation of documentation and

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Volunteer to Proofread (Starting with the website.)

2011-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Apple are a form of Bsd, which is unix-based, and so a lot of the UI is very similar to stuff we have in gnulinux and often originated in gnulinux. So it might be a bit more difficult to make a fuss. Their licensing agreements are a bit less draconian too. Also Apple are keen for

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Volunteer to Proofread (Starting with the website.)

2011-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
:27 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Wow! Those are some obscure pages! Yes, they do look as though they have not been as thoroughly ironed-out as some other pages although i am sure we are so hasty right now that errors are possible everywhere. I have to say that government

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Another cyclone coming

2011-01-30 Thread Tom Davies
+1 Take care! Regards from Tom :) From: David Nelson comme...@traduction.biz To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Mon, 31 January, 2011 0:59:23 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Another cyclone coming Hi, :-) On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 04:50, Barbara

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: synchronization of ODFAuthors and alfresco

2011-01-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the NL wiki would only need a list of documents and links to where they can be accessed and edited. A possibly 3rd copy of the document would probably only add to the current possible confusion. Regards from Tom :) From: Sigrid Carrera

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Jean's status

2011-02-04 Thread Tom Davies
+1 Stay safe and have fun bonding with neighbours.  That can be more important and might lead to spreading the Foss philosophy better eventually anyway. Regards from Tom :) From: Sophie Gautier gautier.sop...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Joining the Documentation Team

2011-02-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I often think that proof-reading or reviewing documents and getting them through that process is a great way to start especially if people have little orr no experience with the product.  It leads to grokking the product much better much faster and is incredibly useful.  The most

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco Workflow Questions

2011-02-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, fix things yourself is the main plan. No need to discuss anything beforehand really, except perhaps whatever you consider to be serious changes. It might be easier to make even serious changes as you go and then mention those changes to the list. What is serious and what is not

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco: Notice of server restarts over the next few hours

2011-02-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is great to see all this work going on. Each day there seems to be significant improvements to the Documentation Team's toolkit and work-flow. Regards from Tom :) From: David Nelson comme...@traduction.biz To: documentation

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco: Notice of server restarts over the next few hours

2011-02-06 Thread Tom Davies
We get them whether we want them or not. You can set spam filters to block everything tho! Regards from Tom :) From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 6 February, 2011 20:59:12 Subject:

[libreoffice-documentation] Startup with Calc on OSX

2011-02-07 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) For Mac documentation. I found this on the users list. The aim was to find a way of starting Calc straight away = bypassing the splash-screen. I'm not clear why the user couldn't just click on Calc instead of LibreOffice or Writer but there we go. Regards from Tom :) -

[libreoffice-documentation] Icon differences con or pro?

2011-02-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The icon sets seem to be really easy to switch/skin and are getting updated by the design team anyway. Rare but great for an OpenSource project! I think that a simple disclaimer as Barbara has been doing is the best work-around. I guess it might be good to use an icon set that is not

[libreoffice-documentation] BrOffice org in trouble?

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
From someone in BrOffice org i got this email ... Tom could you be kind enough to post the following to the documentation list ? - If I get further into this discussion don't worry, I'll re-join myself. - To the Documentation Team / TDF: We the Brazilian members of the TDF community are

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Terminology: selecting is not enough!

2011-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I can totally agree with both points of view. I think select and de-select are probably easier to understand for more users although it is good to know why i felt uncomfortable about it! Enabled as the opposite of disabled is more uncomfortable politically since people in wheelchairs

[libreoffice-documentation] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Writer's Guide not on English pages, but in Spanish version

2011-02-17 Thread Tom Davies
- Forwarded Message From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com To: us...@libreoffice.org us...@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 17 February, 2011 15:15:39 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Writer's Guide not on English pages, but in Spanish version I know that

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Writer's Guide not on English pages, but in Spanish version

2011-02-17 Thread Tom Davies
-documentation] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Writer's Guide not on English pages, but in Spanish version On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: - Forwarded Message From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions webmas...@krackedpress.com To: us

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Terminology: selecting is not enough!

2011-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Most documentation just confuses people so copying what they use probably wont help us. If we are going to look at documentation then a community edited one would be better, such as Ubuntu's but it would need to be regularly edited bynoobs rather than by geeks so perhaps Ubuntu's might

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Terminology: selecting is not enough!

2011-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Yeah but it's a bit posh or sci-fi. I like it but then i also liked Defying Gravity and that was so unpopular it only lasted 1 season. There are some great suggestions in this thread so i think they should be in a glossary. Perhaps we shouldn't try to be too consistent because people can

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice 3.3.1 Release Candidate 2

2011-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't think it has more features but i have only just managed to get 3.3.0 installed here! Don't worry about missing other lists. It is probably good to miss some of them anyway! Regards from Tom :) From: Hal Parker halparke...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Use of Euro Euros euro euros and thousand separator and decimal point

2011-02-19 Thread Tom Davies
Thurgood alex.thurg...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 19 February, 2011 16:06:38 Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Use of Euro Euros euro euros and thousand separator and decimal point Le 19/02/11 16:50, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi Tom, i think the general case for English

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Problem with List box form control properties

2011-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
From: TomW tomw...@fairpoint.net To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Tue, 22 February, 2011 2:33:44 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Problem with List box form control properties On 2011-02-21 12:39, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 21/02/11

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Introduction

2011-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
Welcome in Johnny :) Good work in Ubuntu's documentation :) Can someone help him sign-up with Alfresco and stuff? Do we have a good welcome-in package or new-documenters-guide? Regards from Tom :) From: Johnny McClung jdmccl...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ubuntu Community Documentation

2011-02-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think Ubuntu's Community Documentation tries to do too much sometimes.External links are a good idea but it can be tricky trying to find something suitably reliable to link to. Hopefully most distros will be able to just link directly to our documentation here. Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fw: offlist again Re: [libreoffice-users] IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITY: in-document hyperlink navigation limited

2011-02-27 Thread Tom Davies
navigation limited Hi Tom, Am 27.02.2011 02:39, schrieb Tom Davies: I was wondering if Simons answer at the bopttom of this thread... Please remember: Never forward to the mailing list any private information (like a postal address), that has been sent to you offlist. Thanks, Stefan Hi :) Simon

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Teaching LibreOffice as primary personal productivity tool within universities

2011-03-03 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This sort of thing is great to see. Good welcome's are great :) Regards from Tom :) From: NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net To: documentation@libreoffice.org Cc: us...@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 3 March, 2011 3:19:30 Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Re:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Translate LibreOffice documents to Ukrainian procedure?

2011-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Navigate to the Contribute - Mailing Lists - Translations, or localisation, or somthing like that Hopefully that will put him/her in contact with all the right people. Even more hopefully someone else on the documentation mailing list here will give a better answer shortly. Good luck

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I'm working on Calc Guide

2011-04-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi again :) Of course it would be ideal if Jean could produce a document on how to use the alternative system but i think that is one people from OOo are already familiar with? It would still be good for new people to be able to compare systems. Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] about alfresco platform

2011-04-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Please could i have a user name on Alfresco too? If i get a chance to contribute then i would like to just look-up and discover current work-flow, and perhaps update documentation about that if there have been changes. I think that would be the fastest way for me to contribute if i am

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] about alfresco platform

2011-04-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks, got it :) Finding the documents seems very intuitive and easy. I can see why Alfresco was chosen. I haven't tried the older system but Alfresco looks clear, tidy and very modern :) Thanks and regards from Tom :) From: David Nelson

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Davies
Ouch. I thought David would have been superb. I must have missed the posts where he was less than courteous and helpful bt such things happen. He seemed unwilling to go for a leadership position expressing reservations about it but i kinda pushed him into it and that all back-fired on me.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Review

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I am sure i have seen things like that in the mailing list. I might even have filed away the relevant emails but can't access my old emails for a few days. Regards from Tom :) From: Hal Parker halparke...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A leader leads. That is exactly the definition of leadership. Yet this email asks for a leader that wont control the group. Someone that does not control a group is NOT a leader, by definition. Single-leader structures are an anthema to an OpenSource project. We need a more

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Oops, i wrote an over-long email because i had not seen this one. Please ignore my long ramble! People do need to feel ownership over what they create so that they can take pride in it and in the over-all work of the whole project knowing they own a corner of it. This is where it is

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Davies
.  From: Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 27 April, 2011 10:40:57 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Documentation Team Leader? On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 10:18 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: Oops, i wrote an over-long email because i had

words Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Davies
of that group. Regards from Tom :) From: Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 27 April, 2011 10:26:00 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader? On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 10:10 +0100, Tom Davies wrote

[libreoffice-documentation] fyi only: attachments to the list

2011-04-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Attachments to the list get striped off so that no-one receives the attachments. I know the issue is resolved now and was done well at the time. Regards from Tom :) From: Simon simonbry...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sun, 24 April,

[libreoffice-documentation] Mallard vs Alfresco

2011-04-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I have been worrying about there not being enough people doing the actual work in LibreOffice Documentation Team, particularly since finding that 2 of the hardest workers are in fact just 1 person! I was wondering about putting a call out to the Ubuntu Documentation Team to see if we

[libreoffice-documentation] Fw: LibreOffice request Re: Doc plans for the near future

2011-05-01 Thread Tom Davies
- Forwarded Message From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk To: ubuntu-...@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sun, 1 May, 2011 12:40:15 Subject: LibreOffice request Re: Doc plans for the near future From: Matthew East To: Jim Campbell Cc: Ubuntu Doc ubuntu

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Review or any review

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Welcome in :) The lists prefer people to bottom-post but some of us continue to top-post to keep things familiar for noobs and Windows users. Some of us are annoyingly inconsistent to try to please people in different circumstances. Anyway, welcome in and have fun with all this :)

[libreoffice-documentation] Fw: Impress with sound? The background

2011-05-02 Thread Tom Davies
seems to have no idea. The documentation team has already been far more helpful! Regards from Tom :) - Forwarded Message From: t...@iafrica.com t...@iafrica.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Sun, 1 May, 2011 9:17:58 Subject: Impress with sound? The background Hi Tom

Fw: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Review or any review

2011-05-04 Thread Tom Davies
- Forwarded Message From: Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 4 May, 2011 6:20:12 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Review or any review I see you are on Bigpond, so something in Bigpond's spam filtering system may be

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Fwd: Updating Documentation/Development page on wiki]

2011-05-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It looks fine in Seamonkey 2.0.11 which uses the gecko engine used by Firefox. Regards from Tom :) From: Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: LibreOffice Documentation documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 5 May, 2011 7:51:29 Subject:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Manual

2011-05-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Could you upload it to Alfresco? It is likely to be a good start even if there have been changes. There is so little about Base that any help is good. Many thanks and regards from Tom :) From: John Shabanowitz john...@gmail.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Manual Design

2011-05-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good plan. MS Office (but Excel rather than Access) uses a spreadsheet called NorthWind occasionally they have a new folder (Exercise1, Exercise2 and so on) in case the person's progress has taken them off-track. Or is that an ECDL course, i don't quite remember fully now. Regards

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Is anyone working on rebranding the Impress Guide?

2011-05-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Could references to OOo and OpenOffice.org be removed fairly easily? I think that is one of our top priorities? If it can only be seen by the documentation team then it's less of an issue but if the general public can see it then it should go, if possible. Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Is anyone working on rebranding the Impress Guide?

2011-05-12 Thread Tom Davies
in that very first image at page 9 while the rest of the screenshots have been updated for the file. In addition, several other files still have OOo branding in the screenshots. I would be happy to clean this up if the team deems it necessary. ~Elliot On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Need volunteer to compile Calc Guide

2011-05-12 Thread Tom Davies
Ahh, so you have to write to us tomorrow for us to get it yesterday? ;) From: Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 13 May, 2011 0:59:27 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Need volunteer to compile Calc Guide

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Tags on blog posts

2011-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 14 May, 2011 2:44:54 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Tags on blog posts On 14/05/2011, at 11:31, John Shabanowitz john...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Tags on blog posts

2011-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
From: Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 14 May, 2011 7:06:17 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Tags on blog posts On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 06:36 +0100, Tom Davies wrote

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Tags on blog posts

2011-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 14 May, 2011 7:32:19 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Tags on blog posts On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 16:23, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote

[libreoffice-documentation] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office - Drawing

2011-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Yes, there is or at least there will be fairly soon (in the next few weeks). The documentation for OpenOffice's slightly less developed Draw is also valid although LibreOffice's Draw can also handle svg and more functionality too. http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ The

[libreoffice-documentation] Ubuntu Community Documentation

2011-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I have just up-dated and corrected Ubuntu's Community Documentation page about LibreOffice https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OfficeApplications/DefaultPackages There are a couple other pages that mention LibreOffice but no dedicated page. I think a dedicated page is more likely to

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