Hi John,
John Toliver wrote:
...
And now for my question: Is their some documentation on Forms,
Queries, Reports etc. that goes into a little more detail than the help
files? They describe what the form controls are but they don't offer much
information on how one might use them, or, for example in this case, what
values simply won't work if entered.
have a look at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database for a
list of Base documentation.
A possible feature enhancement would be a way to enter your own notes ( ie.
discoveries while working with the program and other comments etc.) into the
help file in a way that is clearly marked as "user submitted" so the user
knows the information came from they the user, and not a developer writing
the code. And for this information to then be submitted for review by the
documentation group and if approved, added, into future versions of the help
file. In one sense, this may aid the help file writers in the documentation
process by shifting some work load to end users to enhance the help file in
a safe format. While admittedly I've thought about the implications of
this, namely, someone will need to be on the receiving end to actually
review each addition but it may be a way for end user with minimal effort to
contribute to OO.o (and as a side note, a way of guesstimating approximately
how many users worldwide are actively using Openoffice)
that is a very good idea to improve the installed help. Perhaps you want
to discuss this on the developer page of the documentation project? See
http://documentation.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList
Uwe
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