I contribute to LibreOffice by working on the North American Community
DVD Project in creating English distribution DVDs. Also I have created
the largest [so I have been told] spell checking dictionaries for
American English, British English, and Canadian English. Also, I try to
help people out on some of the lists.
There is a project that is getting started, by some of the users, to
create a 4 page cheat sheet to help new users learn and use
LibreOffice. That is in the initial "idea" stage and needs help to get
it going.
So there are options out there than could use some people who do not
have any programming skills, or marketing skills. If you have the
ability to explain how things are done in LibreOffice and get that down
on paper, you are needed. I know that the documentation people are
looking for people to do various things. Heck, if you can go to the
NA-DVD project and help make it better, I would be most grateful.
Tim L.
webmas...@libreoffice-na.us
http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.6-installs/install.html
On 11/19/2012 08:34 AM, Carl Paulsen wrote:
Thanks, Regina. I know there are other ways to contribute, but I
don't necessarily know what they are. Templates is one way, but the
real issue I see is going from MSO to LO/OO. We can't control the
other end.
So is there a simple list of SPECIFIC ways users can contribute
(templates is a good example) that is easily found? I've seen some
general lists of how to contribute, but I haven't searched much for
more specifics. In any case it should probably be front and center on
the website (again, not the develop, donate $$, etc. generic list, but
more specifics).
Carl
On 11/19/12 8:09 AM, Regina Henschel wrote:
Hi,
Carl Paulsen schrieb:
In practical use, I would NOT say LO (or OOo) has a "high" file
compatibility with MS Office. Virtually every file I receive from MS
Office users has some kind of problem (bullet lists almost NEVER
convert
correctly, at least from MSO to LO). I'm only an occasional Office
suite user so I put up with it (plus I'm on a Mac), but I've never been
able to convince others to use LO for this reason alone. And I mostly
work with non-profits who, for several reasons, should be avid LO
users.
I also realize MSO, with it's market share, stands only to gain from
keeping it's formatting a moving target. With that in mind, I just
can't imagine how a project like LO could hope to keep up and make
inroads.
Wish I could help with making it work better, but I know nothing about
contributing to development.
You do not need to be a developer to help. One idea for
interoperability I heard on LibOCon, is to make templates, that can
be converted nicely. So if you have access to MSO, then examine, what
kind of things are dangerous for converting and what kind of things
convert without problems. Make a Wiki site with your observations and
create good templates based on this rationale.
Kind regards
Regina
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