Hi Everyone, sorry I've been really busy doing the screencasts. Re my question of how to dock the toolbar - seriously don't worry. It was just because I panicked, didn't have time and was being lazy and emailed the group...I guess I should have looked first (I'm a bad advert for technical writer if I'm not using the manuals ;) ) and I forgot the basics. I would have thought a cross reference to the Getting Started Guide would do, unless it's already there.
I've briefly mentioned it in the screencast I've done anyway and I'm just converting the 2 I've done to various formats now and will upload them on youtube as "unlisted" (so only those who have the the link will be able to view them) and I'll send a link to various people. I'm anticipating having to re-record them as this is a first stab, but at least I'll have something to show at interview next week. Claire On 19 May 2010 17:01, Michele Zarri <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19/05/10 08:17, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > >> Daniel Lewis wrote: >> >>> Claire Wood wrote: >>> >>>> I've just experienced an very frustrating thing. The format& styles >>>> toolbar undocked itself between me closing and opening a presentation >>>> whilst >>>> I was recording it in a screencast and I can't get it to dock again. >>>> Any >>>> ideas other than the usual drag and drop. >>>> >>>> >>>> To dock the format& styles toolbar, hold down the Control key while >>> double clicking at the top of this toolbar. (The blank area just to the >>> right of the Presentation Styles icon will do.) >>> >> >> BTW, this is explained in Chapter 1 of the Getting Started guide and >> Chapter 1 of the Writer Guide. It probably isn't in the Impress Guide, >> but perhaps it should be. IIRC, Michele and I left out a bunch of stuff >> from the IG that was covered in GS, to avoid a lot of repetition between >> books. Possibly that decision needs to be re-examined. >> >> --Jean >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> [email protected] >> >> I guess the problem is whether we want the guides to be self contained or > not, and in particular if we believe that people to pick up the GS before > reading the [component] Guide. > There are now several subjects that are covered in the GS but not in the IG > or WG (cannot say about CG and DG). > > As we are now mostly aiming at electronic publication I do not think there > is much harm in repeating some of the basic concepts in each of the guides > (after all, we do it already for things like Fontwork, Gallery, Background > settings, and I do not think we had complaints). > > What we need to do, as we discussed a while ago, is to avoid divergence in > this common text (waste of authors and reviewers time). > We should really bite the bullet and start building a library of subjects > that are common to two or more guides. I know it is a bit complicated, but > certainly not impossible. > > I will take a look at re-inserting some text on docking and context > sensitive toolbars in IG-01 > > Cheers, > > Michele > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Best wishes Claire Wood
