Daniel Carrera wrote:
Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
I would really appreciate it if someone who hasn't been through it
before would take a really critical look at it.
I'll take a look at it. I'll review it while I'm not ocupied with the
conference. I guess I'll probably have something for you on Saturday (is
that ok?).
Thanks, Daniel, having you look at it would be great. There's no
hurry at all getting it back to me, because I probably won't get
a chance to look at it again for another week. Better to take
your time and do a really good job on it... rip it to shreds,
rewrite it, whatever. :-)
Is there anything in particular you'd like me to look at? I haven't read
this chapter at all before. So I'm comming at it with only the title to
tell me what it's about. Then again, maybe that's a bonus :-)
Most definitely a bonus, I think.
The first part of the chapter is much the same as what's in the
Getting Started guide's chapter on styles; is that repetition a
good thing or not? Should I cut it back? I like the idea of a
stand-alone book for Writer (hence the repetition), but this
chapter is a bit long. I can't decide, so I'd really like your
opinion.
What I tried to do in the rest of the chapter is cover as much
about styles as possible that wasn't covered in your Introduction
to Styles chapter. I tried to take the approach of doing things
that people might want to do or at least that people could relate
to (hence the "Working with..." title), so it's not intended to
cover all the pages of all the dialogs... that is in the Help anyway.
What I'm most concerned about is questions like: Do I make too
many assumptions about what people can figure out easily for
themselves? Have I covered some things in too much detail, or not
enough?
Oh, and some styles stuff (mainly page styles) is in the
Formatting Pages chapter, because it fits with the topic. So I
refer to that chapter in this one, rather than duplicating the
material. This makes the styles info a bit scattered in the
Writer Guide, which IMO has the advantage of emphasising the
importance of styles in various contexts, but it might also mean
the info is too scattered. Again, your opinion is welcome. (You
might want to have a quick look at the Formatting Pages chapter
as well, to see how the 2 chapters fit together.)
BTW, parts of the Working with Styles chapter were taken (with
permission) from articles written by Bruce Byfield, so they are
in a slightly different style from the rest of the chapter. When
you read it, see if you think that's a problem.
Also BTW, I have abandoned the Styles Reference chapter, which
was going to cover all the dialogs in detail. I can't see getting
time to do it, and I'm not now at all sure it's necessary. I
welcome your opinion.
Cheers, Jean
