Kate, that's great! Please see my recent notes to David Michel and others
about the location of the Base Guide outline, and pick something that
interests you. It doesn't have to be an entire chapter to start with; one
section of a chapter would be fine.
Or you could do some stand-alone how-to's on specific topics (taken from
the outline) that could later be combined into the book by an editor
(probably me). I'm now thinking that might be a good way to handle having
several people working on the book. There is a sample database that
everyone should use so the examples and discussion fit together.
Drew Jensen among others is available to help as needed with technical
details and guidance about Base itself.
A good place for anyone to start is: after picking a topic (or a chapter)
to write about, develop the outline for that chapter or topic more fully.
Most of the book's outline is only a "wish list" of topics at the moment.
By "developing the outline" I mean work out a series of headings, in the
order they are intended to appear in the table of contents, preferably with
a short paragraph under each heading, saying what you plan to include in
that section. At this point you may need to do some research to know what
to cover. Don't worry to much at this point about the wording of the
headings; they can (and some surely will) change later. Try to get the
sequence of topics worked out, but be aware that the sequence may change
later too, as you do more research and discover that a different sequence
explains the topics better. When you have a detailed outline of your topic
or chapter (or at any stage while you're working on it), send it to this
list or put it on the wiki or the OOoAuthors website and ask on this list
for comments.
Of course, if you want to just leap in and start writing and organise it
later, that can work too. Up to you.
--Jean
K. Morgan wrote:
Hi all,
I've been wanting a chance to contribute, but hadn't found anything. I've
been trying to learn Base because my job involves databases and the experience
might help me. If I can get a little guidance on what to do, I'd love to write
something for Base.
-Kate
Andrew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
LOL
Can we just nominate someone and then hound them into submission?
On 10/28/07, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
I don't recall if I mentioned that one of the volunteers to write parts of
the Base Guide has had to withdraw due to lack of time, so we are back to
desperately seeking contributors.
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