I will go ahead and start on the migration guide, then. Thanks!
Matthew Copple [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 5/22/08 11:07 PM, "Gary Schnabl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jean Hollis Weber wrote: >> > Thanks, Matthew! >> > >> > Yes, NeoOffice should be fine for editing. I hope it doesn't have any >> > problems with style retention -- it shouldn't, as those only showed up >> > in OOo 2.4 and 3.0beta. >> > >> > You should be able to get copies of the .ODT files for the Migration >> > Guide here, but you may have to get a website login first: >> > http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/migration/published_final/ >> > >> > Please save any changed files (with new filenames) in this folder: >> > http://oooauthors.org/en/userguide3/migration3/mg-3-drafts/ >> > >> > If you have not already joined the OOoAuthors site, please do so (it's >> > a separate login from the main OOo website, though you can use the >> > same username) and then ask for the Author role; you will need that >> > before you can upload files to the website. >> > >> > More info here: http://oooauthors.org/en/ >> > >> > BTW, re the Migration Guide: in addition to what I wrote previously, I >> > think some important topics may be missing from the current version of >> > the book. (I seem to recall a conversation on this list about this >> > late last year or early this year, but I haven't tried to find it.) >> > Collecting opinions on what's missing and needing to be added could be >> > very helpful too. >> > >> > --Jean >> > >> > Matthew Copple wrote: >>> >> I have 3.0 Beta, MS Office 2008 (both on my Mac) and Office 2007 on my >>> >> wife¹s laptop. However, I¹ve noticed several folks cautioning not to >>> >> use Ooo >>> >> 3.0 for editing the books. Will NeoOffice do the trick? >>> >> >>> >> Matthew Copple >>> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On 5/22/08 10:02 PM, "Jean Hollis Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >> >>>> >>> Yesterday I renewed my call for more people to help update the OOo >>>> >>> user guides for v3.0. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> One specific book needing updating is the Migration Guide, which not >>>> >>> only needs checking for new and/or changed things about OOo itself, >>>> >>> but would really benefit from additional material related to migrating >>>> >>> from MS Office 2007. I don't have Office 2007 and rarely use Windows, >>>> >>> so I can't do it myself even if I had the time. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> It's quite possible that someone has already published some or all of >>>> >>> the info needed, on a blog or website or wiki somewhere (Marketing, >>>> >>> perhaps?), so a volunteer should start by doing some research to find >>>> >>> any info that's out there. You wouldn't even need to have Office or >>>> >>> Windows to do that research! (And don't feel you have to take >>>> >>> responsibility for the whole book, though it would be nice if you did. >>>> >>> Any work, on one chapter or even part of a chapter, would help.) >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Writing or editing in a compatible DOC format should be OK too, unless > there's some incompatibilities for the limited range of styles we use. I > could adapt the other style categories afterwards. It might be > informative to try that and see how MSO Professional 2007 works for > writing our docs. > > I have some recent URLs relating to MSO migration somewhere. One thing I > know is that nested tables in ODT won't migrate to MSO. The outer table > is lost. > > Gary
