Clayton wrote:
On 02/01/2010 12:57 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
I propose to make delete Chapter 16 (Math Objects) from the Writer Guide
and make it into a stand-alone Math Guide. We've already made a Math
Guide on the wiki, but I have not yet pulled it out of the ODT and PDF
versions of the Writer Guide.
I think from a user standpoint this makes sense. A lot of people seem
to have trouble finding it in its current location.
while avoiding duplication. The other choice is to have a separate Math
Guide but continue to have the chapter in the Writer Guide as well.
Comments?
What are the maintenance implications? Will it be clear on the building
a PDF side that the Math part included in the Writer Guide is
essentially a separate document? On the Wiki, it's easy... but outside
of the Wiki?
I've been looking into using linked sections for some of the material
(the OOo equivalent of "includes"). There is a lot of material shared
between the Getting Started book and the other books, including part
of the Math chapter.
In the past I've been reluctant to use linked sections because they
are a bit tricky for groups of people to maintain (many of the people
who contribute to the user guides are not experts in the use of
Writer's more esoteric features), but I think the time has come for us
to start doing so. I'm working on some instructions for others to
follow, which I will also use as the basis for a tutorial for general
consumption. Don't expect anything on this until March at the
earliest, though.
The above is not necessarily an argument for having the Math Guide
duplicated as a chapter in the Writer Guide, but just to say that it
would be no more of a maintenance drama than some of the other shared
material.
--Jean
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