Clayton I did the grammar check on the Calc/API page on the Wiki and had some feedback from TJ. I read the spreadsheet link you sent me below and I must admit it's totally over my head at this point, as I've only been with the project since 29 January. I'd need some guidance as to what sections should go together and how to go about merging the two documents because I don't want to lose the accuracy because otherwise I think developers would get a tad upset with me (lol). I am keen though to help clean up any areas that need it as I need the experience.
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Spreadsheets/Spreadsheet_Documents Claire On 15 February 2010 02:21, ccornell - OpenOffice.org <ccorn...@openoffice.org> wrote: > On 02/14/10 20:46, Claire Wood wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I wonder if I can ask some advice. I'd like to have a go at >> documenting the Calc/API stuff on the Documentation/Needwork Wiki page >> if no-one else gets there before me and after I've done as much of the >> Getting Started Wiki Guide as I can before I go away next week, but >> not sure where to start to learn about the API's. It's been a while >> since I documented any programming so will probably need to learn from >> scratch again. Any tips on where I could start? > > That's an ambitious project :-) > > Basically the Calc section of the Wiki is written by developers (usually > non-native English speakers, which shows in the grammar etc.) for > developers. The Doc Team hasn't touched that part of the Wiki. > > If I was to work on it I'd probably take it in bits, starting with a simple > language cleanup, correcting the grammar and wording. That will give you a > feel for what is involved in the API side of the docs, and it will make what > is documented there a lot more usable and readable. > > From there, I think the complexity rises quite a bit. There is a > similar/parallel document called the Developer's Guide you can find here: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide > with a chapter dedicated to Calc: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Spreadsheets/Spreadsheet_Documents > > Working along-side the developers (you can find them lurking on the > d...@api.openoffice.org mailing list) we could look at how the two sections > could be merged into one document (into the Spreadsheets chapter in the Dev > Guide). > > C. > -- > Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org > OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead > Sun Microsystems, Hamburg, Germany > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org > > -- Best wishes Claire Wood --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org
