Hi :) I think we should be doing the Help screens and stuff but no-one knows how to do it. Also we are a bit overwhelmed with just getting the guides out there right now and it was felt the guides were a slightly higher priority.
I guess that the design list might be able to help? or the website list? Regards from Tom :) --- On Sat, 4/2/12, Rogerio Luz Coelho <luz.roge...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Rogerio Luz Coelho <luz.roge...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation suggestions for Impress > To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org > Date: Saturday, 4 February, 2012, 23:34 > Thanks for the interest in the > LibreOfffice product, but this is a list > about the DOCUMENTATION of the software, if you need > something modified > from WITHIN the software, say an onscreen error or > redundancy (as you so > perfectly put it) should be done on a DEVELOPMENT list. > > We can try to see if someone here has the capacility to > change these > things, but it is not our list goal. > > I recomend you put these observations in a bug report at > bugzilla > (freedesktop bugs under LibreOffice) and post the bug lso in > a DEV list > > But I agree that these Impress Wizards REALLY need some work > for the user > experience to improve > > Thanks > > Rogerio > > 2012/2/4 Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> > > > Hello, > > > > I'm using Impress version 3.4.5 on OSX, and would like > to > > offer suggestions for the Wiazard's Help pages. > > > > Scenario: Creating a new presentation, and > pressing "Help" on Page 2 > > of the Presentation Wizard. > > > > Issue 1: Select a slide design > > The help text starts with "Allows you to select a slide > design for the > > presentation you selected on page 1 of the Wizard." > > > > This is rather redundant -- might I suggest that you > just remove this > > sentence? > > > > Issue 2: The next sentence says "In the upper list box > you can choose > > from three slide design types (education, presentation > backgrounds and > > presentations)." > > > > On my installation, there are only two slide design > types, > > "Presentation Backgrounds" and "Presentations". > I > > do not see "Education" > > > > Issue 3: Can the help be more specific about what > the differences are > > between the output mediums? > > > > The help text describes each output medium, but in an > almost > > redundant/meaningless way. > > > > For example, "Overhead Sheet" help says "Creates a > presentation to be > > used as overhead transparencies". > > > > Okay, that's helpful to know, but what is the > difference between all > > these output mediums? I mean > > what would be different about choosing "Overhead Sheet" > versus > > "Original" or "Slides" or "Screen"? > > > > The help for the "Screen" output medium states "Creates > a computer > > screen presentation only. The screen > is adjusted by default.". > > > > Does this mean that I won't be able to print it? > I have no idea why I > > would choose this > > versus "Slide" or the others. I have no idea the > impact that choosing > > this option would have, other > > than the screen is adjusted by default and that the > pres. is for > > computer screen presentation only. Does this > > mean I couldn't print the presentation? > > > > I don't really know what that means -- Why would I use > "Screen" output > > medium instead of > > the others? Perhaps if the help would have a > sentence or two about > > /why/ I would choose > > a specific output medium, or give examples of > presentations that use > > specific output mediums, this > > would greatly improve the Help section for this step of > the wizard. > > > > "Slide" output medium's help states "Creates a > presentation to be > > used as slides". What does that mean? I > thought that all Impress > > presentations were to be used as slides? Again, > perhaps an example > > scenario or > > presentation would be a great help to users like me who > are just > > trying to create a > > presentation and are following the Wizard. > > > > Thanks for listening to my suggestions. > > > > --Nate > > > > > > > > > > I'd be happy to file a "bug" or "improvement" if > someone points me > > to an easy way to do this. > > > > Thanks, > > --Nate > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > > documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly > archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and > cannot be deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
