Chapters 1-5 of Impress Guide have now been published to the wiki and on the ODFAuthors website. (See also another note I'm writing with a more relevant subject line.)
--Jean On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 01:10, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > I added the links to the wiki > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Impress_Guide > > I think Jean said that would make it easier to upload the chapters to the > wiki? So far i have done it the other way around but i think Jean's way is > better for work-flow. So, at the moment the link looks red and when you > click on it then you get taken to the uploads page (if you are logged into > the wiki). > Regards from > Tom :) > > > --- On Thu, 16/2/12, Peter Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Peter Schofield <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LO 3.5 release announced > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 16 February, 2012, 7:40 > > Hello Jean & Tom > > I shall start at Chap 6 and onward to version 3.5 then come back to Chap 1 to > 5. > > I have had a quick check and there seems to little change for Impress, but > the devil is in the detail. > > Please publish Chap 2 to 5 to the wikki when you have checked them. Chap 1 is > already on the wikki. > > Regards > > Peter > > > On 15 Feb 2012, at 21:06, Jean Weber wrote: > >> Peter, >> >> Unless there are major differences from 3.4 to 3.5 that would affect >> Chs1-5, I suggest you start updating to 3.5 from Ch 6. When Chs 6-11 & >> App A are done, then go back to Chs1-5 and update them from 3.4 to >> 3.5. >> >> Meanwhile I will put Chs 1-5 on the wiki in the v3.4 column (unless >> you do it first). They probably don't need the "Draft" designation >> that Tom mentioned in a later note, with the possible exception of >> Ch5. I'll do a quick check of Ch5 which I don't think I've looked at >> previously. >> >> What do you think of that idea? >> >> --Jean >> >> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 16:09, Peter Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello Jean and Tom >>> >>> I can easily start upgrading 3.4 Impress to 3.5 Impress. >>> >>> Chapters 1 to 5 Impress 3.4 would have to be upgraded as they are published >>> or very close to being published. >>> >>> I have Chapter 6 Impress 3.4 already downloaded on my iMac ready to start >>> an upgrade to version 3.4 or 3.5. >>> >>> I will download LO3.5 onto my very old Toshiba (my test laptop) to check >>> the differences with LO3.4. >>> >>> Start upgrading to 3.5 - YES or NO? Not a problem for me. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> On 15 Feb 2012, at 01:44, Jean Weber wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Tom. I was thinking much the same thing, which I summarise here: >>>> >>>> * Finish GS 3.4 and Writer 3.4, both of which are well advanced, and >>>> once I get a chance to go through John's work and upload some I've >>>> been doing, will be nearly done; then start on v3.5 for both of them. >>>> >>>> * Skip Calc 3.4, Draw 3.4 and Math 3.4 and go directly to v 3.5, >>>> because AFAIK little has been done on those books for v3.4. >>>> >>>> * Finish Impress 3.4 OR skip and go to v 3.5, whatever Peter prefers >>>> (since he's doing the work). I haven't checked yet to see if there are >>>> major differences in Impress from 3.4 to 3.5. >>>> >>>> * Continue with Base Guide for whatever version Dan prefers (since >>>> he's doing the work). >>>> >>>> --Jean >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 00:54, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hi :) >>>>> I think that for most of the guides we should skip the 3.4.x branch >>>>> completely and just work on 3.5.x. Exceptions (imo) should be GS, >>>>> Writer, Base and possibly Calc. >>>>> >>>>> I think the GS guide is important for each branch as it covers the most >>>>> 'obvious' stuff that people need to know. Similarly for Writer. Writer >>>>> is the main app that most people use most of the time so it's important >>>>> to get that guide out for each branch too. With Base i don't think it >>>>> would even matter if different chapters were for different branches! The >>>>> important thing is just to get a first version out there and then worry >>>>> about consistency afterwards. I'm not sure about Calc. It's probably >>>>> the 2nd most used app but still quite a long way behind Writer. The >>>>> Users List almost never hears from people using Impress. So either the >>>>> Impress Guide is stunningly good and significantly better than the other >>>>> guides or it's the one that people do read before jumping in or Impress >>>>> is very intuitive for people or not many people are using it, or some >>>>> combination of those. >>>>> >>>>> So, i think complete GS and Writer for 3.4.x branch, keep going with Base >>>>> and skip the rest? What do other people think? Are any of the other >>>>> guides (or even 'just' odd chapters) near completion? >>>>> >>>>> Also don't forget that while 3.3.x and 3.4.x started at almost the same >>>>> time and ran alongside each other the 3.5.x and future branches wont run >>>>> in the same way. There will be some overlap with one branch ending just >>>>> after another has started but not such a huge overlap as the first 2 >>>>> branches. >>>>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan >>>>> Regards from >>>>> Tom :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --- On Tue, 14/2/12, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> From: Jean Weber <[email protected]> >>>>> Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] LO 3.5 release announced >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Date: Tuesday, 14 February, 2012, 11:36 >>>>> >>>>> The release of LO 3.5 has just been announced. We are falling further >>>>> behind, team! >>>>> >>>>> I've had only a brief look at v3.5, but I could see a few conspicuous >>>>> changes that will need to be written up in the user guides. >>>>> >>>>> When I have a chance, I'll create a page listing the changes that I >>>>> find will need to be made to the guides, similar to the page I did for >>>>> LO 3.4. Or someone else is welcome to do it. Release notes (useful for >>>>> our purposes) are here: >>>>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5 >>>>> >>>>> And an interesting infographic of the highlights is here: >>>>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/116590/lo35-infofinal.pdf >>>>> >>>>> --Jean >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> 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 [email protected] >> 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 [email protected] > 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 [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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
