Rafael Lima has made some suggestions in his update to the Preface of Writer Guide. I thought I would mention them here because they are relevant to more than just this document. Thank you to Rafael for the thoughtful comments.
Rafael points out that this web page (or links on it) needs updating: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/install-howto/ He says, "For example, the snap version refers to LO 5.2. Also, I did not find any mention of the AppImage version." Could someone file a bug report, if one has not been filed already? Rafael asked about the What's This? item on the Help menu. "This feature does not seem to be working in LO 7.0. It still exists in Help > What’s this but it does nothing. Apparently it was not working on 6.4 either. Shouldn’t we remove this from the guide? And also from the Help menu via a enhancement request at Bugzilla?" Olivier said some time ago that What's This? is working in some dialogs but not all, and the non-working ones are being fixed, but it will take awhile. I forget the details. The question of whether to remove the item from the Help menu until working everywhere is not one we can answer. But as long as it is there, it needs to be mentioned in the user guides, without going into details. I note that the Preface to the GS guide for 7.0 has a longer explanation, but I think that explanation is incorrect or incomplete. The Calc Guide 7.0 has the same explanation as om GS but also a Note: "The What’s This? facility and extended tips are being improved but in LibreOffice 7.0 this work is incomplete and so they are not fully functional." I think that is a good approach, though I would prefer to leave out the somewhat detailed explanation. Rafael suggests leaving the link to OpenOffice Forum off the table of free support for LO, as LO moves away from AOO in terms of functionality. All of the books (AFAIK) have the same table, so this is a wider matter than just Writer Guide. I haven't looked at the forum recently to have an idea how helpful it might still be for LO users, but I'm inclined to agree with Rafael. Would appreciate some discussion on this. Lastly, Rafael says the "Check for Updates" Help menu item does not exist on Linux. It does on my Linux installation. Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
