-- Download Apache OpenOffice® On 2021-01-07 at 3:07, Robert Farrell <robertfarr...@embarqmail.com> wrote: >Hi- > >I’m a contract technical writer located outside of Minneapolis Minnesota, USA. I have a Masters in Technical Communication from Minnesota State University in Mankato Minnesota. > >I have worked in the medical device and software fields, but it was some time ago. > >I’m interested in joining the team to brush up on my tech writing skills and to contribute to the cause. I’ve been using OpenOffice for several years, so I have experience in Writer and Calc. > >The primary programs I use professionally are FrameMaker, InDesign, and Word. I have also had some experience in GitHub and Stack Overflow. > >Robert Farrell >robertfarr...@embarqmail.com Greetings Robert and Welcome to Apache OpenOffice (AOO). We can definitely use someone of your background and experience in Technical Writing. We are currently in the process of redefining the process by which we create documentation, especially the Users Guides.
We do have have some orientation pages at the following:https://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html. Levels 1 and 2 give a basic understanding of of how the project works, and an introduction to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and the and the infrastructure that it provides to support the projects. Then the level 3 pages get into the different ways to contribute to AOO. The one of most interest for know would be the Introduction to Documentation. It gives an overview of how the documentation team works and the infrastructure tools that we most use. It will suggest that you subscribe to the doc@ mailing list, but I strongly suggest that you also subscribe to dev@ mailing list as well. Instructions can be found at https://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html#development-mailing-list-public. I look forward to working closely with you as we move forward on writing professional quality documentation for AOO. Regards Keith N. McKenna
