Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Jean Weber]

AOO does not allow CC licensed material. That’s a major part of the problem
of reuse. However, the body of documentation is also licensed under GPL,
which is sort-of allowed, with restrictions.

Jean

On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 at 15:52 F Campos Costero  wrote:

> Hello Robert,
>
> Thank you very much for volunteering!  I'll keep this message very brief
> because I am at the end of a long work day and not feeling very coherent.
> Regarding your question, it is probably best to consider what the likely
> situation will be rather than all possible licensing scenarios. There is a
> body of documentation licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
> License (CC-BY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ) that would
> provide a rich resource for documenting the current version of OpenOffice.
> The current plan, I believe, is to work under the permissions of that
> license. You would have a copyright to what you write but you would license
> many of those rights to anyone who has a copy of your work. Please take a
> look at the web page I linked and perhaps the license itself. I'm sure
> people here would be happy to discuss any questions you have, though I
> don't think we have any lawyers on this list.
> Regards,
> Francis
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 8:53 PM Robert Farrell <
> robertfarr...@embarqmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I’m a technical writer who has worked on documentation for medical
> devices
> > and software. I have been using OpenOffice for several years for other
> > projects, and have always appreciated the open source nature of the
> > software.
> >
> > I have never worked on a project where documentation is licensed.
> > Everything I’ve worked on has been work-for-hire and copyrighted (which
> > means, of course, no attributions) as opposed to licensing. What do I
> need
> > to take into consideration when creating documentation for this project?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Robert Farrell
> > robertfarr...@embarqmail.com
> >
> >
>

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[F Campos Costero]

Hello Robert,

Thank you very much for volunteering!  I'll keep this message very brief
because I am at the end of a long work day and not feeling very coherent.
Regarding your question, it is probably best to consider what the likely
situation will be rather than all possible licensing scenarios. There is a
body of documentation licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
License (CC-BY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ) that would
provide a rich resource for documenting the current version of OpenOffice.
The current plan, I believe, is to work under the permissions of that
license. You would have a copyright to what you write but you would license
many of those rights to anyone who has a copy of your work. Please take a
look at the web page I linked and perhaps the license itself. I'm sure
people here would be happy to discuss any questions you have, though I
don't think we have any lawyers on this list.
Regards,
Francis

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 8:53 PM Robert Farrell 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I’m a technical writer who has worked on documentation for medical devices
> and software. I have been using OpenOffice for several years for other
> projects, and have always appreciated the open source nature of the
> software.
>
> I have never worked on a project where documentation is licensed.
> Everything I’ve worked on has been work-for-hire and copyrighted (which
> means, of course, no attributions) as opposed to licensing. What do I need
> to take into consideration when creating documentation for this project?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Robert Farrell
> robertfarr...@embarqmail.com
>
>
>
>
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New Doc Volunteer

[Robert Farrell]

Hi all,

I’m a technical writer who has worked on documentation for medical devices and 
software. I have been using OpenOffice for several years for other projects, 
and have always appreciated the open source nature of the software. 

I have never worked on a project where documentation is licensed. Everything 
I’ve worked on has been work-for-hire and copyrighted (which means, of course, 
no attributions) as opposed to licensing. What do I need to take into 
consideration when creating documentation for this project?

Thanks


Robert Farrell
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New Doc Volunteer

[Shawn Midkiff]

I want to write a simple letter. 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Re: New Doc volunteer

[Chris Johnson]

Good to hear from you Keith!
Thanks for your guidance...I spend a bit of time installing and using the
product and looking at the material you referred to in your message so I'm
getting a feel for it now. I'm hoping I can help keep things moving and
look forward to contributing to this effort.
I'm pretty familiar with Palmer...back from the days I went to UMass and
got off at the Palmer/Ware exit.
Best Regards,
Chris

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 2:54 PM, Keith N. McKenna 
wrote:

> On 2/2/2018 5:36 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:
> > Hi listmembers!
> > Please allow me to introduce myself...my name is Chris Johnson and I'm a
> > tech writer with over 10 years of experience. (I also have a decent
> amount
> > of QA experience.) I've been out of the TW field since 2011 but
> > am currently veering back into the field and would love to contribute in
> > any way I can to this effort! I live in Massachusetts and am enjoying a
> > nice winter day here. Thanks for reading this and hope I can help out
> soon.
> > Chris Johnson
> >
> Welcome Chris;
>
> Unfortunately the documentation effort has been stalled for quite a
> while now for a number of reasons. Hopefully having a volunteer with
> extensive technical writing experience can help jump start this effort.
>
> The original intent was to Redo the 4.X user documentation from scratch
> on our MediaWiki site under the ALV2 License. Because of the difference
> in License from the OpenOffice.org documentation we can not just update
> the older documentation for version 4.
>
> The current version 4 User documentation is linked  at
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide there is also a
> status document at
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Status.
>
> Your thoughts on what can be improved and your contributions to the
> documentation as it stands would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I am also in Massachusetts. I live in Palmer, just east of Springfield
> in Western MA.
>
> Regards
> Keith McKenna
>
>
>

Re: New Doc volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

On 2/2/2018 5:36 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:
> Hi listmembers!
> Please allow me to introduce myself...my name is Chris Johnson and I'm a
> tech writer with over 10 years of experience. (I also have a decent amount
> of QA experience.) I've been out of the TW field since 2011 but
> am currently veering back into the field and would love to contribute in
> any way I can to this effort! I live in Massachusetts and am enjoying a
> nice winter day here. Thanks for reading this and hope I can help out soon.
> Chris Johnson
> 
Welcome Chris;

Unfortunately the documentation effort has been stalled for quite a
while now for a number of reasons. Hopefully having a volunteer with
extensive technical writing experience can help jump start this effort.

The original intent was to Redo the 4.X user documentation from scratch
on our MediaWiki site under the ALV2 License. Because of the difference
in License from the OpenOffice.org documentation we can not just update
the older documentation for version 4.

The current version 4 User documentation is linked  at
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide there is also a
status document at
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Status.

Your thoughts on what can be improved and your contributions to the
documentation as it stands would be greatly appreciated.

I am also in Massachusetts. I live in Palmer, just east of Springfield
in Western MA.

Regards
Keith McKenna




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New Doc volunteer

[Chris Johnson]

Hi listmembers!
Please allow me to introduce myself...my name is Chris Johnson and I'm a
tech writer with over 10 years of experience. (I also have a decent amount
of QA experience.) I've been out of the TW field since 2011 but
am currently veering back into the field and would love to contribute in
any way I can to this effort! I live in Massachusetts and am enjoying a
nice winter day here. Thanks for reading this and hope I can help out soon.
Chris Johnson

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

On 9/14/2017 10:49 AM, Famiglietti, Andrew A wrote:
> Hi Open Office Doc Team,
> 
> 
> I'm a professor in the English Department at West Chester University of 
> Pennsylvania, and I'm planning to use Open Source Software documentation as a 
> "real world" writing task for my Technical Writing Students this semester. I 
> noticed your project was looking for documentation help and thought I would 
> reach out. Some things you should know:
> 
> 
> - I'm not going to swamp you with student contributions. Students will file 
> their drafts with me, first, and then I will pass them on to you only if I 
> think they have a reasonably good end product, and I have an ok from the 
> project?
> 
> 
> I was wondering:
> 
> 
> - If you would be interested in seeing the documentation drafts students 
> produce
> 
> - If there was any particular area of documentation you were particularly in 
> need of
> 
> 
> Thanks so much for your time!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> Andy Famiglietti, PhD
> Assistant Professor of English, West Chester University
> http://copyvillain.org
> 
Professor Famiglietti;

First let me apologize for taking so long to reply to your message.
Things in my personal life have been such that I have not had as much
time as I would like to spend with Apache OpenOffice.

The current state of the documentation effort is that it is at a
standstill. A decision was made around the end of 2012, beginning of
2013 that new documentation would be started on the Apache OpenOffice
Media-Wiki under the Apache License, Version 2.0. This effort has
stalled due to the lack of experienced technical writers to guide and
mentor new volunteers.

The idea was to have documentation structured for on-line viewing using
liberal hyper-links to guide people from the generic to the specific
rather than separate detailed guides for each separate Application
within the suite. This structure does not lend itself well to the flow
that you describe but I would be willing to take the output from
students that you approve and format it for inclusion into the wiki.

I would also be interested in discussing further with you any other
insights or ideas that you might have to move the documentation effort
forward again.

Regards
Keith N. McKenna




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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

On 8/9/2017 7:17 PM, Steve Stepan Kehayan wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
> 
> I've been writing and editing reports, documents, articles and publications 
> for the last 25 years. I’m originally from Singapore but I’ve been living and 
> working in Europe and Asia for the last 20 years. I’ve just relocated with my 
> family to California and would like to do volunteer my time to gain 
> experience in technical writing and to learn more about the software 
> industry. I have a PhD in Applied Linguistics and a strong background in 
> authoring and editing complex documents. I’m confident that I’ll be able to 
> hone my skills in authoring, reviewing and editing draft documents for you. 
> I’m familiar with the AP and Chicago Writing Styles but I’ll be able to adopt 
> your house style if you have one. Though I have little knowledge of 
> OpenOffice, I’m a keen and quick learner.
> 
> 
> Please get back to me if there is a opportunity for me to contribute.
> 
> Thank you.
> Best wishes,
> 
> Annette
> 
Annette;

As you have probably noticed this mailing list is very inactive.
Currently our User Guide effort is is housed on our Media Wiki (mwiki)
at the following
url:https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide. There is a
status document at
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Status that
shows the current status of effort.
Please understand that the project does not have the resources to mentor
contributors in the intricacies of the discipline of Technical Writing.
You need to be a self starter that can see what needs to be done and
then go do it. If you have questions this is the place to ask them. It
is also the place to let people know what you are doing and what your
progress is.

The following links will give you a broad overview of the effort and
the minimal style requirements.

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Contribute
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Help_Style_Guide
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Styles#Styles_used_in_the_Documentation_Project_Wiki
The following link is an indispensable reference on the style used on
the documentation wiki and a reference of the many different shortcut
templates that are used for such things as notes, warnings, etc.
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Wiki_Editing_Policy

Regards
Keith






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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Dave]

Dear Andrew,

over a period of seven years (14 university terms) I developed a
documentation specially aimed at students, though not students in science
courses. It is available in five languages so far, I myself did the German,
English and French versions. It includes an online exercise, though I
myself did a live introductory course (in my last batch it was altogether
14 groups of around 20 to 30 students, two or three per pc). In the first
hour or so I did just a little bit of theory (what is a book?), then
demonstrated the parallels between between book production without
computers and that with computers. In the second hour they would repeat the
exercise two or three or even four students together round one pc, and I
would just stand around in the background in case they got stuck somewhere.
The exercise was over time so explicit though, that mostly they got along
without my help. Would be pleased, if you might take a look at it:

http://openoffice-uni.org/

Yours
Dave

On 14 September 2017 at 15:49, Famiglietti, Andrew A  wrote:

> Hi Open Office Doc Team,
>
>
> I'm a professor in the English Department at West Chester University of
> Pennsylvania, and I'm planning to use Open Source Software documentation as
> a "real world" writing task for my Technical Writing Students this
> semester. I noticed your project was looking for documentation help and
> thought I would reach out. Some things you should know:
>
>
> - I'm not going to swamp you with student contributions. Students will
> file their drafts with me, first, and then I will pass them on to you only
> if I think they have a reasonably good end product, and I have an ok from
> the project?
>
>
> I was wondering:
>
>
> - If you would be interested in seeing the documentation drafts students
> produce
>
> - If there was any particular area of documentation you were particularly
> in need of
>
>
> Thanks so much for your time!
>
>
>
>
> ---
> Andy Famiglietti, PhD
> Assistant Professor of English, West Chester University
> http://copyvillain.org
>

New Doc Volunteer

[Famiglietti, Andrew A]

Hi Open Office Doc Team,


I'm a professor in the English Department at West Chester University of 
Pennsylvania, and I'm planning to use Open Source Software documentation as a 
"real world" writing task for my Technical Writing Students this semester. I 
noticed your project was looking for documentation help and thought I would 
reach out. Some things you should know:


- I'm not going to swamp you with student contributions. Students will file 
their drafts with me, first, and then I will pass them on to you only if I 
think they have a reasonably good end product, and I have an ok from the 
project?


I was wondering:


- If you would be interested in seeing the documentation drafts students produce

- If there was any particular area of documentation you were particularly in 
need of


Thanks so much for your time!




---
Andy Famiglietti, PhD
Assistant Professor of English, West Chester University
http://copyvillain.org

New Doc Volunteer

[Steve Stepan Kehayan]

Dear Sir/Madam,

I've been writing and editing reports, documents, articles and publications for 
the last 25 years. I’m originally from Singapore but I’ve been living and 
working in Europe and Asia for the last 20 years. I’ve just relocated with my 
family to California and would like to do volunteer my time to gain experience 
in technical writing and to learn more about the software industry. I have a 
PhD in Applied Linguistics and a strong background in authoring and editing 
complex documents. I’m confident that I’ll be able to hone my skills in 
authoring, reviewing and editing draft documents for you. I’m familiar with the 
AP and Chicago Writing Styles but I’ll be able to adopt your house style if you 
have one. Though I have little knowledge of OpenOffice, I’m a keen and quick 
learner.


Please get back to me if there is a opportunity for me to contribute.

Thank you.
Best wishes,

Annette

new doc volunteer

[Dale Hawkinson]

Hello.

My name is Dale P. Hawkinson. I have used and greatly appreciated AOO for
several years (since 3.4.1). I have been a math instructor at Kansas State
University for 35 years. In the past, I have made meager cash donations to the
AOO project, but now feel that I should offer my time to see the project
continue to flourish.

I have a modest knowledge of html/css/js, and have produced both written and
online interactive instructional materials.

EX 1 https://www.math.ksu.edu/~dph/MATH100_CC/MATH100_readings/25/

EX 2 https://www.math.ksu.edu/~dph/DCalc/BasicTutorial/  (Note: flash-based)

I would like to offer my service to the AOO Documentation Team for several
reasons. First, it is a very commendable project as a whole, and I sincerely
respect those who volunteer their time and talent to developing open source
software that is valuable to many users, especially on a global level like AOO
does. Second, although my skills are only above average, yet I still want to use
them in a worthy team setting and move from a "user" to a "contributor." Lastly,
I join many others, I'm sure, in desiring to advance the progress of AOO. As a
long time user and semi-developer,  I know the importance of having access to
clear, concise, correct documentation.

>From my humble beginnings with a Commodore 64, I have progressed in my
understanding of software and hardware. My current rig is an ASUS X550Z with AMD
Quad Core A10-7400P, Windows 10 Home, and (of course) AOO 4.1.3. Please let me
know if I can be of assistance.


Best regards,

Dale P. Hawkinson

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Mitul Patel wrote:
> To whom it may concern,
> 
> Hello! I am Mitul Patel, hailing from the Madison, Wisconsin. I majored in
> Environmental Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The minor
> focus in my major was the integration of Geographic Information Systems to
> the sciences.  As a result, I have a minor background in programming but
> wanted to improve my communication ability further by aiding in
> documentation editing and proofreading. Maybe even write a tutorial or two!
> My native language is English but I do speak almost business level
> Japanese.
> 
> Sincerely, Mitul Patel
> 
Mitul;

Thank you for your interest in the AOO Documentation team. I can set-up
an mwiki account with the same user id as you used for the cwiki. Just
let me know as a reply to the mailing list.

If you have not already read it i recommend the orientation page at
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html and the
Contributing 101 page at


Regards
Keith




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New Doc Volunteer

[Mitul Patel]

To whom it may concern,

Hello! I am Mitul Patel, hailing from the Madison, Wisconsin. I majored in
Environmental Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The minor
focus in my major was the integration of Geographic Information Systems to
the sciences.  As a result, I have a minor background in programming but
wanted to improve my communication ability further by aiding in
documentation editing and proofreading. Maybe even write a tutorial or two!
My native language is English but I do speak almost business level
Japanese.

Sincerely, Mitul Patel

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Chris Sirrs wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My name is Chris. I am a recent university grad interested in
> getting my feet wet in the world of technical writing by volunteering
> to create and edit documentation for open source projects such as
> Open Office. If there is anything I can help with in this regard,
> feel free to let me know.
> 
> -Chris
> 

Welcome to the AOO Documentation team. First of all let me apologize for
taking so long to reply. Things have been very hectic in my personal
life the last month or so.

Currently the major thrust has been to get the introductory materials
and the Writer Guide Finished on
the M-wiki at https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide.
We also have a status page at
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Status which
shows a broad overview of what still needs to be done.

The AOO context sensitive help is a somewhat convoluted process. I will
have to dig into the materials that I have to point you to further
information.

Feel free to jump in look around and work on anything that you think
could use some help. This mailing list is the main means of
communication for the team so please if you have any questions feel free
to ask and given your experience any insights that you may have are most
welcome.

Regards
Keith



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New Doc Volunteer

[Chris Sirrs]

Hello,

My name is Chris. I am a recent university grad interested in getting my feet 
wet in the world of technical writing by volunteering to create and edit 
documentation for open source projects such as Open Office. If there is 
anything I can help with in this regard, feel free to let me know.

-Chris

RE: New Doc Volunteer

[Dennis E. Hamilton]

Hello, Rishabha Singh,

The doc@openoffice.apache.org list is for those who want to work on 
documentation for Apache OpenOffice.  The current documentation work is at 
<https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation> under "What's New".  The main 
documentation is all in English.

With your Java experience, you might be interested in the UnoTools work.  To 
find out about that, please introduce yourself on  
where development is discussed.

 - Dennis

> -Original Message-
> From: RISHABHA SINGH [mailto:rishabha.sing...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 23:25
> To: doc@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: New Doc Volunteer
> 
> Hi Sir
> I try to introduce in clear manner. I am Rishabha Singh. I am from UP ,
> India . I am a quite java programmer .
> And also I am interested in java Developing . Currently I am working in
> Vstacks InfoTech Noida, India as a java junior developer . I like solve
> difficulties in a opposite environment .  that’s all about me sir .
> Regards & thanks
> Rishabha Singh


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New Doc Volunteer

[RISHABHA SINGH]

Hi Sir
I try to introduce in clear manner. I am Rishabha Singh. I am from UP , India . 
I am a quite java programmer .
And also I am interested in java Developing . Currently I am working in Vstacks 
InfoTech Noida, India as a java junior developer . I like solve difficulties in 
a opposite environment .  that’s all about me sir .
Regards & thanks 
Rishabha Singh

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Elaine Morin wrote:
> Hello,
> My name is Elaine Morin, I'm from Edmonton, AB, Canada, and my background is 
> in writing. I'm hoping to work on some documentation projects for Open 
> Office. I'm working on strengthening my writing portfolio, so I'm interested 
> in writing about technical projects, which I'm sure I'll find here :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Elaine  
> 
Hi Elaine;

We certainly can use an experienced writer. The current priority is to
get the Introductory pages for the User Guide, and the detailed Writer
Guide pages completed and released. There is a status page for
everything at
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Status. The
User Guide pages themselves are linked from the Status Doc and are also
found at https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide.
This mailing list is our main communication channel. All questions or
discussion should take place here so that all members of the team can
participate.

Again welcome and feel free to dive in and if you have questions or
suggestions etc. Please ask hear.

Regards
Keith N. McKenna




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New Doc Volunteer

[Elaine Morin]

Hello,
My name is Elaine Morin, I'm from Edmonton, AB, Canada, and my background is in 
writing. I'm hoping to work on some documentation projects for Open Office. I'm 
working on strengthening my writing portfolio, so I'm interested in writing 
about technical projects, which I'm sure I'll find here :)

Cheers,
Elaine

New Doc Volunteer

[Dana Moran]

Hello all!

I'm Dana Sadinsky from Canada and I'm just getting started.

I'm a writing and editing expert who is just getting to know technical
writing.

I also love cooking. Nice to meet you,

Dana

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Amy Mason wrote:
> Hi Keith,
> 
> Thank you for your help. I’ve had a look at the User Guide on the
> MWiki and have made a start on the Writer Guide. I noticed there are
> a lot of links on the guide to other pages on the Wiki and I’m just
> wondering if this is the layout you want to keep or if the different
> sections (Working with Text, Working with Frames and Sections, etc)
> should be all accessible in one place (the main page for Writer for
> example?)?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Amy
> 

Amy;

They are meant to be that way. The original philosophy was to write
short, heavily linked sections that allow people to peruse the
documentation how they want. Also the structure of the AOO program is
highly integrated and the component programs use a lot of the same code.
So if we write documentation for say the menu's we only have to write it
once and then link to it from the sections on any of the components and
only have to document any variations from that in the component Guide.

Regards
Keith



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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Amy Mason]

Hi Keith,

Thank you for your help. I’ve had a look at the User Guide on the MWiki and 
have made a start on the Writer Guide. I noticed there are a lot of links on 
the guide to other pages on the Wiki and I’m just wondering if this is the 
layout you want to keep or if the different sections (Working with Text, 
Working with Frames and Sections, etc) should be all accessible in one place 
(the main page for Writer for example?)?

Kind regards,

Amy

> On 20 Nov 2015, at 17:36, Keith N. McKenna  wrote:
> 
> Amy Mason wrote:
>> Hello OpenOffice.org Documentation Team,
>> 
>> My name is Amy Mason and I am currently studying English Language and
>> Literature at the University of Sunderland.
>> 
>> I am sending this email as I would love to write for OpenOffice.org's
>> documentation team. As a current English student, I am constantly
>> using OpenOffice to write, edit and proofread assignments and
>> reports. I would love to use these skills by working with the
>> OpenOffice documentation team to create user guides and manuals. I
>> also want to immerse myself in technical writing and I would
>> appreciate any opportunity at OpenOffice to practice this.
>> 
>> If you need my CV or any other information, I am more than happy to
>> provide it. You can contact me at this email, mason...@icloud.com.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Amy Mason
>> 
> Greetings Again Amy;
> 
> The documentation effort has been stalled for a while now or a myriad of
> reasons. I intend to try and restart the effort with a message to the
> list in the next few days.
> 
> The major project is to finish the User Guide that is currently on the
> MWiki at https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide 
> .
> 
> I look forward to working with you on this important piece of Apache
> Open Office.
> 
> Regards
> Keith N. McKenna

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Amy Mason wrote:
> Hello OpenOffice.org Documentation Team,
> 
> My name is Amy Mason and I am currently studying English Language and
> Literature at the University of Sunderland.
> 
> I am sending this email as I would love to write for OpenOffice.org's
> documentation team. As a current English student, I am constantly
> using OpenOffice to write, edit and proofread assignments and
> reports. I would love to use these skills by working with the
> OpenOffice documentation team to create user guides and manuals. I
> also want to immerse myself in technical writing and I would
> appreciate any opportunity at OpenOffice to practice this.
> 
> If you need my CV or any other information, I am more than happy to
> provide it. You can contact me at this email, mason...@icloud.com.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Amy Mason
> 
Greetings Again Amy;

The documentation effort has been stalled for a while now or a myriad of
reasons. I intend to try and restart the effort with a message to the
list in the next few days.

The major project is to finish the User Guide that is currently on the
MWiki at https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide.

I look forward to working with you on this important piece of Apache
Open Office.

Regards
Keith N. McKenna



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[Keith N. McKenna]

Bilal Coleman wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> My name is Bilal. I'm new to the doc team and I'd love to be brought up to
> speed with any current projects or assistance that I can provide.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
Bilal;

First let me apologize for the lateness of this response. The
documentation list has been very quiet and I have had personal things
that have kept me from being as active as I would like.

The documentation effort has been stalled for a while now or a myriad of
reasons. I intend to try and restart the effort with a message to the
list in the next few days.

The major project is to finish the User Guide that is currently on the
MWiki. The best starting place if you have not done it is to read the
Orientation Guide that can be found here:
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html. Once you have
done that and have signed up for the wiki accounts, you can take a look
at where we are currently with the Guide here:
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide

I look forward to working with you on this important piece of Apache
Open Office.

Regards
Keith N. McKenna




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New Doc Volunteer

[Amy Mason]

Hello OpenOffice.org Documentation Team,

My name is Amy Mason and I am currently studying English Language and 
Literature at the University of Sunderland.

I am sending this email as I would love to write for OpenOffice.org's 
documentation team. As a current English student, I am constantly using 
OpenOffice to write, edit and proofread assignments and reports. I would love 
to use these skills by working with the OpenOffice documentation team to create 
user guides and manuals. I also want to immerse myself in technical writing and 
I would appreciate any opportunity at OpenOffice to practice this. 

If you need my CV or any other information, I am more than happy to provide it. 
You can contact me at this email, mason...@icloud.com.

Kind regards,

Amy Mason


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[Bilal Coleman]

Hi everyone,

My name is Bilal. I'm new to the doc team and I'd love to be brought up to
speed with any current projects or assistance that I can provide.

Thanks,

Tr: New Doc Volunteer

[jppruilh]

Message réexpédié
>Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 15:52:38 -0300
>Sujet: New Doc Volunteer
>De: MARIA LIDRONETA AMBRÓSIO PEREIRA BITENCOURT
>   marialidron...@hotmail.com
>A: doc@openoffice.apache.org
>
>Sou professora primaria aposentada, tenho licenciatura plena em historia e 
>pos-graduacao em psicopedagogia. Preciso me manter ativa para ativar minha 
>memoria. ja trabalhei com linux educacional. Moro em Chale, MG- Brasil. Nao 
>falo outra lingua.


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[MARIA LIDRONETA AMBRÓSIO PEREIRA BITENCOURT]

Sou professora primaria aposentada, tenho licenciatura plena em historia e 
pos-graduacao em psicopedagogia. Preciso me manter ativa para ativar minha 
memoria. ja trabalhei com linux educacional. Moro em Chale, MG- Brasil. Nao 
falo outra lingua.

New Doc Volunteer

[Monasor Atairu]

Hello guys,

My name is Monasor. I am a new doc volunteer and a new believer in all
things open source. I recently switched from word to openoffice, then from
windows to ubuntu .

So far, I love it. And, I am convinced volunteering my time into docs is
one way I could say thank you to openoffice.

I am currently studying for graduate school and I use open office alot. I
am skilled in html/css and growing competent in ubuntu/debian server
administration and of course the openoffice suite.

Looking forward to helping in any way I can.

Thank you.

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[David Lloyd-Jones]

Heather,

Welcome.

Three things:

Read Strunk and White, maybe once a year until the cover falls off.
Read Fowler's "English Usage" once a decade.
Get the Chicago Manual of Style, skim it once, and use it once or twice a
week forever.

That was the three main things.  The basic things that every editor needs.
George Orwell's "Why I Write," and his diaries won't do you any harm,
either.  Carol Loomis is one of my heroes, both as an editor and as an
interviewer: she's the one who demonstrated for the whole world to see what
joyful devastation you can commit simply by knowing more about banking,
say, than the poor shlub banker in the other chair.  The many books and
articles on Shawn at the New Yorker can also teach you what the standards
are...

Knock 'em all dead.

Good luck with your career.

-dlj.


On 15 November 2014 15:24, Heather Bloomer 
wrote:

> Hi my name is Heather.  I live in Rockland County Ny.  I have an A.S.
> degree in Internet Technology with an option in E-Commerce administration.
> I have decided that I would like to pursue the career path of Technical
> writing in the Information Technology field.  I would like to volunteer my
> time to gain experience and help the open source project Apache Open Office
> and further my skills and knowledge base.  I have experience with :
> Usage and knowledge base of HTML, XHTML, DHTML, HTML 4.0 & 5, CSS 2 & 3,
> Java, and CGI/Perl, Technical Writing
>
> Ability to work with Microsoft Windows, Mac OSx and Linux environments
>
> Knowledge of and experience with comprehensive computer skills and
> troubleshooting
>
> Experience in being able to research and implement solutions
>
> Ability to work independently, make informed decisions, ask for guidance,
> if needed and follow given instructions
>
> PC maintenance, build, add, replace internal components
>
> Installation and configuration of wireless/wired network adapters in
> Windows, Mac OSx, and Linux
>
> Good organizational and communication skills
>
> Good customer-relations background
>
>
>
> I look forward to becoming part of the volunteer community!
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Heather Bloomer

New Doc Volunteer

[Heather Bloomer]

Hi my name is Heather.  I live in Rockland County Ny.  I have an A.S. degree in 
Internet Technology with an option in E-Commerce administration.  I have 
decided that I would like to pursue the career path of Technical writing in the 
Information Technology field.  I would like to volunteer my time to gain 
experience and help the open source project Apache Open Office and further my 
skills and knowledge base.  I have experience with :
Usage and knowledge base of HTML, XHTML, DHTML, HTML 4.0 & 5, CSS 2 & 3, Java, 
and CGI/Perl, Technical Writing

Ability to work with Microsoft Windows, Mac OSx and Linux environments

Knowledge of and experience with comprehensive computer skills and 
troubleshooting

Experience in being able to research and implement solutions

Ability to work independently, make informed decisions, ask for guidance, if 
needed and follow given instructions

PC maintenance, build, add, replace internal components

Installation and configuration of wireless/wired network adapters in Windows, 
Mac OSx, and Linux

Good organizational and communication skills

Good customer-relations background



I look forward to becoming part of the volunteer community!


Thank you,

Heather Bloomer

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> On 17/10/2014 Steve Wolf wrote:
>> I would love to volunteer my time (Which I have plenty of) learning
>> documentation writing. I have strong English writing skills and
>> technical knowledge. Thank you for the opportunity.
> 
> Plenty of time? Sounds very good, and as you can guess from the delay
> other people do not have plenty of time at the moment, so thank you for
> your patience.
> 
> I suggest that you start by reviewing our current effort:
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide
> You will find a lot of pages to fix and complete. Please take a look and
> then come back to the doc list with some ideas on what you would fix or
> extend (many pages are yet to be written).
> 
> You will need a MWiki account to edit pages: just ask for it here on
> list and we can create one for you.
> 
> Regards,
>   Andrea.
Forwarding to steve who is not subscribed yet



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[Andrea Pescetti]

On 17/10/2014 Steve Wolf wrote:

I would love to volunteer my time (Which I have plenty of) learning
documentation writing. I have strong English writing skills and
technical knowledge. Thank you for the opportunity.


Plenty of time? Sounds very good, and as you can guess from the delay 
other people do not have plenty of time at the moment, so thank you for 
your patience.


I suggest that you start by reviewing our current effort:
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide
You will find a lot of pages to fix and complete. Please take a look and 
then come back to the doc list with some ideas on what you would fix or 
extend (many pages are yet to be written).


You will need a MWiki account to edit pages: just ask for it here on 
list and we can create one for you.


Regards,
  Andrea.

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Re: Stefan Boroda - New Doc Volunteer

[Alexandro Colorado]

Thanks for your involvement, please read the archive to know what are
the list currently working on and try to contribute along the line of
work. Regards:
http://markmail.org/search/+list:org.apache.openoffice.doc

On 11/5/14, Stefan Boroda  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been on the list for a few months now, but I'd like to officially put
> my name in there to start contributing. At the moment, I'm documenting
> enterprise software in Massachusetts. I've been at my current company for a
> little less than a year and a half, and before that I did a brief stint as
> part of an internship.
>
> Please feel free to be in touch any time if there's anything specific I can
> help with. Otherwise, I'll work my way through the orientation materials
> and see you all on the other side.
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
>


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[Stefan Boroda]

Hi all,

I've been on the list for a few months now, but I'd like to officially put
my name in there to start contributing. At the moment, I'm documenting
enterprise software in Massachusetts. I've been at my current company for a
little less than a year and a half, and before that I did a brief stint as
part of an internship.

Please feel free to be in touch any time if there's anything specific I can
help with. Otherwise, I'll work my way through the orientation materials
and see you all on the other side.

Thanks,
Stefan

New Doc Volunteer

[Steve Wolf]

I would love to volunteer my time (Which I have plenty of) learning 
documentation writing. I have strong English writing skills and 
technical knowledge. Thank you for the opportunity.


Steve Wolf

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[Paweł Lesiński]

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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Guy Waterval]

Hello Kyra and welcome.

2014-08-05 21:06 GMT+02:00 Kyra LaRose :

> Hi,
>
> Apologies in advance for such a long intro email.
>
> I'm Kyra from Canada, and I like cats, a lot. My background is in Media,
> video production and content/copy writing. I have extensive experience with
> word processing software as I worked as a technical writing intern at an
> engineering firm before going into video production. As an intern I was
> required to proof and edit technical documents for grammar, formatting and
> style requirements.
>

 If you have experience in video productions, video tutorials are also an
interesting way to  illustrate the use of a software. You have an entire
liberty to choose the way you will participate. If you think you could
bring experience in this area, it is welcome. I don't think we have a lot
of video material.

A+
-- 
gw

>
>

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Kay Schenk]

On 08/05/2014 12:06 PM, Kyra LaRose wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Apologies in advance for such a long intro email.
> 
> I'm Kyra from Canada, and I like cats, a lot. My background is in Media,
> video production and content/copy writing. I have extensive experience with
> word processing software as I worked as a technical writing intern at an
> engineering firm before going into video production. As an intern I was
> required to proof and edit technical documents for grammar, formatting and
> style requirements.
> 
> I'm interested in helping out with producing some documentation with the
> intention of improving my technical writing skills. I do not have much
> programming experience, so some type of end user documentation may be the
> best fit for me. It would be especially helpful for me to produce manuals
> or guides to use as portfolio pieces.
> 
> I also have a fair bit of time right now and am eager to get to work, so
> any rush jobs or something that is available immediately would work well
> for me, assuming there is a need for that type of help.
> 
> I'm currently completing the Level 1 and Level 2 Orientation Modules for
> ASF. I'm happy to receive any feedback, guidance or help and look forward
> to meeting new people and helping out where I can.
> 
> *TL;DR: I have a small amount of experience and am eager to help where
> needed. Preferably with end user manuals or something similar.*
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Kyra

Hello Kyra and thank you for the nice introduction. Cats rule! :)

[here goes a long response]

I don't know where you are in the orientation right now, but we can
always use more volunteers who like to write, and are good technical
writers.

Nearly all our online documentation can be found in the Documentation
area of our MediaWiki at: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation

So, this means you will likely need to spend some time learning that
environment a little. I don't have any good references for that right at
the moment.

>From what I've seen on this list, most of the efforts have been devoted
to providing new User Guides for our 4.x version. It seems like quite a
bit has been done for the Writer module, but other modules could use
some help to complete.

And that brings me to -- there aren't really any managers or bosses
here. Someone did post the outlines for the User Guide, but these are
not set in cement -- anyone can change them. Tasks are decided mutually
to a certain extent, but this is mostly a very broad brush stroke.

And, you don't HAVE to work on User Guides. You could contribute to
installation instructions, or tips or any area really.

You might want to review the archives for this list (see the mailing
list page for a variety of options --
http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html) to see what's been
discussed in the past.

Thanks again for your interest in volunteering. It sounds like you are a
great candidate to help with documentation.


> 

-- 
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New Doc Volunteer

[Kyra LaRose]

Hi,

Apologies in advance for such a long intro email.

I'm Kyra from Canada, and I like cats, a lot. My background is in Media,
video production and content/copy writing. I have extensive experience with
word processing software as I worked as a technical writing intern at an
engineering firm before going into video production. As an intern I was
required to proof and edit technical documents for grammar, formatting and
style requirements.

I'm interested in helping out with producing some documentation with the
intention of improving my technical writing skills. I do not have much
programming experience, so some type of end user documentation may be the
best fit for me. It would be especially helpful for me to produce manuals
or guides to use as portfolio pieces.

I also have a fair bit of time right now and am eager to get to work, so
any rush jobs or something that is available immediately would work well
for me, assuming there is a need for that type of help.

I'm currently completing the Level 1 and Level 2 Orientation Modules for
ASF. I'm happy to receive any feedback, guidance or help and look forward
to meeting new people and helping out where I can.

*TL;DR: I have a small amount of experience and am eager to help where
needed. Preferably with end user manuals or something similar.*


Thanks!

Kyra

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Andrea Pescetti]

On 23/06/2014 Shyam Sindha wrote:

I'm looking to help with technical writing, copy-editing, proof reading
etc. I have a bachelors degree in Physics, with some experience of coding.
However my biggest strengths are definitely spelling and grammar.


Thanks! You will receive credentials for our documentation wiki in a few 
minutes. Please tell us if you don't receive it.


We have a list of pages that need proofreading right now, sent by Keith 
to this mailing list. So you could help with proofreading this page:

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/UI

Please do your edits directly on the page, and let us know if you need 
help or you have any doubts. And when you are ready for another task, 
just tell us.


If you don't want to miss announcements you should subscribe to this 
mailing list: send an empty e-mail message to 
doc-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org and respond to the confirmation 
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  Andrea.

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New Doc Volunteer

[Shyam Sindha]

Hi.

I'm looking to help with technical writing, copy-editing, proof reading
etc. I have a bachelors degree in Physics, with some experience of coding.
However my biggest strengths are definitely spelling and grammar.

Shyam Sindha

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Alexandro Colorado]

On Tue, 03 Jun 2014 07:46:51 -0500, Yuko Imai  wrote:


Thank you for your welcome message, Keith.

One question--as the "Introduction to Contributing to Apache OpenOffice"  
page, do I need to introduce myself to d...@openoffice.apache.org even  
after I already did to doc@openoffice.apache.org?


I think dev being the main list of the community is recommended but really  
this one is enough if documentation is all you will be contributing to.


Regards.




Kind regards,
Yuko


-Original Message-
From: Keith N. McKenna [mailto:keith.mcke...@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:18 AM
To: doc@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer

Yuko Imai wrote:

Hi,



I've just joined the Documentation mailing list. My name is Yuko, a
technical writer living in Australia.

My specialised area for writing is software, hardware, general topics,  
etc.




I have not learned much about this volunteer activities, but I would
be interested in:



.  Write or update documentation

.  Maintain the website and develop new materials



Since I'm new,  I would be grateful if I could receive some advice to
get started.



Warm regards,

Yuko



Yuko;

Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice documentation list. I would direct you  
to the following page for more information on volunteering and areas  
available. http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html.


The level 1 and level 2 pages will give you a good overview of how  
Apache works and the various technical infrastructure we have. The level
3 page http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html will give  
you more information on the documentation team and the areas that we  
cover.


This list is where questions and discussion on all things documentation  
happen so please come back often and ask questions or let us know what  
you would like to work on.


For more information on website maintenance and development I would  
suggest that you subscribe send an inquiry to the development mailing  
list as most of the volunteers that do that work are most likely to be  
found there. Many of them do monitor this list, but you will probably  
get a quicker response from the dev list. To subscribe send a blank  
e-mail to mailto:dev-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org and follow the  
instructions in the follow-up e-mail you will receive. To post to the  
list use the following address:mailto:d...@openoffice.apache.org.


Again welcome and I look forward to working with you.

Regards
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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Yuko Imai wrote:
> Thank you for your welcome message, Keith.
> 
> One question--as the "Introduction to Contributing to Apache OpenOffice" 
> page, do I need to introduce myself to 
> dev-jnqqrfibojosbzieg410zs0vgnn6c...@public.gmane.org even after I already 
> did to doc-jnqqrfibojosbzieg410zs0vgnn6c...@public.gmane.org?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Yuko
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Keith N. McKenna 
> [mailto:keith.mckenna-wuw85uim5zdr7s880jo...@public.gmane.org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:18 AM
> To: doc@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer
> 
> Yuko Imai wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>  
>>
>> I've just joined the Documentation mailing list. My name is Yuko, a 
>> technical writer living in Australia.
>>
>> My specialised area for writing is software, hardware, general topics, etc.
>>
>>  
>>
>> I have not learned much about this volunteer activities, but I would 
>> be interested in:
>>
>>  
>>
>> .  Write or update documentation
>>
>> .  Maintain the website and develop new materials
>>
>>  
>>
>> Since I'm new,  I would be grateful if I could receive some advice to 
>> get started.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Yuko
>>
>>
> Yuko;
> 
> Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice documentation list. I would direct you to 
> the following page for more information on volunteering and areas available. 
> http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html.
> 
> The level 1 and level 2 pages will give you a good overview of how Apache 
> works and the various technical infrastructure we have. The level
> 3 page http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html will give you 
> more information on the documentation team and the areas that we cover.
> 
> This list is where questions and discussion on all things documentation 
> happen so please come back often and ask questions or let us know what you 
> would like to work on.
> 
> For more information on website maintenance and development I would suggest 
> that you subscribe send an inquiry to the development mailing list as most of 
> the volunteers that do that work are most likely to be found there. Many of 
> them do monitor this list, but you will probably get a quicker response from 
> the dev list. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to 
> mailto:dev-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org and follow the instructions in the 
> follow-up e-mail you will receive. To post to the list use the following 
> address:mailto:dev-jnqqrfibojosbzieg410zuyczh3rj...@public.gmane.org
> 
> Again welcome and I look forward to working with you.
> 
> Regards
> Keith N. McKenna
> 
You are entirely welcome Yuko. It would be a good idea to just forward
the intro you sent to the dev list here. Though many of us are members
of both lists, many also are not. We very much need the skills of
someone who has done technical writing. I am a manufacturing engineer by
profession who happens to have done standards writing and editing for
the company I worked for. I am by no means an experienced technical writer.

Regards
Keith



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RE: New Doc Volunteer

[Yuko Imai]

Thank you for your welcome message, Keith.

One question--as the "Introduction to Contributing to Apache OpenOffice" page, 
do I need to introduce myself to d...@openoffice.apache.org even after I 
already did to doc@openoffice.apache.org?

Kind regards,
Yuko


-Original Message-
From: Keith N. McKenna [mailto:keith.mcke...@comcast.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:18 AM
To: doc@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer

Yuko Imai wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I've just joined the Documentation mailing list. My name is Yuko, a 
> technical writer living in Australia.
> 
> My specialised area for writing is software, hardware, general topics, etc.
> 
>  
> 
> I have not learned much about this volunteer activities, but I would 
> be interested in:
> 
>  
> 
> .  Write or update documentation
> 
> .  Maintain the website and develop new materials
> 
>  
> 
> Since I'm new,  I would be grateful if I could receive some advice to 
> get started.
> 
>  
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> Yuko
> 
> 
Yuko;

Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice documentation list. I would direct you to the 
following page for more information on volunteering and areas available. 
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html.

The level 1 and level 2 pages will give you a good overview of how Apache works 
and the various technical infrastructure we have. The level
3 page http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html will give you 
more information on the documentation team and the areas that we cover.

This list is where questions and discussion on all things documentation happen 
so please come back often and ask questions or let us know what you would like 
to work on.

For more information on website maintenance and development I would suggest 
that you subscribe send an inquiry to the development mailing list as most of 
the volunteers that do that work are most likely to be found there. Many of 
them do monitor this list, but you will probably get a quicker response from 
the dev list. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to 
mailto:dev-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org and follow the instructions in the 
follow-up e-mail you will receive. To post to the list use the following 
address:mailto:d...@openoffice.apache.org.

Again welcome and I look forward to working with you.

Regards
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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Yuko Imai wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
>  
> 
> I've just joined the Documentation mailing list. My name is Yuko, a
> technical writer living in Australia. 
> 
> My specialised area for writing is software, hardware, general topics, etc.
> 
>  
> 
> I have not learned much about this volunteer activities, but I would be
> interested in:
> 
>  
> 
> .  Write or update documentation
> 
> .  Maintain the website and develop new materials
> 
>  
> 
> Since I'm new,  I would be grateful if I could receive some advice to get
> started.
> 
>  
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> Yuko
> 
> 
Yuko;

Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice documentation list. I would direct you
to the following page for more information on volunteering and areas
available. http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html.

The level 1 and level 2 pages will give you a good overview of how
Apache works and the various technical infrastructure we have. The level
3 page http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html will give
you more information on the documentation team and the areas that we cover.

This list is where questions and discussion on all things documentation
happen so please come back often and ask questions or let us know what
you would like to work on.

For more information on website maintenance and development I would
suggest that you subscribe send an inquiry to the development mailing
list as most of the volunteers that do that work are most likely to be
found there. Many of them do monitor this list, but you will probably
get a quicker response from the dev list. To subscribe send a blank
e-mail to mailto:dev-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org and follow the
instructions in the follow-up e-mail you will receive. To post to the
list use the following address:mailto:d...@openoffice.apache.org.

Again welcome and I look forward to working with you.

Regards
Keith N. McKenna







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New Doc Volunteer

[Yuko Imai]

Hi, 

 

I've just joined the Documentation mailing list. My name is Yuko, a
technical writer living in Australia. 

My specialised area for writing is software, hardware, general topics, etc.

 

I have not learned much about this volunteer activities, but I would be
interested in:

 

.  Write or update documentation

.  Maintain the website and develop new materials

 

Since I'm new,  I would be grateful if I could receive some advice to get
started.

 

Warm regards,

Yuko

Re: New doc volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Ben Hunt wrote:
> Hi, I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and
> another IT student have a project to help contribute to an open
> source project (due in June) so we decided to try and help out with
> open office. We have no particular set of skills, we have done some
> Java and C# but are in no way experts. We are interested in helping
> out with the documentation for open office in anyway we can and look
> forward to participating in the community. Any advice you can offer
> will be great. Thanks. Ben.
> 

Ben;

Andrea's suggestion was a good one. Due to ant-spam measures put in
place on the m-wike self registration has had to be suspended. If you
send your preferred user name to the list one of the admins will set up
an account for you.

The User Guide is being built at
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide, a link to the
status page we use to track work is at the bottom of the page.

As you work on sections let the list know and add the status to the
status page.

Regards
Keith



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Re: New doc volunteer

[Andrea Pescetti]

On 01/05/2014 Ben Hunt wrote:

I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and another
IT student have a project to help contribute to an open source
project (due in June) so we decided to try and help out with open
office. We have no particular set of skills, we have done some Java
and C# but are in no way experts. We are interested in helping out
with the documentation for open office


Welcome, both of you! I assume you are both subscribed to this mailing 
list and you have read 
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html , if not please 
do so.


As for priorities, Keith may have more precise suggestions, but if you 
need something done by June the best topic is probably this user guide 
we are developing (all contributions are under the Apache License, 
version 2; the same license used by OpenOffice):

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide

You could tackle the Writer and Calc guide respectively, for example. 
This would be the appropriate load for a project and would enormously 
help our effort. Of course, we'll be happy to answer all your questions.


Regards,
  Andrea.

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Re: New doc volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Ben Hunt wrote:
> Hi,
> I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and another IT 
> student have a project to help contribute to an open source project (due in 
> June) so we decided to try and help out with open office. We have no 
> particular set of skills, we have done some Java and C# but are in no way 
> experts. We are interested in helping out with the documentation for open 
> office in anyway we can and look forward to participating in the community.
> Any advice you can offer will be great.
> Thanks.
> Ben.
> 
Hi Ben;

Welcome to the documentation list. If you haven't already, the best
place to start is by reading the documentation orientation page at
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html. I also strongly
suggest reading the level one and 2 pages at
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html. They will give you
a good overview of how decisions are made in the project and the
technical infrastructure that we utilize.

Any questions should be directed to the mailing list. Again welcome and
we look forward to working with you.

Regards
Keith N. McKenna





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New doc volunteer

[Ben Hunt]

Hi,
I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and another IT student 
have a project to help contribute to an open source project (due in June) so we 
decided to try and help out with open office. We have no particular set of 
skills, we have done some Java and C# but are in no way experts. We are 
interested in helping out with the documentation for open office in anyway we 
can and look forward to participating in the community.
Any advice you can offer will be great.
Thanks.
Ben.  

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Andrea Pescetti]

On 13/04/2014 Luca Ceccarini wrote:

My name is Luca and I’m a tech enthusiast and overall digital geek
from Italy. I’m a self-employed web and print designer, my main
occupation for almost 10 years now. But I’m looking for a new
challenge and I’m particularly interested in technical writing.


Welcome, Luca! You are subscribed to the list, right? You already 
received other answers.


We have really everything for your set of skills, just choose what you 
would like to exercise:


- Doc writing: 
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Writer is the 
project under discussion at the moment.


- Translation: you can translate into Italian the above guide, or 
complete the translation of the Release Notes for OpenOffice 4.1 
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Informazioni+su+Apache+OpenOffice+4.1+-+IT


- Design: we have a new set of icons under discussion at 
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO4.1+-+Desktop+Icons 
or you can design a simple "Apache OpenOffice inside" logo much like the 
"Get it here" logo http://openoffice.apache.org/get-it-here.html - we 
need it for bundles like "OpenOffice + selected templates"


- Web: the horrible mess that is http://www.openoffice.org/it/ should be 
turned into a more faithful copy of the slightly-less-horrible mess that 
is http://www.openoffice.org/ and we welcome suggestions for an overall 
redesign.


So, documentation or not, you have plenty of ways to contribute, just 
pick one! You will need wiki accounts and such. Ask here, say what you 
need and we will create accounts for you.


Regards,
  Andrea.

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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Luca Ceccarini wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> My name is Luca and I’m a tech enthusiast and overall digital geek from 
> Italy. I’m a self-employed web and print designer, my main occupation for 
> almost 10 years now. But I’m looking for a new challenge and I’m particularly 
> interested in technical writing.
> 
> I have not much experience to offer, but I’m eager to learn and I believe 
> that technical writing and design methodologies somewhat overlap (ability to 
> simplify complex concepts, user-friendliness, Information Design, etc.). I’m 
> looking for opportunities to do some volunteer work to gather experience in 
> the field and I’d like to join the Open Office Documentation Team. Obviously, 
> I love the open web and open standards and I’m an enthusiastic Open Office 
> advocate and user.
> 
> If you have questions about me please feel free to email me. 
> 
> Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you all.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Luca
> 
Welcome Luca;

If you haven't seen it already the best place to start is the
documentation orientation page at
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html.

Regards
Keith



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New Doc Volunteer

[Luca Ceccarini]

Hi!

My name is Luca and I’m a tech enthusiast and overall digital geek from Italy. 
I’m a self-employed web and print designer, my main occupation for almost 10 
years now. But I’m looking for a new challenge and I’m particularly interested 
in technical writing.

I have not much experience to offer, but I’m eager to learn and I believe that 
technical writing and design methodologies somewhat overlap (ability to 
simplify complex concepts, user-friendliness, Information Design, etc.). I’m 
looking for opportunities to do some volunteer work to gather experience in the 
field and I’d like to join the Open Office Documentation Team. Obviously, I 
love the open web and open standards and I’m an enthusiastic Open Office 
advocate and user.

If you have questions about me please feel free to email me. 

Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you all.

Best Regards,
Luca

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Julian Spiro wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm a tech writer from Cleveland, OH, interested in helping out with
> OpenOffice projects.  Please let me know how I can get involved!
> 
> Skills:
> Writing/Editing
> Photoshop and Graphic Design
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Julian Spiro
> 
Hi Julian;

First let me apologize for not getting back to you sooner. I had sent a
reply earlier and inadvertently sent it to the wrong place. That is what
I get for trying to do these things at 2:00 AM. Below is my original
response.

Welcome to Apache OpenOffice and the documentation team. Your skills as
a tech writer and graphic designer are most welcome. For an introduction
to the Apache Way you can look at the orientation pages at
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html; especially levels
one and two and then the level three Documentation page at
http://s.apache.org/11I.

Help is needed in all areas from writing to editing. Also needed is
people with experience in technical writing to help guide and mentor new
volunteers and to help put in place things like a style guide and
possibly other high level documents.

The draft for the 4.0 user guide is growing here:
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide (there is a link
to the "status page" at the end).

We use this mailing list to discuss the changes. In general we can say
that the approach is
  ● small changes like fixing typos and formatting errors: just do it!
  ● new material: just announce it! Both at the beginning of your work
and when you are done.
  ● big changes like moving sections or rewriting existing material:
discuss first on the list!

Again welcome to the documentation team and I loo forward to working
with you.

Regards
Keith McKenna




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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Дарья Чуркина wrote:
>  Hi Keith,
> 
> I'm ready with all the registration procedures and willing to start.
> 
> Best regards,
> Daria.
> 

Hi Daria;

Sorry about taking so long to get back to you. Things have been a bit
hectic the last few weeks. Most of what has been done could use a good
check for clarity, grammar and so forth. Also Sections of the
introductory materiel still need to be written. Please let the list know
what you are going to do and when you have finished it and also sign the
corresponding spot in the status document.

The draft for the 4.0 user guide is growing here:
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide (there is a link
to the "status page" at the end).

Any questions or comments you may have please direct them to the list.

Regards
Keith

> 
> Вторник, 28 января 2014, 14:58 -05:00 от "Keith N. McKenna" 
> :
> Дарья Чуркина wrote:
 Hello!

 My name is Daria Churkina and I'd love to become a part of OpenOffice
 Documentation Team. I have a degree in the English language and
 literature and am currently working as a linguist for an IT company
 in St.Petersburg, Russia. As a part of my responsibilities I test and
 tune the modules of the machine translation system we develop.
 Occasionaly I also test new methods of information processing and
 then write instruction for my colleagues. I really enjoy it, and an
 hope to be useful in the project with the skills I have.

 Best regards, Daria.


> Welcome to Apache OpenOffice and to the documentation mailing-list
> Daria. Your skills will indeed be most helpful in many ways. I see from
> the dev list that you are going through the introductory orientation
> modules. This is a good start and you should also definitely read the
> Introduction to Documentation located at  http://s.apache.org/11I if you
> have not as yet.
> 
> When you are ready to jump in let us know and w can give you more info
> on what is needed.
> 
> Regards
> Keith McKenna
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Alexandro Colorado]

There is some efforts updating the migration guide at the moment, please
take a look at it and see if there are areas where they can be improved.


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Julian Spiro  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm a tech writer from Cleveland, OH, interested in helping out with
> OpenOffice projects.  Please let me know how I can get involved!
>
> Skills:
> Writing/Editing
> Photoshop and Graphic Design
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Julian Spiro
>



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http://www.openoffice.org
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New Doc Volunteer

[Julian Spiro]

Hi all,

I'm a tech writer from Cleveland, OH, interested in helping out with
OpenOffice projects.  Please let me know how I can get involved!

Skills:
Writing/Editing
Photoshop and Graphic Design


Thank you,

Julian Spiro

Re[2]: New Doc Volunteer

[Дарья Чуркина]

 Hi Keith,

I'm ready with all the registration procedures and willing to start.

Best regards,
Daria.


Вторник, 28 января 2014, 14:58 -05:00 от "Keith N. McKenna" 
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>> My name is Daria Churkina and I'd love to become a part of OpenOffice
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>> literature and am currently working as a linguist for an IT company
>> in St.Petersburg, Russia. As a part of my responsibilities I test and
>> tune the modules of the machine translation system we develop.
>> Occasionaly I also test new methods of information processing and
>> then write instruction for my colleagues. I really enjoy it, and an
>> hope to be useful in the project with the skills I have.
>> 
>> Best regards, Daria.
>> 
>> 
>Welcome to Apache OpenOffice and to the documentation mailing-list
>Daria. Your skills will indeed be most helpful in many ways. I see from
>the dev list that you are going through the introductory orientation
>modules. This is a good start and you should also definitely read the
>Introduction to Documentation located at  http://s.apache.org/11I if you
>have not as yet.
>
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>
>Regards
>Keith McKenna
>
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Дарья Чуркина wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> My name is Daria Churkina and I'd love to become a part of OpenOffice
> Documentation Team. I have a degree in the English language and
> literature and am currently working as a linguist for an IT company
> in St.Petersburg, Russia. As a part of my responsibilities I test and
> tune the modules of the machine translation system we develop.
> Occasionaly I also test new methods of information processing and
> then write instruction for my colleagues. I really enjoy it, and an
> hope to be useful in the project with the skills I have.
> 
> Best regards, Daria.
> 
> 
Welcome to Apache OpenOffice and to the documentation mailing-list
Daria. Your skills will indeed be most helpful in many ways. I see from
the dev list that you are going through the introductory orientation
modules. This is a good start and you should also definitely read the
Introduction to Documentation located at http://s.apache.org/11I if you
have not as yet.

When you are ready to jump in let us know and w can give you more info
on what is needed.

Regards
Keith McKenna




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[Дарья Чуркина]

 Hello!

My name is Daria Churkina and I'd love to become a part of OpenOffice 
Documentation Team. 
I have a degree in the English language and literature and am currently working 
as a linguist for an IT company in St.Petersburg, Russia. As a part of my 
responsibilities I test and tune the modules of the machine translation system 
we develop. Occasionaly I also test new methods of information processing and 
then write instruction for my colleagues. I really enjoy it, and an hope to be 
useful in the project with the skills I have.

Best regards,
Daria.

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

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Marcia K Wilbur wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> My name is Marcia Wilbur. <-- Who I am
> 
> 
> I am located in the US, Arizona more specifically.  < Where I
> live I am from New England < Where I am from
> 
> For over a decade my writing focus was copyright and the Digital 
> Millennium Copyright Act. I have an AAS in computer science. A BS
> in Technical Communications and a MS in IT from Arizona State
> University. For many years, I taught technical communications to
> college freshmen as well as other foundation courses (Welcome to
> the university, goal setting, etc.) Recently, I have found myself
> with spare time. I know... can you imagine??? I have always been a
> contributing member of this community:
> 
> 2000 - present Free speech/free software advocate joining LUGs in 
> protest of the DMCA 2001 - 2003 DMOZ (ODP) editor 2002-2003 Free
> Software Foundation intern 2003  Volunteer Electronic Frontier
> Foundation - DMCA FAQs for the DMCA Blog 2003  Volunteer IP Justice
> - Created boilerplate documentation for grants 2003-2004 Author
> Linux Essentials (Aries in cooperation with CompTia Linux +)
> 
> The rest of the time I spent volunteering here and there as well
> as working as a Senior technical writer with some Programming and
> QA tasks in semiconductor, education and finance. . . . ^ | | What
> my background is, etc.
> 
> I don't know what I can offer, but I am hoping I can put my skills
> to good use and be of value to the community.
> 
> Thanks! Marcia
Marcia;

Welcome to the OpenOffice documentation list. We certainly can use the
skills that you posses as we move forward with with task of creating
documentation for Version 4.x.x of the product.

If you have not looked at the orientation pages at
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html that is a good
place to start. The level one and two pages give a good background of
how the project functions and the infrastructure available. The third
level pages give more information on individuals areas you could
contribute to. Of course as part of the documentation team I highly
recommend http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html.

We need all level of help in this effort from writers to create the
initial pages, to editors, to testers to be sure that the information
given matches what the program actually does.

This list is the main communication vehicle for all things related to
documentation so please direct any questions you might have as to how
best you might contribute here.

Regards
Keith N. McKenna


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[Andrea Pescetti]

Rachel Sand Harrison wrote:

I just need my CWiki account activated: rsandharrison.


Whitelisted (i.e., activated):
Rachel Sand Harrison (rsandharrison)

Regards,
  Andrea.

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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Rachel Sand Harrison]

Using Internet Explorer worked for creating the MWiki account.

I just need my CWiki account activated: rsandharrison.

Thanks for the help!
On Jan 7, 2014 12:33 PM, "Keith N. McKenna" 
wrote:

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> Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> > On 06/01/2014 Rachel Sand Harrison wrote:
> >> So far I have been able to create a CWiki account, and it looks
> >> like much of that content has been migrated to another version of
> >> Confluence. Or am I misunderstanding the comments on the
> >> Documentation Volunteer and Directory of Volunteers pages? I
> >> don't have the option to edit any of the current pages.
> >
> > Welcome! Accounts need manual activation now: let us know your
> > username on Cwiki and we will enable your account.
> >
> >> And right now I am unable to create an MWiki account because the
> >> sign up validation feature isn't functioning properly.
> >
> > This is related to general maintenance problems, so you will get
> > security warnings and some browsers won't work at all. If you
> > don't manage to register on Mwiki, let us know your desired
> > username and we will create an account for you. You will then be
> > able to work with most browsers with no issues.
> >
> > Regards, Andrea.
> Andrea summed it up very well. The only thing I would add is that
> Internet Explorer seems to handle the sign up fairly well. It will
> give a security warning but just tell it to show all info and it
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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

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Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> On 06/01/2014 Rachel Sand Harrison wrote:
>> So far I have been able to create a CWiki account, and it looks
>> like much of that content has been migrated to another version of
>> Confluence. Or am I misunderstanding the comments on the
>> Documentation Volunteer and Directory of Volunteers pages? I
>> don't have the option to edit any of the current pages.
> 
> Welcome! Accounts need manual activation now: let us know your
> username on Cwiki and we will enable your account.
> 
>> And right now I am unable to create an MWiki account because the
>> sign up validation feature isn't functioning properly.
> 
> This is related to general maintenance problems, so you will get 
> security warnings and some browsers won't work at all. If you
> don't manage to register on Mwiki, let us know your desired
> username and we will create an account for you. You will then be
> able to work with most browsers with no issues.
> 
> Regards, Andrea.
Andrea summed it up very well. The only thing I would add is that
Internet Explorer seems to handle the sign up fairly well. It will
give a security warning but just tell it to show all info and it
appears to work well.

If you have trouble just drop a note to the list and we will add an
account for you.

Regards
Keith
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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Andrea Pescetti]

On 06/01/2014 Rachel Sand Harrison wrote:

So far I have been able to create a CWiki account, and it looks like much
of that content has been migrated to another version of Confluence. Or am I
misunderstanding the comments on the Documentation Volunteer and Directory
of Volunteers pages? I don't have the option to edit any of the current
pages.


Welcome! Accounts need manual activation now: let us know your username 
on Cwiki and we will enable your account.



And right now I am unable to create an MWiki account because the sign up
validation feature isn't functioning properly.


This is related to general maintenance problems, so you will get 
security warnings and some browsers won't work at all. If you don't 
manage to register on Mwiki, let us know your desired username and we 
will create an account for you. You will then be able to work with most 
browsers with no issues.


Regards,
  Andrea.

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New Doc Volunteer

[Rachel Sand Harrison]

Hello mailing list subscribers!

My name is Rachel. I am a Washington D.C. transplant to the Midwest. My
professional background is in technical writing and business analysis. I
have been an OpenOffice user for the last three years.

Recently I have been pulled into roles and projects requiring fewer
technical writing responsibilities, which has been disappointing because I
really love documentation for all of its usefulness, and I hate to see
organizations give it a low priority.

So here I am hoping to get the fulfillment of creating beautiful
documentation while also lending my time to a worthy cause. I have the
skills to act as an Author and Editor, so my stretch goal is to gain the
knowledge necessary to also become a Toolsmith for the Documentation Team.
Basically I just want to help docs get produced and moved!

So far I have been able to create a CWiki account, and it looks like much
of that content has been migrated to another version of Confluence. Or am I
misunderstanding the comments on the Documentation Volunteer and Directory
of Volunteers pages? I don't have the option to edit any of the current
pages.

And right now I am unable to create an MWiki account because the sign up
validation feature isn't functioning properly. I see the instruction "To
help protect against automated account creation, please select just the cat
photos in the box below:" and nothing is displayed. To get assistance with
this, is my best bet to haunt the user forums or does someone on the list
know a more direct route to obtain help? I have been able to rule out the
issue being browser-related.

Any guidance is appreciated!

Rachel

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Alexandro Colorado]

I have tried to start a wikibook on both, education and accounting,
unfortunately havent had time to really develop it. If you have time and
interest I could give you the information I have gathered and we can get
this project back on top form.


On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:20 AM, Marcia K Wilbur  wrote:

> Thank you! This seems like a great starting point. I would very much enjoy
> working on an alternative to proprietary expensive approach. I am also very
> interested in education and statistics.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Quoting Dave :
>
>  Hi Marcia,
>>
>> My tentative suggestion might well be completely off the mark But
>> something
>> completely new and possibly lacking would be some documentation for
>> students doing or having to do statistics. Possibly the opensource PSPP
>> (as
>> an alternative to the much too expensive SPSS) would be a nice thing to
>> help propagate.
>>
>> The reason for me would be the too uncritical approach which seems to
>> dominate universities (my impression), especially the belief that
>> statistics can be automatically "validated" by some obscure mathematical
>> formulas. A classic criticism was written some years ago by Stephen Jay
>> Gould: The Mismeasure of Man. I think students need to know how to use
>> statistical programms without becoming blind believers, or, the opposite,
>> be so distrustful they don't want to have anything to do with it.
>>
>> Anyway, hit me if the idea is too stupid.
>>
>> Yours
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On 28 December 2013 14:03, Marcia K Wilbur  wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>> My name is Marcia Wilbur. <-- Who I am
>>>
>>>
>>> I am located in the US, Arizona more specifically.  < Where I live
>>> I am from New England < Where I am from
>>>
>>> For over a decade my writing focus was copyright and the Digital
>>> Millennium Copyright Act. I have an AAS in computer science. A BS in
>>> Technical Communications and a MS in IT from Arizona State University.
>>> For
>>> many years, I taught technical communications to college freshmen as well
>>> as other foundation courses (Welcome to the university, goal setting,
>>> etc.)
>>> Recently, I have found myself with spare time. I know... can you
>>> imagine???
>>> I have always been a contributing member of this community:
>>>
>>> 2000 - present Free speech/free software advocate joining LUGs in protest
>>> of the DMCA
>>> 2001 - 2003 DMOZ (ODP) editor
>>> 2002-2003 Free Software Foundation intern
>>> 2003  Volunteer Electronic Frontier Foundation - DMCA FAQs for the DMCA
>>> Blog
>>> 2003  Volunteer IP Justice - Created boilerplate documentation for grants
>>> 2003-2004 Author Linux Essentials (Aries in cooperation with CompTia
>>> Linux
>>> +)
>>>
>>> The rest of the time I spent volunteering here and there as well as
>>> working as a Senior technical writer with some Programming and QA tasks
>>> in
>>> semiconductor, education and finance.
>>> .
>>> .
>>> .
>>> ^
>>> |
>>> |
>>> What my background is, etc.
>>>
>>> I don't know what I can offer, but I am hoping I can put my skills to
>>> good
>>> use and be of value to the community.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Marcia
>>>
>>>
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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Marcia K Wilbur]

Thank you! This seems like a great starting point. I would very much  
enjoy working on an alternative to proprietary expensive approach. I  
am also very interested in education and statistics.


Thanks!

Quoting Dave :


Hi Marcia,

My tentative suggestion might well be completely off the mark But something
completely new and possibly lacking would be some documentation for
students doing or having to do statistics. Possibly the opensource PSPP (as
an alternative to the much too expensive SPSS) would be a nice thing to
help propagate.

The reason for me would be the too uncritical approach which seems to
dominate universities (my impression), especially the belief that
statistics can be automatically "validated" by some obscure mathematical
formulas. A classic criticism was written some years ago by Stephen Jay
Gould: The Mismeasure of Man. I think students need to know how to use
statistical programms without becoming blind believers, or, the opposite,
be so distrustful they don't want to have anything to do with it.

Anyway, hit me if the idea is too stupid.

Yours
Dave


On 28 December 2013 14:03, Marcia K Wilbur  wrote:


Hi Everyone,

My name is Marcia Wilbur. <-- Who I am


I am located in the US, Arizona more specifically.  < Where I live
I am from New England < Where I am from

For over a decade my writing focus was copyright and the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act. I have an AAS in computer science. A BS in
Technical Communications and a MS in IT from Arizona State University. For
many years, I taught technical communications to college freshmen as well
as other foundation courses (Welcome to the university, goal setting, etc.)
Recently, I have found myself with spare time. I know... can you imagine???
I have always been a contributing member of this community:

2000 - present Free speech/free software advocate joining LUGs in protest
of the DMCA
2001 - 2003 DMOZ (ODP) editor
2002-2003 Free Software Foundation intern
2003  Volunteer Electronic Frontier Foundation - DMCA FAQs for the DMCA
Blog
2003  Volunteer IP Justice - Created boilerplate documentation for grants
2003-2004 Author Linux Essentials (Aries in cooperation with CompTia Linux
+)

The rest of the time I spent volunteering here and there as well as
working as a Senior technical writer with some Programming and QA tasks in
semiconductor, education and finance.
.
.
.
^
|
|
What my background is, etc.

I don't know what I can offer, but I am hoping I can put my skills to good
use and be of value to the community.

Thanks!
Marcia


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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Dave]

Hi Marcia,

My tentative suggestion might well be completely off the mark But something
completely new and possibly lacking would be some documentation for
students doing or having to do statistics. Possibly the opensource PSPP (as
an alternative to the much too expensive SPSS) would be a nice thing to
help propagate.

The reason for me would be the too uncritical approach which seems to
dominate universities (my impression), especially the belief that
statistics can be automatically "validated" by some obscure mathematical
formulas. A classic criticism was written some years ago by Stephen Jay
Gould: The Mismeasure of Man. I think students need to know how to use
statistical programms without becoming blind believers, or, the opposite,
be so distrustful they don't want to have anything to do with it.

Anyway, hit me if the idea is too stupid.

Yours
Dave


On 28 December 2013 14:03, Marcia K Wilbur  wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> My name is Marcia Wilbur. <-- Who I am
>
>
> I am located in the US, Arizona more specifically.  < Where I live
> I am from New England < Where I am from
>
> For over a decade my writing focus was copyright and the Digital
> Millennium Copyright Act. I have an AAS in computer science. A BS in
> Technical Communications and a MS in IT from Arizona State University. For
> many years, I taught technical communications to college freshmen as well
> as other foundation courses (Welcome to the university, goal setting, etc.)
> Recently, I have found myself with spare time. I know... can you imagine???
> I have always been a contributing member of this community:
>
> 2000 - present Free speech/free software advocate joining LUGs in protest
> of the DMCA
> 2001 - 2003 DMOZ (ODP) editor
> 2002-2003 Free Software Foundation intern
> 2003  Volunteer Electronic Frontier Foundation - DMCA FAQs for the DMCA
> Blog
> 2003  Volunteer IP Justice - Created boilerplate documentation for grants
> 2003-2004 Author Linux Essentials (Aries in cooperation with CompTia Linux
> +)
>
> The rest of the time I spent volunteering here and there as well as
> working as a Senior technical writer with some Programming and QA tasks in
> semiconductor, education and finance.
> .
> .
> .
> ^
> |
> |
> What my background is, etc.
>
> I don't know what I can offer, but I am hoping I can put my skills to good
> use and be of value to the community.
>
> Thanks!
> Marcia
>
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New Doc Volunteer

[Marcia K Wilbur]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Marcia Wilbur. <-- Who I am


I am located in the US, Arizona more specifically.  < Where I live
I am from New England < Where I am from

For over a decade my writing focus was copyright and the Digital  
Millennium Copyright Act. I have an AAS in computer science. A BS in  
Technical Communications and a MS in IT from Arizona State University.  
For many years, I taught technical communications to college freshmen  
as well as other foundation courses (Welcome to the university, goal  
setting, etc.) Recently, I have found myself with spare time. I  
know... can you imagine??? I have always been a contributing member of  
this community:


2000 - present Free speech/free software advocate joining LUGs in  
protest of the DMCA

2001 - 2003 DMOZ (ODP) editor
2002-2003 Free Software Foundation intern
2003  Volunteer Electronic Frontier Foundation - DMCA FAQs for the DMCA Blog
2003  Volunteer IP Justice - Created boilerplate documentation for grants
2003-2004 Author Linux Essentials (Aries in cooperation with CompTia Linux +)

The rest of the time I spent volunteering here and there as well as  
working as a Senior technical writer with some Programming and QA  
tasks in semiconductor, education and finance.

.
.
.
^
|
|
What my background is, etc.

I don't know what I can offer, but I am hoping I can put my skills to  
good use and be of value to the community.


Thanks!
Marcia


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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Ricardo Berlasso]

2013/9/23 Andy Walton 

> Hi, Mailing List!
>
> I've just signed up for the documentation mailing list / added my name to
> the wiki lists and I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Andy and I'm a
> freelance technical writer based in Leicester, UK. My background is in
> user-facing documentation such as manuals and how-to content, but I'm
> looking to gain some more experience of creating developer docs and working
> on big projects (such as this one!) I'm very much looking forward to
> working on OpenOffice.
>

Welcome!

Your experience will be a great help for the project!

The user documentation is being worked on the wiki, so you need to get an
account. For more  details, see this page

http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html

The draft for the 4.0 user guide is growing here:

http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide

(there is a link to the "status page" at the end). There are several
missing pages and holes on the existing ones, but an easy start would be to
proofread the existing pages and check the information for "accuracy".

Note that this guide is aimed to AOO 4.0, so you need the last version to
check the guide.

Clearly, writing an user guide implies not only writing skills but also
knowledge of the software: if you have any doubt about how Apache
OpenOffice works, just ask!

So the "tasks" available are many, some of them already mentioned:

* Check spelling and grammar for existing pages (proofreading)
* Check if it is possible to reproduce what the guide suggest, i.e., if
topics are clearly explained (accuracy and "understandability")
* Write new material

It is also possible to add

* User Guide "design": to make the user guide more visually "appealing" to
the readers.

We use this mailing list to discuss the changes. In general we can say that
the approach is

* small changes like fixing typos and formatting errors: just do it!
* new material: just announce it! Both at the beginning of your work and
when you are done.
* big changes like moving sections or rewriting existing material: discuss
first on the list!

Tester, editor or writer? You choose :)

Regards,
Ricardo



>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy
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[Andy Walton]

Hi, Mailing List!

I've just signed up for the documentation mailing list / added my name 
to the wiki lists and I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Andy and I'm a 
freelance technical writer based in Leicester, UK. My background is in 
user-facing documentation such as manuals and how-to content, but I'm 
looking to gain some more experience of creating developer docs and 
working on big projects (such as this one!) I'm very much looking 
forward to working on OpenOffice.


Thanks,

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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

dbclinton wrote:

Hi,
I've been using open source software (including OpenOffice) for just
about ten years now, and exclusively Linux for about six. Since I am a
writer and editor with some enterprise software documentation experience
(especially using Confluence), I figured it's about time I tried to give
a little back.
My primary OO experience is with Draw and Writer - I've used these tools
to create the layouts for dozens of full-length books and event journals
- among hundreds of other projects. Anyone have any ideas for a good
place where I can start?
As an aside, I recently created a Udemy course called Zero Budget
Typesetting based on OO (well ok, it was LibreOffice, but no one has to
know). If any list members would like, you can access it free using this
link:
https://www.udemy.com/zero-budget-typesetting/?couponCode=OO_free_access
Hope I can work with you soon,
David Clinton
Ottawa, Canada

HI David;
Your writng and editing experience will be a very valuable asset to the 
group. The user documentation is being worked on at the the mediawiki 
(mwiki), so you need to get an account. For more details, see this page 
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html.


The Writer guide could greatly benefit from attention from an 
experienced editor and your knowledge of Draw would make you the ideal 
person to take up the writing task for that guide.


Both of these tasks are needed, please write back to the list and let us 
know which one you would like to start with.


Welcome to the Apache Open Office Documentation team, I looked forward 
to working with you.


Regards
Keith McKenna



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New Doc Volunteer

[dbclinton]

Hi,
I've been using open source software (including OpenOffice) for just 
about ten years now, and exclusively Linux for about six. Since I am a 
writer and editor with some enterprise software documentation experience 
(especially using Confluence), I figured it's about time I tried to give 
a little back.
My primary OO experience is with Draw and Writer - I've used these tools 
to create the layouts for dozens of full-length books and event journals 
- among hundreds of other projects. Anyone have any ideas for a good 
place where I can start?
As an aside, I recently created a Udemy course called Zero Budget 
Typesetting based on OO (well ok, it was LibreOffice, but no one has to 
know). If any list members would like, you can access it free using this 
link:

https://www.udemy.com/zero-budget-typesetting/?couponCode=OO_free_access
Hope I can work with you soon,
David Clinton
Ottawa, Canada


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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Brandon Youngdale wrote:

Hi Keith,

Maybe to start out I will just work as an editor. I will go through the
existing material and check it for grammar, typos, and such. Then as I get
more familiar with the material I will start working on producing original
material.

Does that sounds ok?

Thanks,
Brandon



Hi Brandon,

That sounds fine. Wherever you are most comfortable at this point. I 
look forward to seeing your contributions.


Regards
Keith


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Keith N. McKenna 
wrote:



Brandon Youngdale wrote:


Hi,

My name is Brandon Youngdale and I just joined the volunteer documentation
team today. I love OpenOffice and I have appreciated it so much as I have
gone through my Bachelors and Masters degree in Writing that I wanted to
start giving back to the community however I could. I am so glad that I
can
help even though I am not a programmer/engineer. I have 3 years of
experience editing, proofreading, and writing in various fields (both
business related and educational). I am excited to help and begin
contributing!

Thanks for the opportunity,

  Hi Brandon;


Your experience will be a great help for the project!

The user documentation is being worked on the wiki, so you need to get an
account. For more details, see this page http://openoffice.apache.org/**
orientation/intro-doc.html

The draft for the 4.0 user guide is growing here:
http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/Documentation/UserGuide(there
 is a link to the "status page" at the end).

There are several missing pages and holes on the existing ones, but an
easy start would be to proofread the existing pages and check the
information for "accuracy". Note that this guide is aimed to AOO 4.0, so
you need the latest version to check the guide.

Clearly, writing an user guide implies not only writing skills but also
knowledge of the software: if you have any doubt about how Apache
OpenOffice works, just ask!
So the "tasks" available are many, some of them already mentioned:
   ● Check spelling and grammar for existing pages (proofreading)
   ● Check if it is possible to reproduce what the  guide suggest, i.e.,
 if topics are clearly explained (accuracy and "understandability")
   ● Write new material It is also possible to add
   ● User Guide "design": to make the user guide more visually
 "appealing" to the readers.

We use this mailing list to discuss the changes. In general we can say
that the approach is
   ● small changes like fixing typos and formatting errors: just do it!
   ● new material: just announce it! Both at the beginning of your work
 and when you are done.
   ● big changes like moving sections or rewriting existing material:
 discuss first on the list!

  Tester, editor or writer? You choose

Regards
Keith


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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Brandon Youngdale]

Hi Keith,

Maybe to start out I will just work as an editor. I will go through the
existing material and check it for grammar, typos, and such. Then as I get
more familiar with the material I will start working on producing original
material.

Does that sounds ok?

Thanks,
Brandon


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Keith N. McKenna  wrote:

> Brandon Youngdale wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My name is Brandon Youngdale and I just joined the volunteer documentation
>> team today. I love OpenOffice and I have appreciated it so much as I have
>> gone through my Bachelors and Masters degree in Writing that I wanted to
>> start giving back to the community however I could. I am so glad that I
>> can
>> help even though I am not a programmer/engineer. I have 3 years of
>> experience editing, proofreading, and writing in various fields (both
>> business related and educational). I am excited to help and begin
>> contributing!
>>
>> Thanks for the opportunity,
>>
>>  Hi Brandon;
>
> Your experience will be a great help for the project!
>
> The user documentation is being worked on the wiki, so you need to get an
> account. For more details, see this page http://openoffice.apache.org/**
> orientation/intro-doc.html
>
> The draft for the 4.0 user guide is growing here:
> http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/Documentation/UserGuide(there
>  is a link to the "status page" at the end).
>
> There are several missing pages and holes on the existing ones, but an
> easy start would be to proofread the existing pages and check the
> information for "accuracy". Note that this guide is aimed to AOO 4.0, so
> you need the latest version to check the guide.
>
> Clearly, writing an user guide implies not only writing skills but also
> knowledge of the software: if you have any doubt about how Apache
> OpenOffice works, just ask!
> So the "tasks" available are many, some of them already mentioned:
>   ● Check spelling and grammar for existing pages (proofreading)
>   ● Check if it is possible to reproduce what the  guide suggest, i.e.,
> if topics are clearly explained (accuracy and "understandability")
>   ● Write new material It is also possible to add
>   ● User Guide "design": to make the user guide more visually
> "appealing" to the readers.
>
> We use this mailing list to discuss the changes. In general we can say
> that the approach is
>   ● small changes like fixing typos and formatting errors: just do it!
>   ● new material: just announce it! Both at the beginning of your work
> and when you are done.
>   ● big changes like moving sections or rewriting existing material:
> discuss first on the list!
>
>  Tester, editor or writer? You choose
>
> Regards
> Keith
>
>
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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Brandon Youngdale wrote:

Hi,

My name is Brandon Youngdale and I just joined the volunteer documentation
team today. I love OpenOffice and I have appreciated it so much as I have
gone through my Bachelors and Masters degree in Writing that I wanted to
start giving back to the community however I could. I am so glad that I can
help even though I am not a programmer/engineer. I have 3 years of
experience editing, proofreading, and writing in various fields (both
business related and educational). I am excited to help and begin
contributing!

Thanks for the opportunity,


Hi Brandon;

Your experience will be a great help for the project!

The user documentation is being worked on the wiki, so you need to get 
an account. For more details, see this page 
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html


The draft for the 4.0 user guide is growing here: 
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide (there is a link 
to the "status page" at the end).


There are several missing pages and holes on the existing ones, but an 
easy start would be to proofread the existing pages and check the 
information for "accuracy". Note that this guide is aimed to AOO 4.0, so 
you need the latest version to check the guide.


Clearly, writing an user guide implies not only writing skills but also 
knowledge of the software: if you have any doubt about how Apache 
OpenOffice works, just ask!

So the "tasks" available are many, some of them already mentioned:
  ● Check spelling and grammar for existing pages (proofreading)
  ● Check if it is possible to reproduce what the  guide suggest, i.e.,
if topics are clearly explained (accuracy and "understandability")
  ● Write new material It is also possible to add
  ● User Guide "design": to make the user guide more visually
"appealing" to the readers.

We use this mailing list to discuss the changes. In general we can say 
that the approach is

  ● small changes like fixing typos and formatting errors: just do it!
  ● new material: just announce it! Both at the beginning of your work
and when you are done.
  ● big changes like moving sections or rewriting existing material:
discuss first on the list!

 Tester, editor or writer? You choose

Regards
Keith


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New Doc Volunteer

[Brandon Youngdale]

Hi,

My name is Brandon Youngdale and I just joined the volunteer documentation
team today. I love OpenOffice and I have appreciated it so much as I have
gone through my Bachelors and Masters degree in Writing that I wanted to
start giving back to the community however I could. I am so glad that I can
help even though I am not a programmer/engineer. I have 3 years of
experience editing, proofreading, and writing in various fields (both
business related and educational). I am excited to help and begin
contributing!

Thanks for the opportunity,
-- 
Brandon Youngdale

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Ricardo Berlasso]

2013/8/4 dgcashion 

> Hi there,
>
> My name is Deborah and I'm interested in volunteering with the OpenOffice
> documentation team.
>
> I am a web developer and I have a little experience writing technical docs.
>
> Please let me know how I can be of assistance.
>

Welcome!

Your experience will be a great help for the project!

The first step is to subscribe to this mailing list by sending an email to

doc-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org

(it seems you are not subscribed because your message was moderated)

The user documentation is being worked on the wiki, so you need to get an
account. For more  details, see this page

http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html

You can also add your info to this wiki page:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Documentation+Volunteers

The draft for the 4.0 user guide is growing here:

http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide

(there is a link to the "status page" at the end). There are several
missing pages and holes on the existing ones, but an easy start would be to
proofread the existing pages and check the information for "accuracy".

Note that this guide is aimed to AOO 4.0, so you need the last version to
check the guide.

Clearly, writing an user guide implies not only writing skills but also
knowledge of the software: if you have any doubt about how Apache
OpenOffice works, just ask!

So the "tasks" available are many, some of them already mentioned:

* Check spelling and grammar for existing pages (proofreading)
* Check if it is possible to reproduce what the guide suggest, i.e., if
topics are clearly explained (accuracy and "understandability")
* Write new material

It is also possible to add

* User Guide "design": to make the user guide more visually "appealing" to
the readers.

We use this mailing list to discuss the changes. In general we can say that
the approach is

* small changes like fixing typos and formatting errors: just do it!
* new material: just announce it! Both at the beginning of your work and
when you are done.
* big changes like moving sections or rewriting existing material: discuss
first on the list!

Tester, editor or writer? You choose :)

Regards
Ricardo



>
> Thanks,
> Deborah
>

New Doc Volunteer

[dgcashion]

Hi there,

My name is Deborah and I'm interested in volunteering with the OpenOffice
documentation team.

I am a web developer and I have a little experience writing technical docs.

Please let me know how I can be of assistance.

Thanks,
Deborah

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Alex Stillwell]

Hi Andrea

Thank you. I'll go ahead, but let me know if I start doing the wrong thing.

Best wishes to all

Alex

-Original Message- 
From: Andrea Pescetti

Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 7:10 AM
To: doc@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer

On 06/07/2013 Alex Stillwell wrote:

I don't like to change anything until I know I will not cause problems,
so I have attached a couple of suggestions.


Dear Alexandra, they are OK, feel free to apply them but won't worry in
general, we have the full history of all changes made to any page so if
something is wrong it is very easy to revert it.


Is there any way I can
access the part of the actual program I am working


Here
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Development+Snapshot+Builds#DevelopmentSnapshotBuilds-AOOSnapshotfullsets
you will find the latest 4.0 development snapshot. They are not
recommended for everyday use, but we are basing our documentation on those.

Regards,
  Andrea.

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[Andrea Pescetti]

On 06/07/2013 Alex Stillwell wrote:

I don't like to change anything until I know I will not cause problems,
so I have attached a couple of suggestions.


Dear Alexandra, they are OK, feel free to apply them but won't worry in 
general, we have the full history of all changes made to any page so if 
something is wrong it is very easy to revert it.



Is there any way I can
access the part of the actual program I am working


Here
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Development+Snapshot+Builds#DevelopmentSnapshotBuilds-AOOSnapshotfullsets
you will find the latest 4.0 development snapshot. They are not 
recommended for everyday use, but we are basing our documentation on those.


Regards,
  Andrea.

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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Alex Stillwell]

Hi Andrea

I don't like to change anything until I know I will not cause problems, so I 
have attached a couple of suggestions.  Is there any way I can access the 
part of the actual program I am working on so  I can see it as it really is 
and use the controls before commenting on how they can be described?


Best wishes

Alex



-Original Message- 
From: Andrea Pescetti

Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 9:34 PM
To: doc@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: New Doc Volunteer

Alex Stillwell wrote:

Exactly what would you like me to do? and exactly how would you like
me to respond. I have indigestion from too much information and I
cannot see what is important at this stage and what I should do next.
Once I get a handle on how to help I will be OK. It is just taking me
time to get myself organised to your requirements.


No problem! First of all, get an account on the wiki:
http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup
(please let us know if you experience any problems in this step).

Then, open a chapter of the guide (Writer is OK for a start:
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro )
and you will be able to do minor fixes (like language fixes and
clarifications) by clicking "Edit" on the right hand side. Then, as you
get more confidence, you'll be able to make bigger contributions, like
reorganizing materials and writing documentation on your own.

Regards,
  Andrea.

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Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Andrea Pescetti]

Alex Stillwell wrote:

Exactly what would you like me to do? and exactly how would you like
me to respond. I have indigestion from too much information and I
cannot see what is important at this stage and what I should do next.
Once I get a handle on how to help I will be OK. It is just taking me
time to get myself organised to your requirements.


No problem! First of all, get an account on the wiki:
http://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup 
(please let us know if you experience any problems in this step).


Then, open a chapter of the guide (Writer is OK for a start: 
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro ) 
and you will be able to do minor fixes (like language fixes and 
clarifications) by clicking "Edit" on the right hand side. Then, as you 
get more confidence, you'll be able to make bigger contributions, like 
reorganizing materials and writing documentation on your own.


Regards,
  Andrea.

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New Doc Volunteer

[Alex Stillwell]

Hi 

I’m a new volunteer and need to know what you would like me to do. Your 
interest seems to be in my writing skills and  I have read the orientations 
modules 1-3 but am still confused regarding how to go about helping.  

In an email I have been directed to -

Our major thrust at this time is the creation of the User Guides for 
OpenOffice v4.0.0 which is our latest upcoming release. All the work is 
being on our Mediawiki site at 
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide. At the bottom 
of that page there is also a link to the status page we use to track 
work done.


Exactly what would you like me to do? and exactly how would you like me to 
respond. I have indigestion from too much information and I cannot see what is 
important at this stage and what I should do next. Once I get a handle on how 
to help I will be OK. It is just taking me time to get myself organised to your 
requirements.

If I am being a nuisance by taking so long to get going please let me know.

Best wishes to all

Alex 

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Keith N. McKenna]

Hello Alex and welcome to the documentation group. With your skills as
an author and in publishing you can be of great help to us. The first 
step is to subscribe to this mailing list so that you do not miss any of 
the discussion that goes on. Your initial email was sent through the 
moderator and I have explicitly CC'ed you. To subscribe send a blank 
e-mail to mailto:doc-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org then follow the 
directions in the follow-up e-mail.


I also strongly suggest that you go through our short orientation pages. 
The first ones at http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html. 
The first two levels will introduce you to Apache and the OpenOffice 
Project, and to the decision making structure and the Technical 
Infrastructure. The third one is the intro to the documentation group at 
http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html.


Our major thrust at this time is the creation of the User Guides for 
OpenOffice v4.0.0 which is our latest upcoming release. All the work is 
being on our Mediawiki site at 
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide. At the bottom 
of that page there is also a link to the status page we use to track 
work done.


When you have reviewed the orientation modules send a note back to the 
list and we can answer any questions that you have and give you further 
assistance on the nxt steps to get you started.


Regards
Keith



Alex Stillwell wrote:

Hi

My training is in physics, I have teacher training and taught science
and maths. After starting a family I went into teaching adults
crafts, eventually specialising in lacemaking and through a series of
events and with a lot of encouragement from friends wrote a book on
lace, that’s another story.

When I started lacemaking there were very few books and very few
lacemakers passing on their knowledge so I had to research everything
I did. The lack of written information was also a spur to continue
writing books. I have just completed my ninth and it will go to print
this week, I am now self-publishing. Publishing is not the same as it
was in the 1980s when my first book came out. That one was written by
hand five times; there were no home computers. My next book was
written using an electronic typewriter with a memory and I bought one
of the first Amstrads just after starting writing a dictionary of
lacemaking terms. It took five minutes to save a file but was
wonderful for cross referencing.  A have just competed my 9th book
and have no plans for another, but who knows the future.

I am still teaching lacemaking, demonstrating and giving talks.  My
lace has been on exhibition in about 8 countries and I have taught at
lace conventions in Australia and USA as well as at home in UK. I
started the British Lace Guild Logbook Scheme and assisted the US
lace guild writing their teachers’ training program.

I am currently assisting another lacemaker by email to self-publish
her out of print book using Open Office Writer. She is not familiar
with the program and is having to convert the format to A4 with many
 diagrams and without changing the pagination; there is a large index
 that she does not wish to redo. It is proving quite a challenge.

I am a silver surfer with no plans to put my feet up and retire.

Best wishes to all the team, looking forward to being able to help.

Alex  (Alexandra Stillwell, you can see some of my lace and books on
 www.alexstillwell.wordpress.com )






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New Doc Volunteer

[Alex Stillwell]

Hi

My training is in physics, I have teacher training and taught science and 
maths. After starting a family I went into teaching adults crafts, eventually 
specialising in lacemaking and through a series of events and with a lot of 
encouragement from friends wrote a book on lace, that’s another story. 

When I started lacemaking there were very few books and very few lacemakers 
passing on their knowledge so I had to research everything I did. The lack of 
written information was also a spur to continue writing books. I have just 
completed my ninth and it will go to print this week, I am now self-publishing. 
Publishing is not the same as it was in the 1980s when my first book came out. 
That one was written by hand five times; there were no home computers. My next 
book was written using an electronic typewriter with a memory and I bought one 
of the first Amstrads just after starting writing a dictionary of lacemaking 
terms. It took five minutes to save a file but was wonderful for cross 
referencing.  A have just competed my 9th book and have no plans for another, 
but who knows the future. 

I am still teaching lacemaking, demonstrating and giving talks.  My lace has 
been on exhibition in about 8 countries and I have taught at lace conventions 
in Australia and USA as well as at home in UK. I started the British Lace Guild 
Logbook Scheme and assisted the US lace guild writing their teachers’ training 
program.

I am currently assisting another lacemaker by email to self-publish her out of 
print book using Open Office Writer. She is not familiar with the program and 
is having to convert the format to A4 with many diagrams and without changing 
the pagination; there is a large index that she does not wish to redo. It is 
proving quite a challenge. 

I am a silver surfer with no plans to put my feet up and retire.

Best wishes to all the team, looking forward to being able to help.

Alex  (Alexandra Stillwell, you can see some of my lace and books on 
www.alexstillwell.wordpress.com )

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[RGB ES]

Hy, Caroline! Welcome on board!


2013/5/10 Caroline O'Brien 

> Hey there!
>
> I'm eager to learn more about working on the Doc Team for Open Office.
>
> Can you tell me a bit more about where I should start, outside of signing
> up for the two wikis and putting my name on the volunteer sites?
>
> Thank you!
>

Great!

The user documentation is being worked on the wiki, so after you read the
intro-doc page linked by Alexandro, please look at where the draft for the
4.0 user guide is growing:

http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide

(there is a link to the "status page" at the end). There are several
missing pages and holes on the existing ones, but an easy start would be to
proofread the existing pages and check the information for "accuracy".

Clearly, writing an user guide implies not only writing skills but also
knowledge of the software: if you have doubts about how Apache OpenOffice
works, just ask!

Note that this guide is aimed to AOO 4.0, so there are instructions on the
guide that do not completely correspond to the stable builds (like "menu
Tools → Options → Apache OpenOffice": on 3.4.1 you'll find "OpenOffice.org"
there). You can find development builds for 4.0 here:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Development+Snapshot+Builds#DevelopmentSnapshotBuilds-AOOSnapshotfullsets

Regards
Ricardo


>
> Caroline
>

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Alexandro Colorado]

Hello, please read the initial documentation that we have on our site.

http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html

This will guide you throught he initial steps into the way the
project is builted and where you can contribute best.

On 5/9/13, Caroline O'Brien  wrote:
> Hey there!
>
> I'm eager to learn more about working on the Doc Team for Open Office.
>
> Can you tell me a bit more about where I should start, outside of signing
> up for the two wikis and putting my name on the volunteer sites?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Caroline
>


-- 
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Apache OpenOffice Contributor
http://es.openoffice.org

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[Caroline O'Brien]

Hey there!

I'm eager to learn more about working on the Doc Team for Open Office.

Can you tell me a bit more about where I should start, outside of signing
up for the two wikis and putting my name on the volunteer sites?

Thank you!

Caroline

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Yue Helen]

Welcome Leah. Happy to see you here.

Helen

2013/3/21 

> Hello,
>
> I just signed up as a documentation volunteer.  I work at IBM.  I have
> almost 20 years experience in education and support - writing user
> documentation and courses, and delivering classes in a variety of
> software.  In the past 5 years, I've worked extensively on Lotus Symphony,
> so I feel right at home in OpenOffice.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Leah Backus

New Doc Volunteer

[Steven Vollmer]

Hello, I'm Steve. I'm signing up for the team to help with 
Documentation. I've been a user for about eight years. I have an MS in 
Education, and BA in Behavioral Science. I have experience as a teacher 
and school administrator.


Now I have time to contribute, and I look forward to doing so.

I'm from Visalia, California USA (Central California)

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[RGB ES]

2013/3/21 

> Hello,
>
> I just signed up as a documentation volunteer.  I work at IBM.  I have
> almost 20 years experience in education and support - writing user
> documentation and courses, and delivering classes in a variety of
> software.  In the past 5 years, I've worked extensively on Lotus Symphony,
> so I feel right at home in OpenOffice.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Leah Backus



Welcome!

Your experience will be a great help for the project!

The first step is to subscribe to this mailing list sending an email to

doc-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org

(it seems you are not subscribed because your message was moderated)

The user documentation is being worked on the wiki, so you need to get an
account. For more  details, see this page

http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html

You can also add your info to this wiki page:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Documentation+Volunteers

The draft for the 4.0 user guide is growing here:

http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide

(there is a link to the "status page" at the end). There are several
missing pages and holes on the existing ones, but an easy start would be to
proofread the existing pages and check the information for "accuracy".

Note that this guide is aimed to AOO 4.0, so there are instructions on the
guide that do not completely correspond to the stable builds (like "menu
Tools → Options → Apache OpenOffice": on 3.4.1 you'll find "OpenOffice.org"
there)

Regards
Ricardo

New Doc Volunteer

[leah_backus]

Hello, 

I just signed up as a documentation volunteer.  I work at IBM.  I have 
almost 20 years experience in education and support - writing user 
documentation and courses, and delivering classes in a variety of 
software.  In the past 5 years, I've worked extensively on Lotus Symphony, 
so I feel right at home in OpenOffice.

Cheers, 

Leah Backus

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Stephen J. Hyland]

Thanks, Bob. Dad had a massive stroke last week and lasted about a week after 
that, so it was not unexpected. My mom passed four years ago, to the day. 
Still, it is sad.

I'd be happy to work on the "OpenOffice for Legal Writing" documentation. Let's 
see how things proceed.

Glad for MediaWiki - I'm familiar with that.

Stephen

On Mar 4, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Rob Weir wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Stephen J. Hyland
>  wrote:
>> Hello, everyone. My name is Stephen Hyland, and I've been a long-time user 
>> of Open Source software, a software engineer, a technical writer (various 
>> tools but primarily FrameMaker), and am an attorney. I probably won't be of 
>> much use, initially, because of my father's death on Saturday (not 
>> unexpected) and because I will be somewhat distracted by the funeral 
>> arrangements and estate matters. So, if no one minds, I'll be lurking but 
>> not adding much to the discussions or the effort at the moment.
>> 
> 
> Hello Stephen,
> 
> I'm very sorry to hear about your father.   Mine past away just a year
> ago this week, so I know how hard it is.
> 
>> I had several questions regarding the documentation project, however.
>> 
>> First, is there a project lead? If I have missed that information, could 
>> someone point me to it?
> 
> Not really.   The project is very non-hierarchical.  So we may have
> someone "taking the lead" in a particular task, or group of tasks, we
> don't have any "anointed one" in charge.  It is more of a meritocracy,
> or sometimes we call it a "do-ocracy". leadership by those who step up
> and do things.
> 
> That said, I've been taking the lead on recruitment, and Riccardo and
> Keith have been taking the lead on the 4.0 User Guide.
> 
>> Second, what is being used for document control?
> 
> We're using MediaWiki.
> 
>> Third, is there a style guide?
>> 
> 
> A little out of date, but we have this:
> 
> http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Help_Style_Guide
> 
> Also, by agreement we'll be using U.S. English spelling.
> 
> 
>> I'm sure I'll think of other things as we proceed.
>> 
> 
> You can find some more information of likely interest here:
> 
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-doc/201303.mbox/%3CCAP-ksojRGjNqE5YFEFD3FrruVg6SwUZEog%2Bf3XiVz2PQQvH5oA%40mail.gmail.com%3E
> 
> 
> Finally, it is worth mentioning that we can think broader than just
> OpenOffice 4.0 User Guides.  There are other pieces of documentation
> for specialized uses that would be interesting.  For example:
> 
> - OpenOffice Calc for Finance -- review financial functions of
> OpenOffice, with focus on any differences from Excel
> 
> - Writing your Dissertation with OpenOffice
> 
> - OpenOffice for Legal Writing, with guidance on template adjustments
> needed to achieve common legal formats.
> 
> The same basic process would apply for these:  drafting, followed by
> technical and editorial review, and then publication and possible
> translation.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> -Rob
> 
>> Thanks,
>> Stephen
>> 
>> On Mar 4, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Christopher Olsen wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>> My name is Chris Olsen, and I'm an avid user of OpenOffice products. I've 
>>> been using them for almost 7 years now, and I'd love to lend my assistance 
>>> to the documentation project.
>>> 
>>> I've always been a proponent of the Open Source movement, but my background 
>>> has left me unable to help out in a direct fashion; I have a bachelor's 
>>> degree in English and I'm pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing. I'm hoping 
>>> that with these skills I can become a part of the OpenOffice team, at least 
>>> in some small way.
>>> 
>>> I'm currently in school and working part time, but I'd love to commit some 
>>> of my free time to helping improve OpenOffice and do something for a 
>>> community I strongly believe in.
>>> 
>>> Please let me know if I could be of any use to you. Thank you!
>>> 
>>> Chris
>> 

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Rob Weir]

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Stephen J. Hyland
 wrote:
> Hello, everyone. My name is Stephen Hyland, and I've been a long-time user of 
> Open Source software, a software engineer, a technical writer (various tools 
> but primarily FrameMaker), and am an attorney. I probably won't be of much 
> use, initially, because of my father's death on Saturday (not unexpected) and 
> because I will be somewhat distracted by the funeral arrangements and estate 
> matters. So, if no one minds, I'll be lurking but not adding much to the 
> discussions or the effort at the moment.
>

Hello Stephen,

I'm very sorry to hear about your father.   Mine past away just a year
ago this week, so I know how hard it is.

> I had several questions regarding the documentation project, however.
>
> First, is there a project lead? If I have missed that information, could 
> someone point me to it?

Not really.   The project is very non-hierarchical.  So we may have
someone "taking the lead" in a particular task, or group of tasks, we
don't have any "anointed one" in charge.  It is more of a meritocracy,
or sometimes we call it a "do-ocracy". leadership by those who step up
and do things.

That said, I've been taking the lead on recruitment, and Riccardo and
Keith have been taking the lead on the 4.0 User Guide.

> Second, what is being used for document control?

We're using MediaWiki.

> Third, is there a style guide?
>

A little out of date, but we have this:

http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Help_Style_Guide

Also, by agreement we'll be using U.S. English spelling.


> I'm sure I'll think of other things as we proceed.
>

You can find some more information of likely interest here:

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-doc/201303.mbox/%3CCAP-ksojRGjNqE5YFEFD3FrruVg6SwUZEog%2Bf3XiVz2PQQvH5oA%40mail.gmail.com%3E


Finally, it is worth mentioning that we can think broader than just
OpenOffice 4.0 User Guides.  There are other pieces of documentation
for specialized uses that would be interesting.  For example:

- OpenOffice Calc for Finance -- review financial functions of
OpenOffice, with focus on any differences from Excel

- Writing your Dissertation with OpenOffice

- OpenOffice for Legal Writing, with guidance on template adjustments
needed to achieve common legal formats.

The same basic process would apply for these:  drafting, followed by
technical and editorial review, and then publication and possible
translation.

Regards,


-Rob

> Thanks,
> Stephen
>
> On Mar 4, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Christopher Olsen wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> My name is Chris Olsen, and I'm an avid user of OpenOffice products. I've 
>> been using them for almost 7 years now, and I'd love to lend my assistance 
>> to the documentation project.
>>
>> I've always been a proponent of the Open Source movement, but my background 
>> has left me unable to help out in a direct fashion; I have a bachelor's 
>> degree in English and I'm pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing. I'm hoping 
>> that with these skills I can become a part of the OpenOffice team, at least 
>> in some small way.
>>
>> I'm currently in school and working part time, but I'd love to commit some 
>> of my free time to helping improve OpenOffice and do something for a 
>> community I strongly believe in.
>>
>> Please let me know if I could be of any use to you. Thank you!
>>
>> Chris
>

Re: New Doc Volunteer

[Rob Weir]

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Christopher Olsen  wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> My name is Chris Olsen, and I'm an avid user of OpenOffice products. I've 
> been using them for almost 7 years now, and I'd love to lend my assistance to 
> the documentation project.
>
> I've always been a proponent of the Open Source movement, but my background 
> has left me unable to help out in a direct fashion; I have a bachelor's 
> degree in English and I'm pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing. I'm hoping 
> that with these skills I can become a part of the OpenOffice team, at least 
> in some small way.
>
> I'm currently in school and working part time, but I'd love to commit some of 
> my free time to helping improve OpenOffice and do something for a community I 
> strongly believe in.
>
> Please let me know if I could be of any use to you. Thank you!
>

Hello Chris,

Thanks for writing.  I just sent out a note to a few other new
volunteers who checked in over the weekend.  The note has some info on
what we're currently working on and how to get involved:

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openoffice-doc/201303.mbox/%3CCAP-ksojRGjNqE5YFEFD3FrruVg6SwUZEog%2Bf3XiVz2PQQvH5oA%40mail.gmail.com%3E

Regards,

-Rob


> Chris