Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Impress toolbars in 5.0
Thanks, that is a good idea. I'll try that. Regards, On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 5:43 AM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Hi Kevin, Kevin O'Brien wrote on 03-07-15 23:58: Many of the toolbars that are referenced in the text are docked at the end of the Standard toolbar and not floating on my 5.0 in Windows installation. If that was a a setting I made, I have forgotten about it. If not, it is a change in behavior that should probably be reflected in the Getting Started guide. Can anyone confirm this behavior? On Linux I only see the Presentation tool bar besides the Standard tool bar. I don't think that is different on Windows. But you can check if by removing/backing up the current user profile and start with a fresh one. Ciao, Cor -- Cor Nouws GPD key ID: 0xB13480A6 - 591A 30A7 36A0 CE3C 3D28 A038 E49D 7365 B134 80A6 - vrijwilliger http://nl.libreoffice.org - volunteer http://www.libreoffice.org - The Document Foundation Membership Committee Member -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” - Will Rogers -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Installation Instructions in Getting Started.
I want to respond to the idea that helping is overwhelming. It is work, no doubt about it. But as someone who definitely doe not know everything (people on the users list can confirm that I regularly post questions there) I still find I can make a contribution. For example, yesterday I did a draft of the update of Chapter 6, Impress, to the 5.0 level. I happened to have the day off from work, so I applied my butt to the chair, and went through the chapter one page at a time with Impress 5.0 open and checked everything the documentation said. I discovered that some menu choices had changed, that some terminology had changed, and updated the documentation to reflect that. Then I put in new screenshots because what I saw was somewhat different from the old screenshots. It took me most of the day to do my first draft, I posted a couple of questions to the list, and I used comments on the draft to explain some of the changes I made. So it was definitely a time commitment, but I wanted to make a contribution. I expect doing an hour a day for a week would accomplish the same thing for anyone who didn't want to do it in one day, but what it requires mostly is being careful about checking everything. If you or anyone else wants to ask me about my work process on this I am happy to answer any questions. Regards, On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 8:59 AM, John Paton john.pa...@patonnet.org.uk wrote: Hi, this is a response to some discussion about Installation Instructions in the Getting Started Guide. This was a few weeks ago but I have been on holiday in the interim. I have been 'lurking' on this list for some time now, having thought that I might be able to contribute to the documentation, but having been overwhelmed by the size of the task. As an ordinary user of LO I thought that I might make a point relating to the Installation info in the Getting Started book. I suspect that the vast majority of ordinary users like me, who use Linux as their OS, simply install LO from their distribution's repositories, if it is not already installed as part of the base install of their distribution. (As a side comment this will often be an older version of LO - my version is 4.2 for instance in the latest Linux Mint 17.1 install). Distributions aimed at non technical users in particular tend not to include even the most up to date 'stable' version. This requires no knowledge of the Installation process since the Package Manager for the distribution handles the whole thing seamlessly. In those circumstances the ordinary user may certainly find a 'Getting Started Guide' useful but will have no use for installation instructions, which might frighten them anyway. I accept that Users on Windows and OSX may have different needs but I have no idea what the 'market penetration' of LO is on these platforms. LO or one of the forks is almost the default Office suite in mainstream Linux distributions. I know that this post hardly helps move the documentation forward but I felt that the view of an ordinary user may be of interest. John -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” - Will Rogers -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-documentation] Question about audience Getting Started
Is the assumption about the Getting Started guide that these are people new to LibreOffice? I ask because I see some menu options that a new person would not see, and which the documentation does not mention (e.g. My Templates). Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” - Will Rogers -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-documentation] Impress Issue?
In reviewing the chapter on Impress in the Getting Started, I ran across something that looks different from earlier versions. It has to do with the Layout properties for Handouts. If you open a presentation in normal view, then go to the Handout tab, the Layout works as expected. If you then go to another window, like to consult a document of some kind, when you come back there is an error message: Properties for the task that you are performing are not available for the current selection. If you then click the Normal tab, and then back to the Handout tab, the usual Layout properties are back again. This is happening on the Windows 5.0.0.2 version. When I check the earlier 4.2.8.2 version in Linux, I don't see this behavior. It feels a little like a bug, though not a huge one. Can anyone confirm this? If so, do I file a bug, put a note in the documentation, or ignore it? Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” - Will Rogers -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-documentation] Chapter 6 first draft uploaded
I uploaded my first draft of Chapter 6, Impress. The page layout defeated me on Pages 11-12 when I inserted new screen shots, and I am hoping someone can see where my problem is. There are a couple of questions outstanding still, but I inserted comments where necessary. Regards, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” - Will Rogers -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-documentation] Impress toolbars in 5.0
Many of the toolbars that are referenced in the text are docked at the end of the Standard toolbar and not floating on my 5.0 in Windows installation. If that was a a setting I made, I have forgotten about it. If not, it is a change in behavior that should probably be reflected in the Getting Started guide. Can anyone confirm this behavior? Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” - Will Rogers -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] GMail
I use two-factor for my account as well. It isn't that big a deal compared to what happens if someone gets into your account. Regards, On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) Ah, since i use GMail too i figure it's a good time for me to change my password too jic. I use 2 factor authentication which can get a bit awkward when i want to login away from my regular machines but hopefully that helped. Regards from Tom :) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving Impress Templates
Thanks Tom. I had in mind to get to documentation, but you saved me the trouble. On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) I thought it might be good for the documentation team to know about this thread. Templates are not so easy in Impress apparently and the guides don't seem to be helping at the moment. A bug-report has been filed but i was wondering if it would be good to have the work-around in the Impress Guide fro this branch. Messy Christmar everyone! Regards from Tom :) On 23 December 2014 at 14:53, Kevin O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com wrote: Brian, thank you, that worked, and I doubt I would have thought of it any time soon. But I have gone over the Impress Guide and I don't see this in there. I am using the IG4.2, which I believe is the latest, and the section for Working with Templates begins on Page 47, and I just cannot find your solution in there anywhere. Are you using a different version of the Impress Guide, perhaps? Thanks, On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 16:26 22/12/2014 -0500, Kevin O'Brien wrote: From what I read in the documentation I should be able to create a Template, save it as a Template, and then it should appear in Available for Use on the right. When I do that it isn't working, so either I am doing it wrong or the documentation is missing something. What I am seeing is that when I am in Impress and go to Save as Templates--Save As Template, the window that opens only has one tab, Documents, and not the four tabs I am used to seeing (Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings). If I go to File--New--Templates in Impress I see all four tabs, but Templates I saved in the Documents tab do not appear. So, am I reading the documentation wrong? Or is something wrong here? This is LO 4.3 on Windows 7. I'll see what I get when I do it on a Linux box. Chapter 2 of the Impress Guide say that you won't see the relevant template folder if it is empty. Catch-22, eh?! Here's what it suggests you do: Saving templates to a hidden folder This procedure is for a LibreOffice installation that has yet to have any user created or imported templates for use in Impress. Any empty template folders are hidden in the Template Manager and a work-around is necessary to save the first template into the My Templates folder. 1) Go to File Save As Template on the main menu bar to open the Template Manager dialog. By default the Template Manager opens at the Documents page. 2) Double click on the MediaWiki folder to select it and activate the Save icon, then click the Save icon. 3) Specify the template name in the pop-up dialog and click Accept. The template is saved into the MediaWiki folder. This appears in the MediaWiki folder on the dialog page of the file type being saved, which is Presentations. 4) Close the Template Manager dialog. 5) Go to File New Templates on the main menu bar to open the Template Manager dialog again. Note: Closing and opening the Template Manager is necessary so that the following steps can be carried out to move your template into the My Templates folder. 6) Select the Presentations tab to open the dialog page for presentations (Figure 32). 7) Double-click the MediaWiki folder to open it. 8) Select the template you have just added and the file handling controls are displayed. 9) Click the Move to folder icon and select My Templates from the drop list that appears. Your template will be moved from the MediaWiki folder to the My Templates folder. 10) Close the Template Manager dialog. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer 4.2 Guide Chapter 14
I think I will get there, but too many things hit me at once. My contract just ended and I am looking for another one, and I spent most of a day on this chapter and had to stop at some point. When I do understand it I think I can improve the guide on this point. I plan to take another chapter on the next go around and keep contributing. Regards, On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Kevin. I have now amended and published that chapter. I found the implementation of conditional fields incredibly confusing, too. It's actually very logical, just backward from the way I think about it as a user, not a programmer. Years ago I needed to use that feature in real work for awhile, and I eventually got accustomed to its logic. --Jean On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:17 PM, Kevin O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com wrote: No, that was the only change I made. I went through doing each of the tasks to make sure that the text properly explained everything, but I had problems with understanding exactly what the conditional fields were doing exactly. I don't say there is anything wrong with the existing text, only that I had trouble understanding the theory behind it. When I have more time I plan to dig into it, and when I have the proper understanding I will make a rewrite you can look at. Thanks, On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 1:11 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: Kevin, I see a file in the Feedback folder, but it appears to be unchanged from the earlier version, except for the date field that should not have been there (and now isn't). Did you make any other changes in it? I'm a bit behind on keeping up with what's been happening with this chapter. I just want to make sure any further changes are being made on the latest iteration. Regarding the keyboard shortcuts: yes, a note about them is needed. I'll write one. Thanks for catching that. --Jean On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:11 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: Put your reviewed file here: http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/feedback-4.2 Tell us you've done that. Amend the Tasks page on the wiki, https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Writer_Guide I'll take it from there. Thanks! --Jean On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Kevin O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com wrote: I did a review of 14 (Fields), but I may not have handled the paperwork properly. I did not have an account on Authors when I volunteered. I noted three things in my review: 1. A date field was inserted that looked like a mistake. I believe Sophie confirmed it was an error and said she would remove it. 2. I noted that the keyboard shortcuts did not work for me. My guess is that it is a KDE problem. Tom, I thought you were going to confirm this, but I am comfortable with what I found at this point. The questions here is whether the Guide should say anything about this. I think Jean or Sophie needs to make that call. 3. I could not make sense of the section on Conditionals. I could click the buttons and get similar screen shots, but I could not understand exactly what it was supposed to be doing. I can give ti a try again this weekend, but I think this is a section that should be rewritten since it is not at all clear what it is doing. Tom you suggested that would be a good idea, but for a later version of the guide. I will keep this idea on my todo list if that is agreeable to everyone, and see how to offer a rewrite for a future version. So, I did a review of Ch.14 with the above results, but I did not formally do a check-out of the chapter. What should I do now to move this forward? I now have my Authors account so I can log in and do whatever is needed. Thanks, On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) I am not sure but i think someone, KO(?), is working on Chapter 14 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Status_of_tasks_-_WG_-_LO_v4.2 I'm even less sure about Chapter 15, Forms. Peter Goggin expressed interest just before he vanished. So he might be working on it already or might have been distracted by having to sort out his email-client or ISP or something. So if 2 people here could take on one of the 2 other chapters; 12, Table of Contents, Indexes Appendix A, Shortcuts then that would be great. I had a little go at reviewing Shortcut, i mean how hard could that be?! Once again i found myself running into problems that none of the rest of you seem to find at all difficult. I could try blaming Ubuntu or my install on Ubuntu or that my ham-fisted use of LibreOffice over the years has messed up the tool-bars
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Five chapters of Writer 4.2 Guide awaiting review
I did a review of 14 (Fields), but I may not have handled the paperwork properly. I did not have an account on Authors when I volunteered. I noted three things in my review: 1. A date field was inserted that looked like a mistake. I believe Sophie confirmed it was an error and said she would remove it. 2. I noted that the keyboard shortcuts did not work for me. My guess is that it is a KDE problem. Tom, I thought you were going to confirm this, but I am comfortable with what I found at this point. The questions here is whether the Guide should say anything about this. I think Jean or Sophie needs to make that call. 3. I could not make sense of the section on Conditionals. I could click the buttons and get similar screen shots, but I could not understand exactly what it was supposed to be doing. I can give ti a try again this weekend, but I think this is a section that should be rewritten since it is not at all clear what it is doing. Tom you suggested that would be a good idea, but for a later version of the guide. I will keep this idea on my todo list if that is agreeable to everyone, and see how to offer a rewrite for a future version. So, I did a review of Ch.14 with the above results, but I did not formally do a check-out of the chapter. What should I do now to move this forward? I now have my Authors account so I can log in and do whatever is needed. Thanks, On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi :) I am not sure but i think someone, KO(?), is working on Chapter 14 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Status_of_tasks_-_WG_-_LO_v4.2 I'm even less sure about Chapter 15, Forms. Peter Goggin expressed interest just before he vanished. So he might be working on it already or might have been distracted by having to sort out his email-client or ISP or something. So if 2 people here could take on one of the 2 other chapters; 12, Table of Contents, Indexes Appendix A, Shortcuts then that would be great. I had a little go at reviewing Shortcut, i mean how hard could that be?! Once again i found myself running into problems that none of the rest of you seem to find at all difficult. I could try blaming Ubuntu or my install on Ubuntu or that my ham-fisted use of LibreOffice over the years has messed up the tool-bars and stuff so much that it's difficult to see what's going on. Really though i just don't know how you folks manage to do it at all, let alone to make it look so easy. Regards from Tom :) On 25 September 2014 07:44, K-J LibreOffice k...@libreoffice.org wrote: Hi all, Am 18.09.2014 um 08:17 schrieb Jean Weber: Where is everyone? Is no one willing or available to review anything? If not, then I'll just publish them as is. Quality assurance on documentation is desirable, but if we hang around indefinitely waiting for people, it means nothing gets published. Chapters are here: http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/drafts-v4.2/ We have three chapters to do: 12 TOCS, Indexes 15 Forms A Shortcuts https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/ UserGuideTasks#Writer_Guide Who takes care of one of them? Does anybody know about chapter 14? -- Grüße k-j Member of TheDocumentFoundation http://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/members/ http://de.libreoffice.org http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Five chapters of Writer 4.2 Guide awaiting review
I'm going to come back to it, but I agree a bit of re-writing is probably in order. But I can't do that until I can understand what it is trying to do. Other than the two things mentioned, the only thing I noted was a date field that to me made no sense on page 9. Who can I ask about this, in case it does actually make sense and I could not see it? I responded to an e-mail by Jean, but I gather Sophie may have a role, and I am not entirely clear yet. Thanks, On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Tom tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Yes, i saw the email from Nino. It makes a lot of sense. I've no idea how documentation would handle something like this. Perhaps in a coloured box? or in the Preface or Intro (as Mac 's are handled)? If you can't make sense of a section then maybe it needs a bit of re-writing? That'd have to wait until the next version. On the other hand maybe it's just time you took a break, or read on past the section and then return to it later? Regards from Tom :) Kevin O'Brien-2 wrote It was from the repos. I only download from the website on Windows. I see that Nino Novak is saying that the KDE desktop is intercepting the calls, which certainly fits what I am seeing. If so, there is nothing to be done except possibly adding an explanatory note in the documentation, but that is not my call, and in any case you should probably confirm what I am seeing. I'm still trying to figure out the conditional content. I have gone over it about 20 times and somehow it isn't clicking for me. I can do the steps, but somehow the part about triggering the choice/condition is just isn't making nay sense to me. g Regards, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwilnik2@ http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. Nino wrote Kevin, AFAIK in KDE Ctrl+Fx brings up Desktop #X - so these keys are intercepted by the OS and not passed through to the application (i.e. LibreOffice). (If you learn how to disable temporarily this interception I'd like to know it as I have been googling it several times but did never find a working solution) Regards, Nino -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Five-chapters-of-Writer-4-2-Guide-awaiting-review-tp4122644p4123009.html Sent from the Documentation mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Five chapters of Writer 4.2 Guide awaiting review
Writer Chapter 14 - Fields I have run into something that looks like a problem, but on Page 17, Keyboard Shortcuts, I am not getting that working on any machine with KDE (in this case, Kubuntu 14.04). On Windows and Ubuntu 14.04 they seem to work fine. Ctrl+F2 should bring up the Insert Fields window, but it isn't doing that. Should I ignore this? Is it unique to me? Regards, On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Kevin O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com wrote: I am downloading 14 right now. I'll get that done in the next few days. Regards, On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: Where is everyone? Is no one willing or available to review anything? If not, then I'll just publish them as is. Quality assurance on documentation is desirable, but if we hang around indefinitely waiting for people, it means nothing gets published. Chapters are here: http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/drafts-v4.2/ We haven't heard from JohnS in over 2 months, so I'll go through the chapter (number 12) that he had checked out; I've changed the status on the Tasks page. That will be the last one to complete this book. (And I do hope John's okay.) No, I'm not going to spend my time trying to find other people to do the reviewing work. This list has a lot of people on it. If everyone's too busy, that's understandable. If you're waiting for a personal invitation, someone else will have to fill that role. If you're not sure what reviewing is, read Chapter 2 of the Contributors Guide, here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#Contributors_Guide Note that you do NOT need to be any kind of technical expert -- what you do need is to follow the instructions in the chapter and see if they make sense and if the illustrations match the program and the text. Big deal, eh? It would be nice if you also correct any errors you find, but the most important thing is to identify the errors. You do NOT need an ODFAuthors login to download these files; I've made them available to all. You do need a login to upload any amended files, or you can send them directly to me and I'll upload them. If you don't want to amend files, you can send an email to the list itemising what you've found. --Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-documentation] Request ODF Authors account
I think I need an account to facilitate helping out. I do the LibreOffice podcasts on Hacker Public Radio and speak on LibreOffice at various Open Source events in the area, so I have some knowledge on the subject. But there are plenty of people who know more than I do. I learn more every day.g I just volunteered to review Chapter 14 of the Writer guide when Jean asked for help. Thanks, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Five chapters of Writer 4.2 Guide awaiting review
It was from the repos. I only download from the website on Windows. I see that Nino Novak is saying that the KDE desktop is intercepting the calls, which certainly fits what I am seeing. If so, there is nothing to be done except possibly adding an explanatory note in the documentation, but that is not my call, and in any case you should probably confirm what I am seeing. I'm still trying to figure out the conditional content. I have gone over it about 20 times and somehow it isn't clicking for me. I can do the steps, but somehow the part about triggering the choice/condition is just isn't making nay sense to me.g Regards, On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Tom Davies tomc...@gmail.com wrote: HI :) I cant get to a KDE desktop until Monday and even then it's the same one you are using, ie Kubuntu 14.04 Just out of curiosity was that LO pre-installed (or from the repos) or did you download it from the LibreOffice website? My work's reception machine has the one from the LibreOffice website. Regards from Tom :) On 20 September 2014 21:11, Kevin O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com wrote: Writer Chapter 14 - Fields I have run into something that looks like a problem, but on Page 17, Keyboard Shortcuts, I am not getting that working on any machine with KDE (in this case, Kubuntu 14.04). On Windows and Ubuntu 14.04 they seem to work fine. Ctrl+F2 should bring up the Insert Fields window, but it isn't doing that. Should I ignore this? Is it unique to me? Regards, On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Kevin O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com wrote: I am downloading 14 right now. I'll get that done in the next few days. Regards, On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 2:17 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: Where is everyone? Is no one willing or available to review anything? If not, then I'll just publish them as is. Quality assurance on documentation is desirable, but if we hang around indefinitely waiting for people, it means nothing gets published. Chapters are here: http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/drafts-v4.2/ We haven't heard from JohnS in over 2 months, so I'll go through the chapter (number 12) that he had checked out; I've changed the status on the Tasks page. That will be the last one to complete this book. (And I do hope John's okay.) No, I'm not going to spend my time trying to find other people to do the reviewing work. This list has a lot of people on it. If everyone's too busy, that's understandable. If you're waiting for a personal invitation, someone else will have to fill that role. If you're not sure what reviewing is, read Chapter 2 of the Contributors Guide, here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#Contributors_Guide Note that you do NOT need to be any kind of technical expert -- what you do need is to follow the instructions in the chapter and see if they make sense and if the illustrations match the program and the text. Big deal, eh? It would be nice if you also correct any errors you find, but the most important thing is to identify the errors. You do NOT need an ODFAuthors login to download these files; I've made them available to all. You do need a login to upload any amended files, or you can send them directly to me and I'll upload them. If you don't want to amend files, you can send an email to the list itemising what you've found. --Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot
