Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-13 Thread marbux
On 2/13/07, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Why online_help as well? This discussion is only on dev afaik. Sorry, I hit the reply button to your post and it copied the CC you had on your post to online help. :-) Best regards, Marbux --

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-13 Thread marbux
On 2/13/07, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 13:10 -0800, marbux wrote: > On 2/12/07, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now to see if I can get the index completed so we can do it. :-) > > Thanks. Very useful. However, you are assuming th

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-13 Thread Marcus Clarke
i am using textstat tool.. ready for tasking orders. From: Joe Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: dev@documentation.openoffice.org To: dev@documentation.openoffice.org Subject: Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:41:04 -0500 marbux

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-13 Thread Joe Smith
marbux wrote: On 2/12/07, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now to see if I can get the index completed so we can do it. :-) I don't know what tools you are working with. ... However, if you already have a copy of WordPerfect, you might consider using it to generate the index's

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-13 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 13:10 -0800, marbux wrote: > On 2/12/07, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now to see if I can get the index completed so we can do it. :-) > > > > I don't know what tools you are working with. But there are tools {snipped] Why online_help as well? This d

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-13 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 13:10 -0800, marbux wrote: > On 2/12/07, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now to see if I can get the index completed so we can do it. :-) > > > > I don't know what tools you are working with. But there are tools > available specifically designed for creat

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-13 Thread marbux
On 2/12/07, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now to see if I can get the index completed so we can do it. :-) I don't know what tools you are working with. But there are tools available specifically designed for creation of back-of-the-book-style subject matter indexes. OOo lag

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-13 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Martina Waller wrote: Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Martina Waller wrote: With respect to search functions for example I would recommend to - use more indices in printed material, I am happy to report that the third edition of the Writer Guide from OOoAuthors (due to be published later this week

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-13 Thread Martina Waller
Jean Hollis Weber wrote: Martina Waller wrote: With respect to search functions for example I would recommend to - use more indices in printed material, I am happy to report that the third edition of the Writer Guide from OOoAuthors (due to be published later this week) includes an index. (

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-12 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Martina Waller wrote: With respect to search functions for example I would recommend to - use more indices in printed material, I am happy to report that the third edition of the Writer Guide from OOoAuthors (due to be published later this week) includes an index. (At last!) The draft index

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-12 Thread Regina Henschel
Hello, Uwe Fischer schrieb: Hi, Ain Vagula wrote: Frank Peters wrote: There is an issue for the broken full text search engine. Development is aware of that and currently working on a reimplementation. http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=45826 and http://www.openoffice.org/

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-12 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 14:38 +0100, Martina Waller wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 13:05 +0100, Martina Waller wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Recently, I analyzed the documentation of several competitors (Microsoft > >> Office, WordPerfect Office, SoftMaker Off

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-12 Thread Ain Vagula
Martina Waller wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 13:05 +0100, Martina Waller wrote: Hi all, Recently, I analyzed the documentation of several competitors (Microsoft Office, WordPerfect Office, SoftMaker Office, GNOME Office and KOffice). Underlying analysis criteria

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-12 Thread Uwe Fischer
Hi, Ain Vagula wrote: Frank Peters wrote: There is an issue for the broken full text search engine. Development is aware of that and currently working on a reimplementation. http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=45826 and http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=38553 a

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-12 Thread Martina Waller
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 13:05 +0100, Martina Waller wrote: Hi all, Recently, I analyzed the documentation of several competitors (Microsoft Office, WordPerfect Office, SoftMaker Office, GNOME Office and KOffice). Underlying analysis criteria were languages, docum

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-12 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 13:51 +0100, Frank Peters wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >> - allow search for similar words, > > > > This needs explaining too. Entering, say lin, in the search box > > currently presents help items that start with this sequence thus giving > > users the opportun

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-12 Thread Ain Vagula
Frank Peters wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: - allow search for similar words, This needs explaining too. Entering, say lin, in the search box currently presents help items that start with this sequence thus giving users the opportunity to select further. - repair the full text search,

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-12 Thread Frank Peters
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: - allow search for similar words, This needs explaining too. Entering, say lin, in the search box currently presents help items that start with this sequence thus giving users the opportunity to select further. - repair the full text search, Repair? Enhance su

Re: [documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-12 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 13:05 +0100, Martina Waller wrote: > Hi all, > > Recently, I analyzed the documentation of several competitors (Microsoft > Office, WordPerfect Office, SoftMaker Office, GNOME Office and KOffice). > Underlying analysis criteria were languages, documentation types > (printe

[documentation-dev] analysis of competitor documentation

2007-02-12 Thread Martina Waller
Hi all, Recently, I analyzed the documentation of several competitors (Microsoft Office, WordPerfect Office, SoftMaker Office, GNOME Office and KOffice). Underlying analysis criteria were languages, documentation types (printed and online), search functions, information types, visualization,