Re: [discuss] OOo's Help

2010-11-17 Thread Uwe Fischer
Hi Harold, thank you for your comments. On 13.11.2010 11:10, Harold Fuchs wrote: In another thread in this list there has been discussion about the Help in OOo. In reality I think it's only just OK. There are many examples I've discovered over the years (I don't have details, mea culpa) where a

Re: [discuss] OOo's Help

2010-11-17 Thread David B Teague
On 11/17/2010 7:46 AM, Uwe Fischer wrote: We know the search function in Help Viewer is not optimal. To say it politely. We have many good ideas how to improve the search, but unfortunately we do not have resources to do the hard work of coding. Volunteers are very welcome. Granting all you

Re: [discuss] OOo's Help

2010-11-17 Thread Robert Derman
David B Teague wrote: On 11/17/2010 7:46 AM, Uwe Fischer wrote: We know the search function in Help Viewer is not optimal. To say it politely. We have many good ideas how to improve the search, but unfortunately we do not have resources to do the hard work of coding. Volunteers are very

Re: [discuss] OOo's Help

2010-11-17 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 11/17/2010 1:27 PM, Robert Derman wrote: David B Teague wrote: On 11/17/2010 7:46 AM, Uwe Fischer wrote: We know the search function in Help Viewer is not optimal. To say it politely. We have many good ideas how to improve the search, but unfortunately we do not have resources to do the

Re: [discuss] OOo's Help

2010-11-17 Thread David B Teague
On 11/17/2010 2:27 PM, Robert Derman wrote: I still say that there should be a users manual right in the download package. And to keep it to a managable size, it should be in ODF format not PDF and it should be formatted 8.5x11, not 5x7. Also it should be edited down to no more than 100

Re: [discuss] OOo's Help

2010-11-17 Thread RA Brown
On Wed Nov 17 2010 16:40:18 GMT-0800 (PST) David B Teague wrote: On 11/17/2010 2:27 PM, Robert Derman wrote: I still say that there should be a users manual right in the download package. And to keep it to a managable size, it should be in ODF format not PDF and it should be formatted

[discuss] OOo's Help

2010-11-13 Thread Harold Fuchs
In another thread in this list there has been discussion about the Help in OOo. In reality I think it's only just OK. There are many examples I've discovered over the years (I don't have details, mea culpa) where a search leads to a completely unrelated topic. The example that triggered this