Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-30 Thread F Campos Costero
On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 8:00 AM Keith N. McKenna wrote: > F Campos Costero wrote: > > On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 8:54 AM F Campos Costero > > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 12:07 PM Keith N. McKenna < > >> keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> > > On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 1

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-29 Thread Michele Petrovsky
Of your list of components, I'm done with Writer, Calc, and Impress. Will continue till I've finished the list. Re: the question of a glossary, I think I need to make clear why I put forward suggestions like that out there. My background was in humanities; I came to tech well into my working lif

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-29 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Michele Petrovsky wrote: Keith, as is the case with all of Open Office's documentation, the discussion of tracking changes is very well done. I'm particularly impressed with the clarity with which screen shots are used to illustrate a point or a set of steps. I'll continue to plug away at pro

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-26 Thread Michele Petrovsky
Keith, as is the case with all of Open Office's documentation, the discussion of tracking changes is very well done. I'm particularly impressed with the clarity with which screen shots are used to illustrate a point or a set of steps. I'll continue to plug away at proofreading. I hope to have

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-26 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Michele Petrovsky wrote: Hope this finds everyone well... Re: *Getting Started*, I'm continuing my proofreading; averaging 50 or so pages a day. So far, no obvious spelling / punctuation / other proofreading-type errors. There are a few word choices that could be improved, I think. But other

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-26 Thread Keith N. McKenna
F Campos Costero wrote: On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 8:54 AM F Campos Costero wrote: On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 12:07 PM Keith N. McKenna < keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 11:21 AM F Campos Costero < fjcc.apa...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Francis; Thank you for looking

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-22 Thread F Campos Costero
On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 8:54 AM F Campos Costero wrote: > > > On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 12:07 PM Keith N. McKenna < > keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> F Campos Costero wrote: >> > I do see problems with the figures when I use the menu Insert -> File >> on a >> > blank document to insert AOO41

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-22 Thread F Campos Costero
On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 12:07 PM Keith N. McKenna wrote: > F Campos Costero wrote: > > I do see problems with the figures when I use the menu Insert -> File on > a > > blank document to insert AOO41GS2.odt. Instead of a problem with one > > figure, I saw problems with figures 2,4,11,12, and 17. T

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-21 Thread Michele Petrovsky
Hope this finds everyone well... Re: *Getting Started*, I'm continuing my proofreading; averaging 50 or so pages a day. So far, no obvious spelling / punctuation / other proofreading-type errors. There are a few word choices that could be improved, I think. But other than that nothing needs cor

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-21 Thread Keith N. McKenna
F Campos Costero wrote: I do see problems with the figures when I use the menu Insert -> File on a blank document to insert AOO41GS2.odt. Instead of a problem with one figure, I saw problems with figures 2,4,11,12, and 17. The document showed a placedholder rather than the actual figure. I could

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-17 Thread F Campos Costero
I do see problems with the figures when I use the menu Insert -> File on a blank document to insert AOO41GS2.odt. Instead of a problem with one figure, I saw problems with figures 2,4,11,12, and 17. The document showed a placedholder rather than the actual figure. I could delete the placeholder and

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-17 Thread F Campos Costero
Hi Keith, I'll try to compile the complete book later today. To make sure we are working with the same files, please confirm that: 1. You are using the template file AOOdoc.ott from the Templates branch 2. The odt chapter files are in the Getting-Sarted-Guide branch in the ForWiki folder 3. The Aoo

Re: Help need with compiling the Getting Started Book

2023-05-17 Thread Michele Petrovsky
That's how I would have done it, Keith. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with ODT or Giot to be of more help. But your logic is completely sound. >From my end, I'm about to begin a com[rehensive review of the most recent version of Getting Started. I'm going to walk through the whole thing