Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Dialog or dialog box?

2011-01-09 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Hal, On 10/01/2011 04:43, Hal Parker wrote: Are we using the term "dialog" or "dialog box"? The OOo books vary in usage: Getting Started and Calc (and maybe Draw; I didn't check) use "dialog" while the Writer Guide uses "dialog box". The LibreOffice options use the term "dialog" for some of t

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Hal Parker
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Hal Parker wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Ron Faile wrote: > >> On 1/9/2011 1:26 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: >> >>> There was a change to the Tip/Note/Caution tables, too, as I noticed in >>> looking at the Getting Started with Writer chapter and workin

[libreoffice-documentation] Updated Writer Guide chapters 1 & 2

2011-01-09 Thread Hal Parker
I've now made the changes Ron listed to Writer Guide chapters 1 & 2. I have also added and changed some text in Chapter 2 (using the text from Chapter 2 of Getting Started), to make some topics correct for LibreOffice. I shall mark these chapters on the /Doc/Development page as ready for proofing.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Dialog or dialog box?

2011-01-09 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/9/2011 8:22 PM, Ron Faile wrote: On 1/9/2011 7:43 PM, Hal Parker wrote: Are we using the term "dialog" or "dialog box"? The OOo books vary in usage: Getting Started and Calc (and maybe Draw; I didn't check) use "dialog" while the Writer Guide uses "dialog box". The LibreOffice options use

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Dialog or dialog box?

2011-01-09 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 09:43, Hal Parker wrote: > Are we using the term "dialog" or "dialog box"? When I started proofreading files, I corrected all occurrences of "dialog(s)" to "dialog box(es)"... we had a brief discussion of that at the time and there was a *kind of* consensus at tha

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Dialog or dialog box?

2011-01-09 Thread Ron Faile
On 1/9/2011 7:43 PM, Hal Parker wrote: Are we using the term "dialog" or "dialog box"? The OOo books vary in usage: Getting Started and Calc (and maybe Draw; I didn't check) use "dialog" while the Writer Guide uses "dialog box". The LibreOffice options use the term "dialog" for some of the optio

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Ron Faile
On 1/9/2011 7:04 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: The only Liberation font that shows up in my font selection list is Liberation Sans Narrow, although all the text still has the Liberation Sans font. I should probably install both of these fonts, but where should I get them? The download link is he

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi Ron, @all, 2011/1/9 Ron Faile : > On 1/9/2011 1:26 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: >> [...] > One thing that I'm not sure of at the moment is the discussion that's going > on about doing screenshots under windows. From what they are saying, the > screenshots may have to be done under Linux. So for

[libreoffice-documentation] Dialog or dialog box?

2011-01-09 Thread Hal Parker
Are we using the term "dialog" or "dialog box"? The OOo books vary in usage: Getting Started and Calc (and maybe Draw; I didn't check) use "dialog" while the Writer Guide uses "dialog box". The LibreOffice options use the term "dialog" for some of the options. I haven't checked the help, but I thi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/9/2011 3:22 PM, Ron Faile wrote: On 1/9/2011 1:26 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: There was a change to the Tip/Note/Caution tables, too, as I noticed in looking at the Getting Started with Writer chapter and working on Chapter 9 of the Writer Guide. All have the line color changed to Gray 40%,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Hal Parker
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Ron Faile wrote: > On 1/9/2011 1:26 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > >> There was a change to the Tip/Note/Caution tables, too, as I noticed in >> looking at the Getting Started with Writer chapter and working on Chapter 9 >> of the Writer Guide. All have the line colo

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/9/2011 3:07 PM, Hal Parker wrote: On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Hal Parker wrote: On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: On 1/9/2011 6:20 AM, Hal Parker wrote: I have just finished editing Writer Guide Chapter 1. I updated the template and replaced many of the scre

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Ron Faile
On 1/9/2011 1:26 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: There was a change to the Tip/Note/Caution tables, too, as I noticed in looking at the Getting Started with Writer chapter and working on Chapter 9 of the Writer Guide. All have the line color changed to Gray 40%, and a background color in cell A1: Tip

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Hal Parker
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Hal Parker wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > >> On 1/9/2011 6:20 AM, Hal Parker wrote: >> >>> I have just finished editing Writer Guide Chapter 1. I updated the >>> template >>> and replaced many of the screenshots, mostly using im

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Quick reference cards

2011-01-09 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Jean-François: Le 2011-01-09 15:25, Jean-Francois Nifenecker a écrit : If you work this out in Français, I could test it out here on US letter (Canada). OK. Where should I upload the drafts? At this moment, I can't give any timeframe but I'll do my best to be as fast as possible :) IMO, w

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Hal Parker
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > On 1/9/2011 6:20 AM, Hal Parker wrote: > >> I have just finished editing Writer Guide Chapter 1. I updated the >> template >> and replaced many of the screenshots, mostly using images from Ron's zip >> file or from the Getting Started guide

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Quick reference cards

2011-01-09 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 09/01/2011 20:00, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) Hi Tom, thanks for your interest. Presumably this is just a work-in-progress and this was an initial draft to show general layout rather than finished product? Yes, as you guessed and as Sophie already stated, this was a work I had done fo

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Quick reference cards

2011-01-09 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Hi, Le 09/01/2011 12:55, Marc Paré a écrit : This looks great as well. Would you be interested in working this up again for LibreOffice3.3? Of course, otherwise I would have kept my mouth shut :) I have printed a copy on US lettre and of course it doesn't fit properly, but, it looks like

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 1/9/2011 6:20 AM, Hal Parker wrote: I have just finished editing Writer Guide Chapter 1. I updated the template and replaced many of the screenshots, mostly using images from Ron's zip file or from the Getting Started guide. I put the replacement file on both the Alfresco site and the wiki. Ho

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Quick reference cards

2011-01-09 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Tom, On 09/01/2011 22:00, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) This looks like a good draft to me but 1. it uses OpenOffice logos Yes, Jean-François did it for the OOo project, 2. is the funny stork character the LibreOffice character like Tux is linux's? This is the mascot of the OOo Francophone

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Quick reference cards

2011-01-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This looks like a good draft to me but 1. it uses OpenOffice logos 2. is the funny stork character the LibreOffice character like Tux is linux's? 3. the links are all to OpenOffice rather than LibreOffice Presumably this is just a work-in-progress and this was an initial draft to show

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Quick reference cards

2011-01-09 Thread Fabián Rodríguez
On 11-01-09 07:08 AM, Marc Paré wrote: > Le 2011-01-09 06:41, Marc Paré a écrit : >> Le 2011-01-08 22:08, Ron Faile a écrit : >>> On 1/4/2011 11:26 PM, Marc Paré wrote: > Hi Ron. This will be very appreciated. I can see marketing using this > at conference booths. > > I was also thi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread David Nelson
Hi Shawn, :-) Did you get the mail I sent you? Of course, you're most welcome to get involved. ;-) Give us an idea of what you want to do. P.S. Hal is a lady. ;-) David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffic

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Shawn Jarrett
Mr. Parker:   Are you looking for a volunteer to help with documentation ?    My degree is in journalism though I have no experience as a technical writer.    If I can help you, let me know.  My goal is to develop a portfolio to show a prospective employer.   Shawn Jarrett     --- On Sun, 1/9/1

[libreoffice-documentation] Edited Writer Guide Chapter 1

2011-01-09 Thread Hal Parker
I have just finished editing Writer Guide Chapter 1. I updated the template and replaced many of the screenshots, mostly using images from Ron's zip file or from the Getting Started guide. I put the replacement file on both the Alfresco site and the wiki. Hope I did the Alfresco thing correctly! H

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Quick reference cards

2011-01-09 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-01-09 06:41, Marc Paré a écrit : Le 2011-01-08 22:08, Ron Faile a écrit : On 1/4/2011 11:26 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Hi Ron. This will be very appreciated. I can see marketing using this at conference booths. I was also thinking that we could also have a reference card that could sit on a

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Quick reference cards

2011-01-09 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-01-09 03:19, Jean-Francois Nifenecker a écrit : Le 05/01/2011 05:05, Ron Faile a écrit : I've just uploaded an early example of a quick reference card for keyboard shortcuts that I've been working on to the docs dev page (in resources). I think that quick reference cards would be benef

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Quick reference cards

2011-01-09 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-01-08 22:08, Ron Faile a écrit : On 1/4/2011 11:26 PM, Marc Paré wrote: Hi Ron. This will be very appreciated. I can see marketing using this at conference booths. I was also thinking that we could also have a reference card that could sit on a desktop shaped similarly to a "Toblerne" c

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Quick reference cards

2011-01-09 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Le 05/01/2011 05:05, Ron Faile a écrit : I've just uploaded an early example of a quick reference card for keyboard shortcuts that I've been working on to the docs dev page (in resources). I think that quick reference cards would be beneficial to many people in getting started with the program.