Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Graphics - inserting and file naming convention

2011-11-17 Thread Hal Parker
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:20 PM, PeeWee wrote: > Hello > > I want to place new screen shots in the Impress Guide so that the guide is > updated to LO 3.4.4. > > Is there a file naming convention for graphics? > No. > What is the file format used for the different types of graphics? > PNG, wit

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide chapter 3 uploaded

2011-11-17 Thread Hal Parker
I can rescue this file, complete with images. give me a day or two. --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.or

[libreoffice-documentation] Announcement

2011-04-27 Thread Hal Parker
I guess it's now time for me to announce that I am Jean Weber's clone, created to allow Jean to work at LibreOffice without incurring the charge of "conflict of interest" from the Oracle folks (in particular) at OpenOffice.org. Now that Oracle is abandoning OOo, and I've pretty much done what I wa

[libreoffice-documentation] Ping David N: Alfresco timeouts

2011-04-26 Thread Hal Parker
Alfresco is timing out too quickly. You had fixed it to have a longer period before timeout, but it reverted when the site was rebuilt. Can the timeout be made a useful length, at least 10 hours, again? Would be much appreciated! Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libr

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Review

2011-04-26 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:53 AM, David Nelson wrote: > > Yes, please, Hal, a summary of the recent work would help us see > clearer what needs doing next. > > I was referring to a summary of what needs to be done during rebranding, not what has been done recently or to date, so new people working

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide (full book) now on the wiki

2011-04-26 Thread Hal Parker
I've now uploaded the first edition of the full Writer Guide (ODT and PDF) to the wiki, http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation As soon as I find time (may not be today), I'll add links to the wiki from the website page, http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ -- unless someone

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Review

2011-04-26 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Simon wrote: > On 27 April 2011 02:15, Hal Parker wrote: > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Simon wrote: > > > I have run through chaps 1-12 and fixed some typos and replaced/added new > > screenshots. Changed 7 of the documents in all. T

[libreoffice-documentation] Notes on rebranding?

2011-04-26 Thread Hal Parker
I'm sure Barbara or someone summarised what needs to be done when rebranding OOo docs for LO, but I can't find the note. I can recreate the list of things to do (to help Simon and any other newcomers), but I'd prefer to avoid the extra work if someone has already done it. Hal -- Unsubscribe inst

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide Review

2011-04-26 Thread Hal Parker
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Simon wrote: > I have run through chaps 1-12 and fixed some typos and replaced/added new > screenshots. Changed 7 of the documents in all. They are in the Drafts > space > on Alfresco. I annotated my changes using comment boxes. > > If I should have placed the upd

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-26 Thread Hal Parker
I would like to hear from Barbara and Ron in response to Jean's original note, and anyone else on the English-language team, before I have my say. Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquett

[libreoffice-documentation] Ping Simon: Rebranding etc

2011-04-22 Thread Hal Parker
-- Forwarded message -- From: Hal Parker Date: Friday, April 22, 2011 Subject: Ping Simon: Rebranding etc To: "documentation@libreoffice.org" I thought I had replaced all those pix, so you may have an old copy of that file. If so, probably I goofed and didn't upload the

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ping Simon: Rebranding etc

2011-04-21 Thread Hal Parker
n't realise the notes were made. It's okay I will go through the >> chapters then a little later. >> >> >> On 20 April 2011 15:31, Hal Parker wrote: >> >>> I left notes in the relevant chapters; checking... Chapter 10 is one. >>> Can't &

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Simon: Rebranding etc

2011-04-20 Thread Hal Parker
ould be a help if it was noted down which > chapters may contain items that differ between Linux & Windows builds but I > don't mind finding them myself. > > On 20 April 2011 14:55, Hal Parker wrote: > > > Some caveats about working on rebranding: > > 1) The p

[libreoffice-documentation] Ping Simon: Rebranding etc

2011-04-20 Thread Hal Parker
Some caveats about working on rebranding: 1) The preferred words document may contain proposed words that have not in fact been agreed upon. I haven' had a chance to check it to be sure, but I'd advise proceeding with caution. The group did agree that other than a few minor wording issues, we would

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I'm working on Calc Guide]

2011-04-20 Thread Hal Parker
Sorry about the top posting, but this thread seems to have got into that mode... Jeremy wrote an introduction to the use of the Alfresco site, but I'm not sure if the site (which hasn't had its workflow features set up again) matches what he wrote. The file is in the "Community" space under the En

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Would like to help with the documentation

2011-04-20 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Jean Weber wrote: > On Wednesday, April 20, 2011, Jeremy Cartwright > wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:36:58 -0700 (PDT) > > SimonB wrote: > > > >> I can't find the toolbar to upload drafts so I'm assuming I don't have > >> permissions to do so. > >> > >> I hav

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Would like to help with the documentation

2011-04-19 Thread Hal Parker
On Tuesday, April 19, 2011, SimonB wrote: > If you are still looking for people I would like to provide my help > documenting LibreOffice. > > I have time to proof-read, take screenshots, and once familiar enough with > the way you do things, maybe help creating new documentation for LO, > possibl

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] application for document writer

2011-04-19 Thread Hal Parker
On Monday, April 18, 2011, parichaycomputer wrote: > Dear Documentation Team Members, > > I want to offer myself as a member of documentation team and want to write > and edit the documents about writer, calc, impress etc. > I am a lecturer of computer science in an engineering college in kolkata,

[libreoffice-documentation] I'm working on Calc Guide

2011-04-17 Thread Hal Parker
Just to keep people informed: I'm continuing to work my way through the Calc Guide, replacing pix and making minor wording changes to fit LibreOffice. I'm up to Chapter 10, although I've been unable to upload my work to the Alfresco site (lack of reliable web access on my part). That's actually bec

[libreoffice-documentation] Status of work on user guides?

2011-04-13 Thread Hal Parker
This list has been very quiet, so i'm wondering what others are doing. I've compiled the Writer Guide chapters into a book, but I'm not sure when I'll get a chance to upload it. In the process I caught a few errors which I've corrected in the chapter files. I'll upload them as well when I get a ch

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] access

2011-04-11 Thread Hal Parker
On Monday, April 11, 2011, Marc Grober wrote: > Sorry if I may have missed a reply,  but the username/password provided > to me does not work and it is my understanding that this has to be > redone since the server loss. Yes you'll need a new account set up. I can't do it anytime soon so I hope

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Writer Guide chapters now on wiki

2011-04-11 Thread Hal Parker
On Monday, April 11, 2011, davidj wrote: > Hal, > > Thanks, greatly, for posting the chapters of the writer guide chapters. > Note, however, it appears that chapters 8 & 9 are identical.  It looks to me > that the same file was inadvertently uploaded twice. > > Also, looking forward to the compila

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Joining the documentation team

2011-04-11 Thread Hal Parker
On Monday, April 11, 2011, Mr Christian McGurl wrote: > Dear LibreOffice documentation team, > > If you're still looking for contributors,  I'd very much like to get involved > in > documentation for your Open Source  project. I have a degree in English > Literature, and before I finished  my stu

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] about alfresco platform

2011-03-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Daniel A. Rodriguez < daniel.armando.rodrig...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I set up a Spanish "space" in Alfresco. I have not given anyone special > > permissions because I don't know how, so I hope that you can set up any > of > > the subspaces that you need for the gro

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] about alfresco platform

2011-03-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:01 AM, Hal Parker wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Daniel A. Rodriguez < > daniel.armando.rodrig...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, I'd like to know how can spanish community members can access to >> alfresco platform? >> >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: about alfresco platform

2011-03-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:48 AM, CaStarCo wrote: > My real name is Andreu Correa Casablanca :) > > I have created accounts for you and the two Daniels. I think I now have to send each of you a private message with your automatically generated password, which you can change. I will do that now.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] about alfresco platform

2011-03-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Daniel A. Rodriguez < daniel.armando.rodrig...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You will need two things: an account for each person who wants access, > and a > >> Spanish section on the website. > > >> I am supposed to be able to set these up for you, but I have not learned

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: about alfresco platform

2011-03-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:18 AM, jucasaca wrote: > Hi, Hal > I'd like to be a user inthe Spanish secction too > regards > > We would like to put your real name in the system. Is that okay? If so, what is it? Same question to CaStarCo. Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] volunteering

2011-03-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Marc Grober wrote: > David, > > I am unable to get into alfresco. > Are things stable now? Have all accounts/passwords been resolved. > The Alfresco site seems to be working okay, but we need to recreate the user accounts. I'm supposed to have the permissions to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] about alfresco platform

2011-03-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Daniel A. Rodriguez < daniel.armando.rodrig...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I'd like to know how can spanish community members can access to > alfresco platform? > > You will need two things: an account for each person who wants access, and a Spanish section on the web

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide chapters now on wiki

2011-03-25 Thread Hal Parker
As foreshadowed in an earlier note, I have now put the chapters of the Writer Guide (in both ODT and PDF) on the wiki so ordinary users can get them easily. Please feel free to mention this on the users list or anywhere else you think appropriate, because I won't get around to it. I'm hoping that

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] mistake in PDF documentation

2011-03-25 Thread Hal Parker
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Ali Kamkar wrote: > page 28: should be "Choosing options" instead of "Choosing ptions". > a snapshot of the mistake is attached. > > Despite the lack of detail in this bug report, I think I can track down this error and fix it. I'm fairly sure it's in Ch2 of Getti

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Open Help Conference

2011-03-25 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Shaun McCance wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm organizing the Open Help Conference this June. It's a gathering of > documentation and support people from various open source and community > projects. There are already participants who contribute to projects like > Firefox

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide status & question re angle brackets in paths

2011-03-25 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > On 3/19/2011 8:20 PM, Hal Parker wrote: > >> I am now turning my attention to the Calc Guide, which Barbara has >> rebranded >> from the OOo version. I've started replacing images and checking for info

[libreoffice-documentation] Calc Guide status & question re angle brackets in paths

2011-03-19 Thread Hal Parker
I am now turning my attention to the Calc Guide, which Barbara has rebranded from the OOo version. I've started replacing images and checking for info that is incorrect for LibO. One question, regarding the path indicators (angle bracket > versus arrow): the consensus awhile ago appeared to be tha

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status

2011-03-19 Thread Hal Parker
I have made a pass through the chapters of the Writer Guide and replaced all of the pictures I could identify as showing OOo instead of LibO information or which were out of date in some other way, with one exception. If the only thing different was the icons used for different ODF files (i.e., the

[libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco site offline again

2011-03-18 Thread Hal Parker
The Alfresco site appears to be down again. I think I have all the latest Writer Guide chapters, so I'll continue to do screenshots as I have the time, and upload them when the site it back again. (I've done Chapters 1, 2, and 3, but the site went down before I could get Ch3 uploaded.) When I had

[libreoffice-documentation] Missing (?) fields in Tools > Options dialog

2011-03-16 Thread Hal Parker
I'm updating Chapter 2 of the Writer Guide, following John Długosz's review. John has mentioned some missing fields on two pages of the Tools > Options dialog, but I do not see these fields in any of my installs (Mac, WindXP, Ubuntu). I'm wondering if perhaps they are only present under specific co

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Writer Guide recovery

2011-03-14 Thread Hal Parker
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Hal Parker wrote: > I have now recreated spaces for the stages of development and review of the > Writer Guide in Alfresco and moved the recovered chapters into the relevant > spaces. Chapters 1, 2, 3 are in Drafts and all the others are in Reviewed. I

[libreoffice-documentation] Ping: John Długosz re Writer Guide Chapter 4

2011-03-14 Thread Hal Parker
John, The last I noticed, you had Writer Guide Chapter 4 checked out. Are you working on it, and if so when might we expect it back? Thanks. Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All

[libreoffice-documentation] Screen captures for user guides

2011-03-14 Thread Hal Parker
When I've finished sorting out the user guide files on Alfresco -- or when I get bored, which may occur first -- I'll start doing screen captures using Ubuntu with a theme that looks much like WinXP silver. It's quite neutral, prints nicely in black and white, and is compatible with screen captures

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide recovery

2011-03-14 Thread Hal Parker
I have now recreated spaces for the stages of development and review of the Writer Guide in Alfresco and moved the recovered chapters into the relevant spaces. Chapters 1, 2, 3 are in Drafts and all the others are in Reviewed. I put all the files that appeared to be earlier versions (those with a,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco site offline?

2011-03-09 Thread Hal Parker
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > I am such a packrat that I probably have copies of the latest iteration > of every English-language chapter of the LibreOffice user guides (and > many of the related files, such as the template, that were in the > "other" section) on th

[libreoffice-documentation] Can't login to Alfresco site

2011-03-08 Thread Hal Parker
David, Now the Alfresco site is loading (unlike the last time I tried it, a few days ago), but I can't login. May be a password problem. Perhaps a p/w reset will fix? Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/

[libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco site offline?

2011-03-05 Thread Hal Parker
For several hours now, whenever I attempt to reach alfresco.libreoffice.org, I get a 503 "Service Temporarily Unavailable" message: "The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later." Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Problem with List box form control properties

2011-02-22 Thread Hal Parker
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Hal Parker wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:33 PM, TomW wrote:Hello > >> >> To create a list for a 'Listbox' or Combobox': >> >> On 'Control' toolbar select 'Design View' >> Right Click

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Problem with List box form control properties

2011-02-21 Thread Hal Parker
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:33 PM, TomW wrote:Hello > > To create a list for a 'Listbox' or Combobox': > > On 'Control' toolbar select 'Design View' > Right Click on Listbox control: Select 'Control' > 'General' tab > Scroll down to 'List Entries' > Type in first entry. e.g. Tom > Shift Enter > Ty

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Barbara D: Writer Guide Master Doc chapter

2011-02-21 Thread Hal Parker
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > On 2/21/2011 6:12 PM, Hal Parker wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: >> >> On 2/17/2011 10:46 PM, Hal Parker wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Barbara D: Writer Guide Master Doc chapter

2011-02-21 Thread Hal Parker
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > On 2/21/2011 3:07 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > >> On 2/17/2011 10:46 PM, Hal Parker wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Jean Hollis Weber>> >wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, 2011-02-1

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Barbara D: Writer Guide Master Doc chapter

2011-02-21 Thread Hal Parker
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > On 2/17/2011 10:46 PM, Hal Parker wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Jean Hollis Weber> >wrote: >> >> On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 14:20 +1000, Hal Parker wrote: >>> >>>> Barbara, i

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Problem with List box form control properties

2011-02-21 Thread Hal Parker
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 1:21 PM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > Pass. Maybe it's worth asking this question on the devs list. They'd > probably give you quick and helpful answers. > > David Nelson > > Sorry, I'm not going to join the devs list (no time for another list), so I hope someone else

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: "Record macro" not available?

2011-02-19 Thread Hal Parker
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 8:36 AM, JDługosz wrote: > > I noticed that mentioned under "Experimental". > > So, what have I been using in OOo all these years? The Record Macro feature was and still is a normal feature in OOo, which AFAIK doesn't have an "experimental" subset. This probably has som

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Writer Guide reviews

2011-02-19 Thread Hal Parker
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 8:43 AM, JDługosz wrote: > > I should point out that it doesn't have to be reviewed by one person or all > at once. > > Anyone can flip through some of a chapter and double-check and accept all > the typo fixes and formatting fixes, like stray letters that have been set >

[libreoffice-documentation] Problem with List box form control properties

2011-02-18 Thread Hal Parker
When attempting to define the list of items to appear in a List box form control, Barbara and I can't work out how to get the list items to be selectable in a drop-down list. The instructions in Chapter 15 of the Writer Guide don't work: the whole list appears on one line when the dropdown arrow is

[libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice 3.3.1 Release Candidate 2

2011-02-18 Thread Hal Parker
LibO 3.3.1 is a bugfix release. RC2 is now available. Is anyone on the Docs team using it? Should we be using it in preference to 3.3.0? As a bugfix release is it likely to have new features? Wish I had time to keep up with some of the other lists; I might know the answers to my own questions. ;-)

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide reviews

2011-02-18 Thread Hal Parker
>From what I've seen, JDlugosz is doing a great job of suggesting improvements to the Writer Guide, but responding adequately to some of those suggestions (especially those regarding rewriting sections) will slow down production of the first edition quite a bit. I suggest that we make those change

[libreoffice-documentation] "Record macro" not available?

2011-02-18 Thread Hal Parker
Neither Barbara nor I have been able to access the "Record macro" command on the Tools > Macros menu. Does anyone know why this is disabled (greyed out)? And, more importantly, how I can enable it? I have looked in my settings to see if some option is set to prevent using this feature, but I can't

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Barbara D: Writer Guide Master Doc chapter

2011-02-17 Thread Hal Parker
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 14:20 +1000, Hal Parker wrote: > > Barbara, in your review of the Writer Guide chapter on master documents, > in > > the section on splitting a document into master and subdocs, youleft a > not

[libreoffice-documentation] Barbara D: Writer Guide Master Doc chapter

2011-02-17 Thread Hal Parker
Barbara, in your review of the Writer Guide chapter on master documents, in the section on splitting a document into master and subdocs, youleft a note to say that you did not see the "separated by:" list on the Name and Path of Master Document dialog box; all you saw was "template". I have now te

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Terminology: "selecting" is not enough!

2011-02-17 Thread Hal Parker
What terms does the LibreOffice Help use? I thought that was our main terminology selection criterion. Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archiv

[libreoffice-documentation] Guest access to draft user guides on Alfresco site?

2011-02-17 Thread Hal Parker
David or someone, please refresh my memory: Can people without logins to the "working" Alfresco site get to the draft user guide chapters? If so, how? I just tried logging in with username and password of "Guest" but could not view anything other than a "Guest Home" space. David, I know that you h

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fw: [libreoffice-users] Writer's Guide not on English pages, but in Spanish version

2011-02-17 Thread Hal Parker
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > > > - Forwarded Message > From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions > To: "us...@libreoffice.org" > Sent: Thu, 17 February, 2011 15:15:39 > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Writer's Guide not on English pages, but in > Spanish > vers

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] First pass complete

2011-02-14 Thread Hal Parker
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:18 PM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > > On the same principle, I don't think we should delay the first edition of > > the Writer Guide only to update the screenshots; IMO we should publish > the > > chapters ASAP and move on, returning to fiddle with pix when we're doi

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] First pass complete

2011-02-14 Thread Hal Parker
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 2:47 PM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:10, Hal Parker wrote: > > Fortunately, many of the screenshots are already from Linux (usually > > Ubuntu), and many others are o/s neutral (for example, bits of a > spreadsheet

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] First pass complete

2011-02-14 Thread Hal Parker
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:26 PM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 02:44, Barbara Duprey wrote: > > I'm on Windows 7, David. There are probably going to be a large number of > > graphics replacements needed -- even beyond the OOo refs, there appear to > be > > significant

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Icon differences

2011-02-13 Thread Hal Parker
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 15:05 +1000, Hal Parker wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Hal Parker > wrote: > > > > > I'm going through the Writer Guide chapter on graphics, and I notice > that >

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Icon differences

2011-02-13 Thread Hal Parker
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Hal Parker wrote: > I'm going through the Writer Guide chapter on graphics, and I notice that > Barbara has commented in several places about the icons in the file being > different from the ones you see. The most likely cause is that the options &g

[libreoffice-documentation] Icon differences

2011-02-13 Thread Hal Parker
I'm going through the Writer Guide chapter on graphics, and I notice that Barbara has commented in several places about the icons in the file being different from the ones you see. The most likely cause is that the options are set to use the "automatic" set of icons, which varies with the operating

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

2011-02-11 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 4:42 PM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 14:13, Marc Paré wrote: > > Thanks for doing this. Should we be doing anything about this? Does this > > mean that there are now 2 copies, one of which could be updated and the > > other could be left behin

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

2011-02-11 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Marc Paré wrote: > Le 2011-02-12 00:40, David Nelson a écrit : > > Hi Marc, :-) >> >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibreOffice_Tri-fold_Reference.odt >> >> I guess it would be better to link directly to the content rather than >> a specific page? >> >>

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

2011-02-11 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Marc Paré wrote: > Le 2011-02-12 00:39, Jeremy Cartwright a écrit : > >> On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:05:22 -0500 >> Marc Paré wrote: >> >> Yikes! This page has changed and the marketing team was linking the >>> reference card on its conference kit wiki page. Can anyo

[libreoffice-documentation] Fonts, highlighting etc in user guides

2011-02-11 Thread Hal Parker
I haven't been closely following the details of the discussion on fonts, arrows vs >, highlighting (italics, bold, etc), but I have some concerns to note. IMO the criterion should be: do the differences add GENUINE VALUE for the user, so the changes are genuinely worth the time it takes for writer

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] General Options documentation

2011-02-11 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 8:25 AM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 05:45, Hal Parker wrote: > > For me, a logical place would be a space called "Common Files" under > "en". > > OK, I set that up. > > > I couldn't f

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] General Options documentation

2011-02-11 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:30 AM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > > How would this work in practice on the Alfresco site? Where would the > common > > files be stored, and (more importantly) how would they be referenced in > the > > linked sections? And how would that work when someone has downlo

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] General Options documentation

2011-02-11 Thread Hal Parker
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:22 AM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 19:51, Jean Weber wrote: > > The plan for the OOo docs is to put common material into files which > > are then linked into the chapters in various books, so any edits would > > be done in one place but the m

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Identification of documents across languages

2011-02-11 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:59 AM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > My *personal* view of the basic principles of a versioning system for > English documentation would be this: > > 1) The versioning system should be totally independent of Alfresco's > versioning, and should be maintained manually b

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / my role

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > What I've found is that the only step that takes significant amounts of > time is checking the figures -- I get through all the other stuff in less > than half an hour, and the majority of that is changing the > signs to > arrows in OOoCom

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] login for Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
which setting do > you > choose; plain-text, html or docbook or something else? > > Many thanks for helping me there! It's a relief! > Thanks and regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > > From: Hal Parker > To: documentati

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] login for Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
That explains why some of our recent exchanges have seemed to me to be a bit "in different universes". Doesn't sound like you've been bad. David asked for help with the website, and you're helping. Silverstripe is what you/we use for editing the website. Alfresco is where the user docs (and a few

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] login for Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
so i can edit without having to do the login > process > ?? > > Weird but nice :) > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ____ > From: Hal Parker > To: documentation@libreoffice.org > Sent: Sat, 29 January, 2011 11:08:54 > Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
Does this list create hundreds? I hadn't noticed that many, though today has been a bit more active than most days. (I don't subscribe to any of the other lists because of the numbers of emails.) Hal On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Perhaps it should be an option? Tick to s

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] login for Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
Are you talking about the *website* or about Alfresco? I haven't used the website enough to know if it will allow me to stay logged in, but Alfresco (and the wiki) keep kicking me off. Hal On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hal, > > I stayed logged in to 1 page overnight! I

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Andreas Mantke wrote: > If the adapted documents from ODFAuthors should be translated into other > languages, > they had to be published outside Alfresco (wiki, website) in > ODF-Fileformat. As Jean just posted, published docs are going on the wiki. > It is >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / our role

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
And I still totally HATE HATE HATE the way Alfresco keeps logging me off. Grrr, snarl. Hal On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Hal Parker wrote: > Well, I've done that particular topic now, and I'll be uploading the > chapter soon and moving on to another one. > > Hal >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / our role

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
want ;) > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > ____ > From: Hal Parker > To: documentation@libreoffice.org > Sent: Sat, 29 January, 2011 9:20:59 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / our role > > Things lik

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Andreas Mantke wrote: > Hi Tom, *, > > there is a world outside Alfresco inside our OpenSource-Project! > > Am Samstag, 29. Januar 2011, 10:28:31 schrieb Tom Davies: > > Hi :) > > > > I think David and all have got Alfresco organised very well already and > are >

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Online help online?

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Nino Novak wrote: > On Saturday 29 January 2011 10:30, Hal Parker wrote: > > I'm sure I read recently that the online help is available online > > (wiki, perhaps?) but I've lost track of where it is. > > > > Can someone remin

[libreoffice-documentation] Online help online?

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
I'm sure I read recently that the online help is available online (wiki, perhaps?) but I've lost track of where it is. Can someone remind me where to find it, please? Thanks. Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoff

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / our role

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
and skip the write up until next time? > > > Regards from > Tom :) > > ---------- > *From:* Hal Parker > *To:* documentation@libreoffice.org > *Sent:* Sat, 29 January, 2011 8:51:27 > *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / o

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / my role

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:43 PM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi Hal, :-) > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:38, Hal Parker wrote: > > The one thing I am definitely NOT doing is changing the borders and the > row > > colours in tables of data. Now that the OOo books have their ta

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / our role

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
I'm working on Chapter 4, Formatting Pages. I thought I'd be done by now, but I've found what I think is a feature that's not in OOo: Format > Title Page, and I want to write it up. Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.li

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] How to stop emails from CMS?

2011-01-29 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 3:20 PM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > I am not aware of any way to change this. You'd have to go on the > website list and pester Christian Lohmaier about it. > > My only solution is to set a filter of some kind in your mail client. > > HTH, but I imagine it doesn't mu

[libreoffice-documentation] Writer Guide status / my role

2011-01-28 Thread Hal Parker
I plan to keep working my way through the Writer Guide chapters in the Drafts space. When Barbara and I finish with them, I plan to start reviewing the ones she has put in the Review space. With any luck, those can go directly to Proofing. I am not paying much attention to terminological consisten

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Draft Writer Guide files on the wiki

2011-01-28 Thread Hal Parker
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Ron Faile wrote: > On 1/27/2011 11:49 PM, Hal Parker wrote: > >> I was under the impression (which could well be wrong) that the working >> files for Writer are now the ones in Alfresco, and the Alfresco files are >> not being copied t

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [ ] vs <>

2011-01-28 Thread Hal Parker
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > Aaargh, i think the correct term is [chuckle] using <> means keep doing > whatever > until a relevant ends it. > I should have said . Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listar

[libreoffice-documentation] How to stop emails from CMS?

2011-01-28 Thread Hal Parker
Now that I have access to the website, I'm getting messages whenever someone changes any page. How can I stop these emails? Or at least restrict them to pages that I might choose to "watch" or have made changes to myself? Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.

[libreoffice-documentation] Draft Writer Guide files on the wiki

2011-01-27 Thread Hal Parker
I was under the impression (which could well be wrong) that the working files for Writer are now the ones in Alfresco, and the Alfresco files are not being copied to the wiki (at least not until publication). If the Writer Guide files on the wiki are indeed not being updated from the Alfresco file

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Incorrect Terminology for Installing on a Mac

2011-01-27 Thread Hal Parker
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:24 PM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:31, Hal Parker wrote: > > If I can figure out how to upload a file, I'll do that. I'm sure it's not > > difficult, just one more thing to learn. :-) > > Wha

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Incorrect Terminology for Installing on a Mac

2011-01-27 Thread Hal Parker
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:14 PM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi Hal, Jeremy :-) > > I upgraded your permissions to Publisher. When you feel your content > is ready, you can publish straight to the Web. > > @Hal: a possible to-do: You worked on compiling a book of the Getting > Started Guide. I still hav

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Incorrect Terminology for Installing on a Mac

2011-01-27 Thread Hal Parker
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Michael Wheatland < mich...@wheatland.com.au> wrote: > > Having done this page, I don't think I will get very involved in website > > work. Learning to use Silverlight AND Alfresco AND LibreOffice itself is > > overloading my brain. ;-) So I'll concentrate my limi

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