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

2011-02-12 Thread John M. Dlugosz
I did an exhustive search of the available characters, and include some results in the discussion of options in my latest Template update. Basically, there is no right-arrow character that matches the typography of letters of the words it would go between, in the freely available fonts I'm

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Quick reference cards

2011-02-12 Thread John M. Dlugosz
I just looked at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibreOffice_Tri-fold_Reference.odt, and it showed me content not fitting properly on pages that were 8.5 × 11 inches with 0.79 inch margins. The page size is not set to A4, but apparently tries to use the default styles of whoever opens

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

2011-02-12 Thread John M. Dlugosz
1) The versioning system should be totally independent of Alfresco's versioning, So, every time I post an updated version of a document such that it can be freely read and used by others (e.g. update it on Alfresco), I must also manually obtain a new portable version number, put that in the

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

2011-02-12 Thread John M. Dlugosz
So the translators are required to only take the published final version? I thought they would grab changes at any time and incorporate them, as they felt like it. Certainly the released version number would be in meta-data. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

[libreoffice-documentation] Still can't use Nabble to Reply

2011-02-11 Thread John M. Dlugosz
I've submitted the request half a dozen times now, subscribed to the list (again) via the Nabble screen, and everything else anyone has suggested. Who should I pester? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org List archive:

[libreoffice-documentation] Use of '⌘' character

2011-02-09 Thread John M. Dlugosz
Using the used fonts extension, I found a few things, including use of Wingdings of all things! Searching for that, I found it used in Note for Mac users, which is present in every document and comes from the template. It turns out that the Command Key symbol is typed using the 'z' character

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Use of Nabble and/or Mail to Thread Discussion ?

2011-02-08 Thread John M. Dlugosz
On 2/7/2011 10:43 AM, David Nelson commerce-at-traduction.biz |LibreOffice Documentation Mailing List/Allow to home| wrote: Hi, :-) On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 21:54, John M. Dlugoszd6474gh...@snkmail.com wrote: So that wasn't it, or something else is up. I don't know, but I send you a load of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] What's Next?

2011-02-08 Thread John M. Dlugosz
On 2/7/2011 2:06 PM, David Nelson commerce-at-traduction.biz |LibreOffice Documentation Mailing List/Allow to home| wrote: Hi, :-) On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 03:45, Rogerio Luz Coelholuz.roge...@gmail.com wrote: Hopefully forever? If you guys feel that 10 hours is not enough then I can extend

[libreoffice-documentation] Template Thoughts and Update

2011-02-07 Thread John M. Dlugosz
I updated LibO3_3_chapter_template.ott in various. I left change tracking on, so you can see what I proposed. * It already mentions that names of books and such should use the Emphasized style. Although I recall from grade school treating the names of books and the names of stories

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Use of Nabble and/or Mail to Thread Discussion ?

2011-02-07 Thread John M. Dlugosz
On 2/6/2011 11:28 PM, John M. Dlugosz d6474ghtgy-at-snkmail.com |LibreOffice Documentation Mailing List/Allow to home| wrote: I did register with Nabble. On the Nabble screen, I clicked other options and told it to subscribe me to the list. I replied to the email it sent to confirm. I

[libreoffice-documentation] Misc. Documentation Notes

2011-02-06 Thread John M. Dlugosz
* Example, covered in Chapter 1, Introducing Writer. Should the name of another chapter be in italics or something? Or even hyperlinked? Actually, it should have a character style assigned. * Similarly, in the Writer guide under Finding and replacing text, names of UI elements are variously

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco: Notice of server restarts over the next few hours

2011-02-06 Thread John M. Dlugosz
On 2/6/2011 3:18 PM, David Nelson commerce-at-traduction.biz |LibreOffice Documentation Mailing List/Allow to home| wrote: Hi, :-) Initially, they will be sent to this list. Usually, there would not be an inordinate number of them, but we'll just have to watch, and you guys will have to tell

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Misc. Documentation Notes

2011-02-06 Thread John M. Dlugosz
On 2/6/2011 12:58 PM, Barbara Duprey Barb-at-onr.com |LibreOffice Documentation Mailing List/Allow to home| wrote: I summarized what the template itself had to say about the use of styles (see Terminology and Styles under various) -- I noted where I thought new styles looked useful. But the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Problems with my first Alfresco attempt

2011-02-06 Thread John M. Dlugosz
On 2/6/2011 8:43 AM, David Nelson commerce-at-traduction.biz |LibreOffice Documentation Mailing List/Allow to home| wrote: Hi John, :-) How is your experience with Alfresco going now? David Nelson I got it sent to drafts, but it incremented the version twice. I assume that's from the

[libreoffice-documentation] Use of Nabble and/or Mail to Thread Discussion ?

2011-02-05 Thread John M. Dlugosz
I'm following these discussions and doing the documentation editing on my laptop, which is not my main computer where I have my email set up. I can't Reply using Nabble, since it says I don't have permission (why?). I can send out a top-level message to start a new thread by sending it to the

[libreoffice-documentation] Completed Review of 0203WG3-WorkingWithText.odt

2011-02-05 Thread John M. Dlugosz
I completed my pass of 0203WG3-WorkingWithText.odt, but I still cannot Update it! So please take heed that I have a lot of work on this that is in limbo, and don't edit the same file. I found a few things that need attention (not counting graphics updates), and since the document is all or

[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Use of Nabble and/or Mail to Thread Discussio

2011-02-05 Thread John M. Dlugosz
Barbara Duprey wrote: Are you subscribed to the list, at least with -nomail? For some reason, this setup works differently than the OOo/ezmlm lists; I've seen some indications that people need the -nomail subscriptions here. I subscribed using documentation-subscr...@libeoffice.org, as the

[libreoffice-documentation] Joining the Documentation Team

2011-02-04 Thread John M. Dlugosz
Howdy, everyone! I'm an experienced technical writer, having published in numerous magazines including several covers. I'm also an experienced technical editor and copy-editor for technical material. I've been a practicing C++ developer for many years, and right now I want to turn again to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Joining the Documentation Team

2011-02-04 Thread John M. Dlugosz
On 2/4/2011 3:23 AM, David Nelson commerce-at-traduction.biz |LibreOffice Documentation Mailing List/Allow to home| wrote: Is there anything specific you'd like to work on, or would you like to be suggested some possible work waiting to be done? David Nelson I'm open to suggestions. I think

[libreoffice-documentation] Problems with my first Alfresco attempt

2011-02-04 Thread John M. Dlugosz
I clicked on Edit Offline and got: Please correct the errors below then click OK. * Unable to check out Content Node due to system error:Transaction didn't commit: 01050007 Failed to send email to:[documentationmailinglist] The file did in fact download, and there is no OK link of button.

[libreoffice-documentation] Alfresco Workflow Questions

2011-02-04 Thread John M. Dlugosz
Documents are edited, reviewed, proofed, and proofed again. So what am I supposed to do in the 'review' or 'proof' stage? Fix things myself? I think that serious content problems would get a 'comment' and sent back to drafts; likewise something that needs discussion. But typos, small

[libreoffice-documentation] Problems Updating in Alfresco

2011-02-04 Thread John M. Dlugosz
Location: /LibreOffice/LibreOffice Documentation/en/Writer/Working/Review file: '0203WG3-WorkingWithText.odt' I uploaded a new version, but got the same error sending email. I can't tell if it actually took my new version or threw it away. Assuming it was taken, y'all can see that I added