Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-28 Thread toki
On 06/28/2015 03:33 AM, David Allen wrote: “* Excluding people whose legal residence is in a jurisdiction that prohibits them to do these tasks, unless they are being paid to do so.” What does that mean? Someone somewhere in the world would be legally prohibited from volunteering? In a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-28 Thread Jean Weber
I'm glad you did send it here. It's useful feedback. Your other note is also very useful. Thanks. It's long past time for the project to look carefully at the intersection of what users want and what we can provide. FWIW, some other history: the main reasons we've been focusing on the user

[libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-27 Thread David Allen
Hi All, Sorry, but this is a rather long email. It's a loose compilation of answers to the following four questions: 1) Does anyone EVER look at the pdf documentation? If not, why not? 2) Does anyone EVER click the F1 key for help? If not, why not? 3) Do you see any overall issues concerning

[libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-27 Thread David Allen
Hi All, Sorry, I meant to send my last email to the users group, not here. I will send it there now. David -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more:

[libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-27 Thread David Allen
Hi all, Below (far below) is a compilation of answers to several questions I had about LibreOffice's documentation and processes. I have a few remarks at this time (more later): A couple of people (those from the User group as well), talked about video. I have to say that I think that thinking

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-26 Thread Jean Weber
On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 5:10 AM, toki toki.kant...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/26/2015 07:52 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: wiki help is supposed to allow an easier transition into allowing volunteers to write help documentation, but again, knowing where to put stuff, and learning to use mediawiki is an

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-26 Thread toki
On 06/26/2015 07:52 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: wiki help is supposed to allow an easier transition into allowing volunteers to write help documentation, but again, knowing where to put stuff, and learning to use mediawiki is an extra hurdle for a lot of I had forgotten that it used MediaWiki.

[libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-26 Thread Jean Weber
On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com javascript:; wrote: On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 5:10 AM, toki toki.kant...@gmail.com javascript:; wrote: On 06/26/2015 07:52 AM, Alex Thurgood wrote: wiki help is supposed to allow an easier transition into allowing volunteers to

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-25 Thread Sophie
Hi all, Le 25/06/2015 03:14, toki a écrit : On 06/25/2015 12:40 AM, Dave Barton wrote: How it is created Painfully :) Going by the comments in email list about creating the helpfile, I suspect that painfully is a major understatement. We are reviving the old extension to handle

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-24 Thread Dave Barton
My responses are given in-line with your original message. Original Message From: David Allen To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 18:44:57 -0400 Hi Jonathon and Jean (and everyone else), I've been using LibreOffice for years as a PortableApp

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-24 Thread toki
On 06/25/2015 12:40 AM, Dave Barton wrote: How it is created Painfully :) Going by the comments in email list about creating the helpfile, I suspect that painfully is a major understatement. The dev guide to creating help files can be found here:

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-24 Thread Jean Weber
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:44 AM, David Allen daa.li...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jonathon and Jean (and everyone else), I've been using LibreOffice for years as a PortableApp (from PortableApps.com), and I never knew there was local online help. It apparently doesn't install with the Portable

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-24 Thread David Allen
Hi Jonathon and Jean, Thanks for your replies. Sorry, I don't know German. Or any other language (Just a few words in Chinese; I lived in Taiwan for seven years). I found the _Using Assistive Technology in LibreOffice_ document. It's labeled draft 2. Do either of you know if this is this

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-24 Thread toki
On 06/24/2015 04:37 PM, David Allen wrote: Jonathon, you mentioned a good test of the functionality of the Project Management tools for Lib0. Are you talking about a specific piece of software? Over the years, individuals and organizations have submitted extensions and/or templates that

[libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-23 Thread David Allen
Hi all, I have a lot of time on my hands and so wish to contribute to LibreOffice's documentation. I have a background in publishing, computer support, database application programming, and, most recently, as Senior Technical Writer for Trend Micro for seven years. I was responsible for some of

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-23 Thread toki
On 06/23/2015 07:33 PM, David Allen wrote: I've seen the page titled User Guide Tasks ( http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development), but it's essentially empty. Is it maintained by anyone in particular? That page is more a description of how things are done, than what is

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Intro and some questions

2015-06-23 Thread Jean Weber
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:33 AM, David Allen daa.li...@gmail.com wrote: I've seen the page titled User Guide Tasks ( http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development), but it's essentially empty. Is it maintained by anyone in particular? If not, how is it updated? The User Guide