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

2011-02-20 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-02-20 01:30, Sophie Gautier a écrit : The l10n teams have already style guides, glossaries, terminology and TMX files. I can send you the French ones if you like (l10nFR section is not up so not available for LO currently, only for OOo). They are available to the Documentation and

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

2011-02-20 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Marc, On 20/02/2011 11:31, Marc Paré wrote: [...] Thanks Sophie for this information. So, the point here it that there is no central location where we can find this information on our wiki. When people were with OOo, was this information posted publicly on the OOo wiki? Or is it just files

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

2011-02-20 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-02-20 03:40, Sophie Gautier a écrit : Hi Marc, On 20/02/2011 11:31, Marc Paré wrote: [...] Thanks Sophie for this information. So, the point here it that there is no central location where we can find this information on our wiki. When people were with OOo, was this information posted

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

2011-02-20 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Marc, On 20/02/2011 11:50, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2011-02-20 03:40, Sophie Gautier a écrit : Hi Marc, On 20/02/2011 11:31, Marc Paré wrote: [...] Thanks Sophie for this information. So, the point here it that there is no central location where we can find this information on our wiki. When

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

2011-02-19 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 2/17/2011 10:12 PM, Hal Parker wrote: What terms does the LibreOffice Help use? I thought that was our main terminology selection criterion. Hal The things we're discussing here are, I think, too context-sensitive to be readily searchable. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

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

2011-02-19 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) Yes, we had the discussion about what variety of Engish to use a while back. The consensus at the time was US spelling and terminology. IMHO, one of the biggest aids to comprehensibility is careful and thoughtful punctation. But I also try not to be lazy in my English and to be careful

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

2011-02-19 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-02-19 22:05, David Nelson a écrit : Hi, :-) Yes, we had the discussion about what variety of Engish to use a while back. The consensus at the time was US spelling and terminology. IMHO, one of the biggest aids to comprehensibility is careful and thoughtful punctation. But I also try

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

2011-02-19 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Marc, On 20/02/2011 06:37, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2011-02-19 22:05, David Nelson a écrit : Hi, :-) Yes, we had the discussion about what variety of Engish to use a while back. The consensus at the time was US spelling and terminology. IMHO, one of the biggest aids to comprehensibility is

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

2011-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
@libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 18 February, 2011 3:46:02 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Terminology: selecting is not enough! On 2/17/2011 8:36 PM, JDługosz wrote: Barbara Duprey wrote: I have another problem with the enabled/disabled terminology -- I think it can easily be misunderstood

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

2011-02-18 Thread Tom Davies
: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Terminology: selecting is not enough! Activate/Deactivate works for me. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Terminology-selecting-is-not-enough-tp2507713p2523914.html Sent from the Documentation mailing list archive at Nabble.com

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

2011-02-18 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Hal, On 18/02/2011 07:12, Hal Parker wrote: What terms does the LibreOffice Help use? I thought that was our main terminology selection criterion. I didn't read all the thread, what are the terms you're searching for? - select - mark - check - ?? are there others? Kind regards sophie --

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

2011-02-17 Thread JDługosz
Activate/Deactivate works for me. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Terminology-selecting-is-not-enough-tp2507713p2523914.html Sent from the Documentation mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

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

2011-02-16 Thread JDługosz
Documentation and training material for USERS of GUIs specify it like that. The distinction might be more noticeable if you are not using the mouse. Like I said, in some contexts it is clear, and in other phrasing it is wrong. I'd rather be consistent and avoid the problem. -- View this message