I've downloaded the drafts and intend to read. Unfortunately, I am not a particularly good copy editor, but I am willing to mark and report what I find. How do I learn the process for this?
Cheers, tod Tod Hopkins Hillmann & Carr Inc. todhopkins-at-hillmanncarr.com On Aug 9, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Dan wrote: > T Hopkins wrote: >> The ribbon interface is definitely MO's big vulnerability. >> >> I would also argue that continuing development and promotion of Base is >> important. In >> particular, decreasing the accessibility curve and making the usefulness of >> Base more >> apparent to users. >> >> Cheers, tod >> >> Tod Hopkins Hillmann & Carr Inc. todhopkins-at-hillmanncarr.com > > I agree. But where are the people who are willing to write the Base > Guide? This takes time. I have been working on this project since OOo 2.0. > (OK, I may be rather slow.) I just completed a rewrite of chapter 2 this > afternoon. Rewrites of Ch 3 & 4 should take less time. Furthermore, there are > very few volunteers to review my work. Then they need to be proof read for > grammar, spelling, etc. > > --Dan > >> On Aug 9, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: >> >>> On 08/09/2012 02:43 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: >>>> On 08/08/12 22:26, T Hopkins wrote: >>>>> The difference in cost of the initial license, when considered from the >>>>> full >>>>> deployment/productivity calculation of an IT manager, is often not the >>>>> deciding >>>>> factor. The primary cost of changing software is not the license, but >>>>> installation, configuration, training, and lost productivity during >>>>> conversion. >>>> >>>> The total costs of all that would be FAR lower by converting from Office >>>> 2003 or >>>> any of its predecessors to LO compared to converting to Office >>>> 2007/2010.....users >>>> could at least get going almost immediately with LO whereas the new ribbon >>>> seemed >>>> to be almost unfathomable to a lot of people, so yes, going from one >>>> version of MS >>>> Office to a SIMILAR version (as in Office XP to Office 2003 or Office 2007 >>>> to 2010) >>>> I agree. Going from a menu-based Office to a ribbon-based Office no, I >>>> don't >>>> agree. >>>> >>> AFAIK, MSO 2007/2010 are the only major packages that use the ribbon >>> interface. All >>> other recent Windows software I have seen still uses the traditional menus. >>> IMHO most >>> users can adapt to a reasonable menu layout fairly quickly; it is more >>> about finding >>> how to access a command than fighting the interface and finding the command. >>> >>> I would expect most users could "learn" the LO fairly quickly because it is >>> same >>> familiar menu style interface they are using on most packages. >>> >>> The total cost to install includes rolling out the software to the users. >>> If a >>> company is not planning a major office suite roll out then converting to >>> any other >>> suite will not occur. The ideal time to convert an organization is when >>> they are >>> planning to replace their current suite. Then the a comparison of all costs >>> makes >>> sense. >>> >>> -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com >>> >>> > >> > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted