Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Proofreading of the Getting Started Guide

[Jean Hollis Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 2010-11-07, David Nelson wrote:

> I'll be uploading my proofread chapter 2 in a couple of hours.
> 
> Meanwhile, a couple of questions:
> 
> 1) For international English, I feel that "dialog box" might be a
> better choice than just "dialog". Reactions from docs people?

We've had constant debates about this at OOoAuthors. I (and a few
others) think "box" is just noise but the consensus seems to be to
continue using it. Some of the OOo books use "dialog" and some use
"dialog box" but we'll probably start moving them all to "dialog box"
while updating them.

> 2) Chapter 2 is entitled "Setting up". IMHO, for an international
> audience, I feel that "Configuration settings" or "Configuration"
> might be better. Opinions?

We tried to stick to common terms, and "setup" is, I think, commonly
used worldwide. Configuration is a more formal term that IMO sounds very
geeky to many people.

> In either case, I'll be happy to propagate the associated changes in
> the other docs if there seems to be a green light...

--Jean


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