Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Weird stuff department: Why everything needs last-minute checking

[Lailah <lailahfsf@gmail.com>]

I would like to add some little how-tos or advices about 
LibreOffice usage, especially in Writer.  Just this, a little help.


Regards
Lailah

On Dom 10 Jun 2012 13:53:22 Jean Weber escribió:
> Sorry about the delaying replying. You are talking about the 
Docs Team's
> blog on Wordpress.com, I assume. I'm happy to add you there 
but I don't
> usually grant admin privileges until someone has participated 
for while. Is
> there a special reason why you want or need admin access to 
the blog?
> 
> Jean
> 
> On 07/06/2012, at 5:27, Lailah <lailahfsf@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry about the question but...  Somebody gave me admin
> > permissions for these wordpress?  My user is viajeramental.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks and apologies
> > Sylvia
> > 
> > On Mar 05 Jun 2012 21:52:41 Jean Weber escribió:
> >> I usually blog about new stuff on libodocs.wordpress.com so 
it
> > 
> > gets on
> > 
> >> the planet, but other publicity is good too. And you are so 
right:
> >> anyone can pick up things like this, if they pay attention. 
Don't
> > 
> > even
> > 
> >> need to know a thing about the software!
> >> 
> >> --Jean
> >> 
> >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Tom Davies
> > 
> > <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>> Hi :)
> >>> A lot of this could be picked up by anyone, however new to
> > 
> > the team.  It
> > 
> >>> just needs someone other than the author (or whoever has
> > 
> > just done a lot
> > 
> >>> of work on the chapter/guide).  Hazel is brilliant and goes 
into
> > 
> > a LOT of
> > 
> >>> detail but perhaps we need a more informal "quick squint
> > 
> > test" or
> > 
> >>> something.
> >>> 
> >>> I think this team does usually do this anyway.  Usually when
> > 
> > chapters or
> > 
> >>> books get uploaded to the wiki i make a point of telling the
> > 
> > Users List
> > 
> >>> and Tim of KrackedPress fame so that they can have a 
quick
> > 
> > look or come
> > 
> >>> back with problems they spot.  They hardly ever grumble
> > 
> > about any of the
> > 
> >>> documentation tho so i got lazy and  didn't do this with Draw
> > 
> > or Impress.
> > 
> >>> Someone had a brilliant idea of making an announcement 
to
> > 
> > the entire
> > 
> >>> community and it might be a good idea to do that when 
guides
> > 
> > are uploaded
> > 
> >>> to the wiki?  It still might be  good idea to let soem of the lists
> > 
> > know
> > 
> >>> when individual chapters are released but when guides are
> > 
> > uploaded an
> > 
> >>> community wide announcement would be great. Apols and
> > 
> > regards from
> > 
> >>> Tom :)
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> --- On Mon, 4/6/12, Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com>
> > 
> > wrote:
> >>> From: Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com>
> > 
> >>> Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Weird stuff 
department:
> > Why
> > 
> >>> everything needs last-minute checking To:
> >>> Documentation@global.libreoffice.org
> >>> Date: Monday, 4 June, 2012, 1:40
> >>> 
> >>> The ToC in the Draw 3.4 Guide is missing the Preface and
> > 
> > hence has
> > 
> >>> wrong page numbers for the rest of the book, but the 
really
> > 
> > weird bit
> > 
> >>> is that the page numbering restarts in Chapter 3. The 
actual
> > 
> > page
> > 
> >>> numbers in the document are correct. I'm not sure what
> > 
> > caused that
> > 
> >>> weirdness (other than the ToC not being updated before 
the
> > 
> > PDF was
> > 
> >>> created), but I certainly should have noticed it. And I 
probably
> >>> should have put the "release candidate" out for others to
> > 
> > check, but I
> > 
> >>> didn't...
> >>> 
> >>> This is not a big deal, but it does point out the need for us 
to
> > 
> > have
> > 
> >>> more quality assurance on our books... but that QA needs 
to
> > 
> > be on a
> > 
> >>> fast turnaround as well as thorough. I wonder who might 
have
> > 
> > noticed
> > 
> >>> the ToC was wrong? (Hazel, probably.) Does anyone else
> > 
> > actually look
> > 
> >>> through a ToC when final-proofing a book? I usually do, 
when
> > 
> > it's
> > 
> >>> someone else's book; but when it's a book I've done, I just
> > 
> > don't
> > 
> >>> notice things.
> >>> 
> >>> When I get a chance, I'll regenerate the ToC and the PDF 
and
> > 
> > hope
> > 
> >>> nothing else goes weird. ;-)
> >>> 
> >>> --Jean
> >>> 
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