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

[Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com>]

I've given you Author privileges on the blog. If we find that you need more, I'll upgrade it to Editor. I don't remember exactly what each level can do.

Looking forward to your first contribution!

--Jean

On 11/06/2012, at 4:46, Lailah <lailahfsf@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> 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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