Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: No help in LO

[Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>]

Hi :P
Easy tiger!  I wasn't insulting anyone except, perhaps, those people that make html or even wiki-mark-up sound intimidating.  
Regards from
Tom :)  


--- On Sat, 14/7/12, Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: No help in LO
To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Saturday, 14 July, 2012, 16:47

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Most of the Docs Team avoids wiki-mark-up because the term "mark-up" sounds vaguely similar to html and html sounds too much like coding.


IMO that statement is complete rubbish and almost insulting.
Otherwise, I agree: people can get involved doing whatever they feel
comfortable with, whether on wiki, or video, or the user guides in
their present form, or the Help, or whatever.

Jean
Documentation Team Leader
(currently at the Community Leadership Summit in Portland, Oregon)


>  Those that do try it find it 'remarkably' easy but then get swept-up back into doing the guides.
>
> Help with the wiki would be much appreciated or directly with the guides would be really great.
> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/documenters/
>
> I am not sure if this wiki-page is at all useful but it might be
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Team
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> --- On Sat, 14/7/12, Anthony Easthope <antisocky@myopera.com> wrote:
>
> From: Anthony Easthope <antisocky@myopera.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: No help in LO
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Saturday, 14 July, 2012, 8:09
>
> By bundle I kind of envisaged all of the webpages collated together in a
> pdf or something like that, I will definitely join!.
> I am also a graphic designer & music producer in my spare time going by
> the Alias "Antisocky"
> If you google my alias you will find some of my work.
> any way I really wish there was a way in which I could truly contribute
> as LO has been such an asset to me during this year at school!
>
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, at 07:46 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
>> Hi :)
>> The Docs Team rarely gets involved in any coding!  You are welcome to
>> join their team and help out there!  It's not easy to figure-out how to
>> start being active but once you do it's reasonably easy to get stuck into
>> work without having to worry about that sort of thing.
>>
>> I'm not completely sure what you mean by "bundled".  The individual
>> chapters are bundled into complete books but i think you mean something
>> else.
>> Regards from
>> Tom :)
>>
>>
>> --- On Sat, 14/7/12, Anthony Easthope <antisocky@myopera.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Anthony Easthope <antisocky@myopera.com>
>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: No help in LO
>> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
>> Date: Saturday, 14 July, 2012, 5:43
>>
>> As an after thought is there a way in which one could collaborate the
>> online documentation into a bundle?
>> I would be willing to lend a hand if there was no coding involved :P
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2012, at 11:56 AM, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
>> > Tom, et al,
>> > I might also add that I have read a few of the manuals, such as Writer,
>> > Calc, Base and Draw and, although it is very good compared to, say, the
>> > OO 2.4 era, it sometimes states to use Help for more information or
>> > details. So, Help is needed to be complete. I have used Help
>> > occasionally and you are right in that sometimes it is incomplete or
>> > downright incorrect, but it is better than trial and error.
>> > Girvin Herr
>> >
>> >
>> > Tom Davies wrote:
>> > > Hi :)
>> > > Lol, that is not complete disagreement! I agree it's handy to have both but if you are missing the built-in help then "view it as a feature not a bug".  Afaik the Help was last updated for the 3.3.0 and there have been quite a few changes since then.Â
>> > > Regards from
>> > > Tom :)Â
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --- On Fri, 13/7/12, Pedro <pedlino@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > From: Pedro <pedlino@gmail.com>
>> > > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: No help in LO
>> > > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
>> > > Date: Friday, 13 July, 2012, 10:53
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Tom wrote
>> > >
>> > >> Forget the help.Â
>> > >> ...
>> > >> The help is growing a bit ragged around the edges as it is getting
>> > >> out-dated quite fast.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > I disagree completely. Do get the offline help. It is a quite efficient and
>> > > handy quick reference for LibreOffice even if it is(?) outdated.
>> > >
>> > > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=win-x86〈=en-GB&version=3.5.5
>> > >
>> > > (notice the second button)
>> > >
>> > > I agree with Tom the Publications are VERY good, but it's not exactly the
>> > > same as pressing F1
>> > >
>> > > --

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