[libreoffice-users] Libre Office - Drawing

[Tom_Davies]

Hi

Yes, there is or at least there will be fairly soon (in the next few weeks).
The documentation for OpenOffice's slightly less developed Draw is also valid
although LibreOffice's Draw can also handle svg and more functionality too.

http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
The one for Draw still needs updating from it's OpenOffice roots but is
available as both pdf and odt (so you can edit it yourself on your own machine)
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/6/62/0107GS3-GettingStartedWithDraw.odt

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/8/87/0107GS3-GettingStartedWithDraw.pdf

If you would like to help the documentation team update the guide then the usual
way is to

1. Join their team, say hi and ask for an "Alfesco" login from them.
2. Download their Draw guide from Alfresco & let the list know you are working
on it so other people don't mess up what you are doing.
3. Post to their mailing list about changes you are uncertain about or about
any other issues that seem relevant.
4. Upload back to the Alfresco site, hopefully moving it on to the next step,
perhaps to the proof-reading stage! The list are helpful about this process
(it's amazingly easy apparently)
5. Let the list know you have uploaded it.

You might also be interested in other OpenSource programs, also free but more
importantly Free, such as Gimp and InkScape. Gimp is a lot more like PhotoShop
and there a huge range of add-ons to add extra functionality. It's not really
designed for vector graphics tho. Inkscape is designed mainly for vector
graphics but it's not a pretty interface. Hopefully Draw brings in useful
elements of both while keeping a nice looking interface.

http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/InstallHelp#Installing_on_a_Mac

OpenSource programs tend to work together very well and tend to be faster and
safer than proprietary equivalents. Developments tend to be faster so if you
have a problem or can think of an improvement then it's usually worth letting
people know.

Regards from
Tom

PS i think Jean has beat me to the answer and as head of documentation team her
(/his?) answer is better right now. I can't keep up with what's going on
there.

[jeanweber]

Hi Tom,

A correction: I'm not "head of the documentation team" (not even
informally); I'm just coordinating some aspects (mainly the user guides)
and tossing out ideas for others to (hopefully) run with.

And no reason you should really know about the printed books, as they
are done by a third party, Friends of OpenDocument Inc. The publisher is
actually me wearing a different hat, which some occasional help from
others. The profits from sales are held by "Friends of" for the TDF
community.

And I'm "she" (aka "she who must be obeyed" in some circles).

The links you provided are to the Getting Started chapter on Draw, not
the Draw Guide itself, which (as you note) is on Alfresco. And when
someone downloads a chapter to work on, they should "check it out" so
others know it's being worked on even if they've missed a note sent to
the list.

--Jean