Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/05/2013, at 21:40, Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> wrote:
>
> > IMO, the only thing I would have a problem with is p.2, third panel, The passage:
> >
> > * "The LibreOffice user interface is available in many languages, even in languages for which 
> > localized commercial software is not available. Support for over 100 languages and still 
> > counting."
> >
> > The separation of the last two lines ... the last line "languages and still counting" looks like 
> > it no longer belongs to the paragraph and we should avoid hyphenating the word "languages", By 
> > convention, we should be writing "one hundred" when writing in paragraph form which would fix 
> > the problem, but the number "100" has larger impact. I would then suggest remove the bold 
> > sentence and just make "100 languages" in bold and this still seems to bring home the point that 
> > we support over "100 languages".
>
> Marc, using spelled-out numbers in text is only "convention" if you choose to follow a style 
> guide that insists on that. In science and technology, using numerals is as much, or more, of a 
> convention, partly because numerals are more easily and quickly understood by people with English 
> as a second language. For example, our manuals use numerals for that reason.
>
> I'll look at your samples and make other comments when I get a chance.
>
> --Jean

Sorry about the delay. I looked at this yesterday, made a few tweaks
in the spacing of the leftmost column of the second page (your text
changes are fine with me), and then forgot to upload it. I've replaced
my earlier version of the US-Letter files. How is this?

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibreOfficeV.4.0.x-CommunityBrochure-GeneralInformation-USLtr_JHW.odt
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibreOfficeV.4.0.x-CommunityBrochure-GeneralInformation-USLtr_JHW.pdf

--Jean

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