Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: OpenOffice to be dumped in Freiburg ?

I contribute to LibreOffice by working on the North American Community 
DVD Project in creating English distribution DVDs.  Also I have created 
the largest [so I have been told] spell checking dictionaries for 
American English, British English, and Canadian English.  Also, I try to 
help people out on some of the lists.

There is a project that is getting started, by some of the users, to 
create a 4 page cheat sheet to help new users learn and use 
LibreOffice.  That is in the initial "idea" stage and needs help to get 
it going.

So there are options out there than could use some people who do not 
have any programming skills, or marketing skills.  If you have the 
ability to explain how things are done in LibreOffice and get that down 
on paper, you are needed.  I know that the documentation people are 
looking for people to do various things.  Heck, if you can go to the 
NA-DVD project and help make it better, I would be most grateful.

Tim L.
webmaster@libreoffice-na.us
http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.6-installs/install.html


On 11/19/2012 08:34 AM, Carl Paulsen wrote:
> Thanks, Regina.  I know there are other ways to contribute, but I 
> don't necessarily know what they are.  Templates is one way, but the 
> real issue I see is going from MSO to LO/OO.  We can't control the 
> other end.
>
> So is there a simple list of SPECIFIC ways users can contribute 
> (templates is a good example) that is easily found?  I've seen some 
> general lists of how to contribute, but I haven't searched much for 
> more specifics.  In any case it should probably be front and center on 
> the website (again, not the develop, donate $$, etc. generic list, but 
> more specifics).
>
> Carl
>
>
> On 11/19/12 8:09 AM, Regina Henschel wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Carl Paulsen schrieb:
> > > In practical use, I would NOT say LO (or OOo) has a "high" file
> > > compatibility with MS Office.  Virtually every file I receive from MS
> > > Office users has some kind of problem (bullet lists almost NEVER 
> > > convert
> > > correctly, at least from MSO to LO).  I'm only an occasional Office
> > > suite user so I put up with it (plus I'm on a Mac), but I've never been
> > > able to convince others to use LO for this reason alone. And I mostly
> > > work with non-profits who, for several reasons, should be avid LO 
> > > users.
> > >
> > > I also realize MSO, with it's market share, stands only to gain from
> > > keeping it's formatting a moving target.  With that in mind, I just
> > > can't imagine how a project like LO could hope to keep up and make 
> > > inroads.
> > >
> > > Wish I could help with making it work better, but I know nothing about
> > > contributing to development.
> >
> > You do not need to be a developer to help. One idea for 
> > interoperability I heard on LibOCon, is to make templates, that can 
> > be converted nicely. So if you have access to MSO, then examine, what 
> > kind of things are dangerous for converting and what kind of things 
> > convert without problems. Make a Wiki site with your observations and 
> > create good templates based on this rationale.
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Regina


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