On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> > http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048446/apache-openoffice-4-0-review-new-features-easier-to-use-still-free.html > > Title is "Apache OpenOffice 4.0 review: New features, easier to use, still > free" > > We get 4.5 of 5 stars. The reviewer says AOO 4.0 is "smooth and > cohesive" and gives good coverage to the new sidebar. > > However we are dinged a little for the "documentation" (I think he > means the in-product help files) which is described as "sparse, and > not well-aimed at non-technical users". I wonder if there is > something we can do to link in more of the tutorial/overview material > that exists? > > -Rob > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > I'm sure there is. I took a look at what's available to guide one of our newest volunteers who might be interested in contributing to this. There is a 108 page document on the help files! I'm sure it's useful but probably VERY daunting when it's likely making changes to the help files isn't necessarily so. Also, given my own experience of late with the internal help files, I'm not happy with the results produced by the "Find", and wonder how we can get more hits for keywords that should yield some better results. Long story short, we do need to expend some effort in the near future ( goal of mine anyway) to tutorials/guidelines on the help system -- how it works, how to add to it, etc. This is really an area of "documentation" in my mind, even though it is internal. Volunteers with some technical writing expertise would be very valuable in this area. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." -- "Following the Equator", Mark Twain
