Thanks, not sure what happened but images display correctly after restart. Also - speaking of templates, I do like templates - and I do have something for Draw, I think is useful for the users... Presentation slide templates for Draw though not Impress.
I will add those to the wiki tonight. ----- Original Message ----- From: "F Campos Costero" <fjcc.apa...@gmail.com> To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 12:34:30 PM Subject: Re: Linux AOO Getting Started Guide I see images on both Linux Mint 18.04 and Windows 10. For example, on page 13 I see an image of the Page Style dialog. Francis On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 11:53 AM marcia wilbur <ai...@well.com> wrote: > Thanks for that information. > My focus so far has been with Debian based and variants, but could be > expanded to others or generalized for others. > > As for BSD, those users are so intense, they don't need guidance! Just > joking. This is a consideration, and I definitely will consider this during > the content creation process. > > Also, I made some comments for the first dozen or so pages of "taming". > > However, images are not displaying in my version of OO. 4.1.8 > Can someone else open the document and let me know if images are > displaying for 4.1.8 on Linux or even another OS.... > > I used a competing product to open the odt and images display fine. > > thanks. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Hamilton" <orc...@msn.com> > To: doc@openoffice.apache.org > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 9:48:45 AM > Subject: Linux AOO Getting Started Guide > > Marcia, > > Thank you for the license links and your appraisal. > > Your choosing GNU Linux to feature will be welcome. There are also some > variations to consider, since different desktop Linux distributions may > have somewhat different application appearance and, in particular, install > differences when AOO is not furnished by the distribution. > > I don't know if you consider BSD Unix and FreeBSD within your reach or > not. The CC-By licensing will be favorable there. Also, some Linux > distros might provide AOO as an installable option. I think BSD also did > that, in the past. I don't know if the practice has been continued. > > There is now a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as a native subsystem > (not just under a VM). I have no idea whether anyone uses AOO for > production use in that case, but a reviewer might with regard to checking > your Getting Started drafts. The installation of WSL improves with each > W10 release, and the ability to launch Windows apps from the WSL (and vice > versa) is improving all the time. < > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10>. > > I wish you success in creation of a Getting Started guide that is oriented > to what Linux users will see and need to know for successful application of > Apache OpenOffice Linux-targeted release versions. > > - Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: marcia wilbur <ai...@well.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 21:32 > To: doc@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Getting Started Guide (was Proposed Process for Documentation) > > Hi. According to CC 3.0 - there must be information regarding changes > being made in general. "if changes were made" However, I did not see any > indication of specifics (that might be time consuming but maybe like a > changelog for docs) Here is the link to cc 3.0 info > [orcmid] > <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/> and also < > https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/> > [orcmid] > > No additional restrictions - You may not apply legal terms or > technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the > license permits. > > > I did not realize the GNU Linux user base was so low... even then. > However, I will continue the effort for the 3% or so - because I'm weird > like that. I started the Get Started, I'll see it through. Thank you for > the information. > > In this case, I would say - an effort for the larger user base is > important. > > Someone who is willing to take on the Windows content - making this more > current would be a good idea. > Are we using gitbox? > > I won't touch Windows, I don't have windows... but I can mark up and give > feedback for that taming or whatever doc using OO and provide > feedback/recommendations for documentation. However, do not associate me > with any Windows effort - haha :) > > The feedback is for everyone. > > Thanks. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Hamilton" <orc...@msn.com> > To: doc@openoffice.apache.org > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 10:29:52 AM > Subject: RE: Getting Started Guide (was Proposed Process for Documentation) > > Two things, > > 1. It is useful to know the demographics of Apache OpenOffice users. The > latest board report does not break out downloads by platforms and languages > any longer. In October 2015 this was the breakdown for AOO 4.1.1 > downloads at that point in time: > > 87.7% were for Windows > 9.1% were for Macintosh > 3.2% were for everything else, including Linux > > The prevalent languages have tended to toggle between English and French. > > I would be surprised to learn that this pattern has changed in any > significant way. > > The Community Forums activity might also be valuable in this respect, and > easier to find. > > Of course, for documentation, how different platforms are supported is up > to those willing to develop such documentation. I have no quarrel, > especially for Getting Started, with addressing whatever platforms an > author wants to specialize for to accommodate the readers. > > 2. I understand that the contributor of a document under CC-BY specifies > how attribution is to be made. I am not aware that there is any > requirement to specify the changes made. Normally, one simply provides the > attribution and source of the document(s) on which the derivative is based. > > Marcia, can you point us to where in the CC-BY description that changes > must be identified? > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: marcia wilbur <ai...@well.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 02:28 > To: doc@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Getting Started Guide (was Proposed Process for Documentation) > > [orcmid] [ ... ] > > One thing to mention - is the taming doc is under CC 3.0. > This requires attribution and indication changes were made with a deriv > > [ ... ] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
