A first post

2013-01-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
This list has been active for over 2 weeks now and this appears to be the first post. I am really beginning to wonder if documentation is really something that project cares about. We are pushing for an April release of AOO 4.0 and it is the middle of January and we do not even have a an id

Re: confirm subscribe to doc@openoffice.apache.org

2013-01-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Original Message Subject: Re: confirm subscribe to doc@openoffice.apache.org From: Keith N. McKenna To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Date: Sun Dec 23 2012 18:13:40 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org wrote: Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I&#

Re: A first post

2013-01-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Jan 09 2013 18:38:57 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) 2013/1/9 Keith N. McKenna <mailto:meriodoc_brandyb...@yahoo.com>> This list has been active for over 2 weeks now and this appears to be the first post. I am really beginning to wonder if documentation is really somet

Re: Possible workflow [was: Re: Proposal for Moving Forward with Documentation]

2013-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob; There is already a Notes template that could be used for relaying that a feature is new and with with what revision. If you look at section 7.2 of the Wiki Editing Policy at http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Wiki_Editing_Policy#List_of_Existing_Documentation_Template

List now available via gmane

2013-01-17 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Greetings all; For any like myself who prefer nntp access to mailing lists, this one is now available via gmane at gmane.comp.apache.openoffice.doc. Regards Keith

Re: Do we have a style guide?

2013-01-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: By a style guide, I mean a list of conventions that we agree to use, for the sake of consistency, It would cover things like: 1) When we refer to the user, do we refer to them in the 2nd person as "you", or third person as "the user", or "the author"? 2) When we refer to Apache

Re: Starting to build the user guide [Was Re: Possible workflow]

2013-01-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
RGB ES wrote: 2013/1/18 RGB ES I started to create the User Guide pages on the wiki http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide I need some help here. There are now several pages covering the beginning of the guide http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/UI ht

Re: [Discuss][User Guide]Screenshots

2013-01-24 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Mike Tuma wrote: Rob, Ok, sounds good, I understand about the copyright issue, however that begs the question how other software companies do it? Anyway my vote would be Ubuntu, but we would have to agree a version so that the screenshots are co

Re: [Discuss]Call for volunteers [Was: Re: Starting to build the user guide]

2013-01-27 Thread Keith N. McKenna
RGB ES wrote: 2013/1/21 Rob Weir Do we want to have a "call for volunteers" soon? Or do you want to make more progress first? -Rob Today I'm at just four pages to end the first bare-bones draft for the Writer guide. Beside the fact that I can also write the draft for a Math guide I thi

Re: [Discuss]Call for volunteers [Was: Re: Starting to build the user guide]

2013-01-27 Thread Keith N. McKenna
easure. Regards Keith. ____________ From: Keith N. McKenna To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 1:50:20 PM Subject: Re: [Discuss]Call for volunteers [Was: Re: Starting to build the user guide] RGB ES wrote: 2013/1/21 Rob Weir Do we want to have a "call for volunteers"

Re: Draft of Documentation "Orientation Module"

2013-02-22 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: I'm following the model that worked well with Marketing and QA, where we have a page for new volunteers to visit that explains the work we do and helps them get started. Then we have a blog post that helps draw them in by explaining why this work is important and fun. And then w

Re: [Discuss]Call for volunteers [Was: Re: Starting to build the user guide]

2013-02-22 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 7:15 PM, RGB ES wrote: 2013/2/2 RGB ES 2013/1/27 RGB ES Maybe we can do the call on two steps, calling first on the forums and users mailing list for people with experience on the program (on the forums there are many experienced users) and only af

Re: Draft of Documentation "Orientation Module"

2013-02-24 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Rob Weir wrote: Let me know if there is anything that should be added. Maybe ask yourself: What should every documentation volunteer want to know before getting started? Since you have mentioned the mwiki twice

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-02-24 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Joshua Severn wrote: Who you are: My name is Josh Severn Where you are from: California, USA What your background is: Mainly in writing and language arts. Have some experience in business operations, and finally computer technology from a user standpoint. Have used Open Office for many years, b

Re: Introduction

2013-03-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Kalyani Chakraborty wrote: Hi, I am Kalyani from India. With experience as a C++ Developer and Product Manager, I would like to contribute in the following areas : - Write or update documentation - Test the program and report bugs - Code new features/Fix bugs - Maintain the website and devel

Re: Introduction

2013-03-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Liselle Canham wrote: Hi, I would like to volunteer my services for your Documentation team. I have worked as a Technical Writer in Development for several years. At the moment I am working with Confluence. I enjoy writing in plain English and am also a good editor. I'm not sure what being a vol

Use of Ricardo's Status page.

2013-03-06 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Evening All; With the recent call for volunteers starting to attract new people it is time that we start keeping closer tabs on what has been done on the User Guides. Ricardo put together a page a while back to help with this (thank you Ricardo) and think it is time we start making better u

Re: Use of Ricardo's Status page.

2013-03-17 Thread Keith N. McKenna
RGB ES wrote: 2013/3/7 Keith N. McKenna Evening All; With the recent call for volunteers starting to attract new people it is time that we start keeping closer tabs on what has been done on the User Guides. Ricardo put together a page a while back to help with this (thank you Ricardo) and

Re: Use of Ricardo's Status page.

2013-03-19 Thread Keith N. McKenna
RGB ES wrote: 2013/3/19 Rob Weir On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: RGB ES wrote: Hi Ricardo; I appreciate the link and hopefully it will prompt people to start using it more. I have been wracking my brains trying to think of ways to get more people interested

Re: Completed Introduction to Documentation

2013-03-21 Thread Keith N. McKenna
leah_bac...@us.ibm.com wrote: Greetings Leah; Welcome to Apache OpenOffice and to the documentation mailing list. Here is where we discuss all areas of documentation for Apache OpenOffice (AOO). You should subscribe to this list so that you do not miss any of the discussions. To subscribe

Re: Completed Introduction to Documentation

2013-03-23 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Steven Vollmer wrote: Finished! Congratulations and welcome to the documentation group. Currently we are working on the User Guides for AOO version 4.0. These are bing done on the mwiki and can be found at http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide. At the bottom of that page the

Changes to Status Page

2013-03-23 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Since we are still using nightly builds for version 4.0 to try to move accuracy checking along I have changed the status page to reflect two accuracy checks, one with version 3.4.1 and a second with version 4.0 when it becomes more stable. I believe that the 3.4.1 check should concentrate on t

Re: Use of Ricardo's Status page.

2013-03-23 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:47 AM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: RGB ES wrote: 2013/3/19 Rob Weir On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: RGB ES wrote: Hi Ricardo; I appreciate the link and hopefully it will prompt people to start using it more. I

Re: User Guide > Intro > Tables

2013-03-23 Thread Keith N. McKenna
eeds to be re-worded. The goal is to have the documentation as clear as possible. Regards Keith Thank you, Steve ____________ From: Keith N. McKenna To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 12:55 AM Subject: Re: Completed Introduction to Documentat

Re: Work

2013-04-19 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Paul Collins wrote: Hello, I would like to volunteer my services in proofreading for Apache OpenOffice 4.0! I am a new user and am hoping to build my experience as a technical author. This is a great place to start! Please advise me and I look forward to hearing from you! Kind regards, Paul.

Response to follow-up e-mails Was Re: Use of Ricardo's Status page.

2013-04-27 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Dave Barton wrote: Original Message From: Rob Weir To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:07:53 -0400 On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:47 AM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: RGB ES wrote

Is the path to the options menu consistent across all operating systems in the AOO UI

2013-05-02 Thread Keith N. McKenna
I was reviewing the sections on options at http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Options and noticed that the path is referenced as Tools --> Options. Now this is a correct path for a Windows operating system, but as memory serves me Mac and Linux operating systems usually hav

Re: Introduce Myself

2013-05-02 Thread Keith N. McKenna
erica g wrote: Hi everyone. Just joined up as a volunteer. A bit about me: former QA tester for three years and now starting up as a technical writer. I want to help out with documentation but not sure if there's anything in particular I should be focused on.For a start I just looked in the wi

Re: Is the path to the options menu consistent across all operating systems in the AOO UI

2013-05-03 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: Keith N. McKenna wrote: noticed that the path is referenced as Tools --> Options. Now this is a correct path for a Windows operating system, but as memory serves me Mac and Linux operating systems usually have a different path. Windows: Tools --> Options Linux :

Re: Is the path to the options menu consistent across all operating systems in the AOO UI

2013-05-05 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: Keith N. McKenna wrote: noticed that the path is referenced as Tools --> Options. Now this is a correct path for a Windows operating system, but as memory serves me Mac and Linux operating systems usually have a different path. Windows: Tools --> Options Linux :

Re: Introduce Myself

2013-05-08 Thread Keith N. McKenna
el free to work on the Draw sections or any others that you feel comfortable with. Regards Keith On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: erica g wrote: Hi everyone. Just joined up as a volunteer. A bit about me: former QA tester for three years and now starting up as a

Re: Response to follow-up e-mails Was Re: Use of Ricardo's Status page.

2013-05-08 Thread Keith N. McKenna
On 2013-04-09 I sent the following reminder to all individuals that had expressed interest in working on documentation but had not yet signed up for the mailing list: You recently expressed interest in working on documentation for ApacheOpenOffice. To date you have not signed up for our mail

Re: Response to follow-up e-mails Was Re: Use of Ricardo's Status page.

2013-05-08 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Edwin Sharp wrote: Volunteers need personal guidance from more experienced volunteers. It is easy to give up trying to figure out what to do on your own. Endless nested emails don't help. Volunteers should be given levels according to their time in the project. So a level three is guiding lev

Re: Is the path to the options menu consistent across all operating systems in the AOO UI

2013-05-12 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: hi On 2013-05-12, at 10:51 , Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 05/05/2013 Keith N. McKenna wrote: Since the User Guides are aimed at v4.0, is the Mac path still OpenOffice.org --> Preferences or would it be OpenOffice --> Preferences or Apache OpenOffice --> Pr

Re: Is the path to the options menu consistent across all operating systems in the AOO UI

2013-05-12 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 05/05/2013 Keith N. McKenna wrote: Since the User Guides are aimed at v4.0, is the Mac path still OpenOffice.org --> Preferences or would it be OpenOffice --> Preferences or Apache OpenOffice --> Preferences? Honestly I don't know. I'm CCing Raphae

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-07-02 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Hello Alex and welcome to the documentation group. With your skills as an author and in publishing you can be of great help to us. The first step is to subscribe to this mailing list so that you do not miss any of the discussion that goes on. Your initial email was sent through the moderator an

Re: Proposal: Writer draft outline

2013-07-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Natasha Selvey wrote: I would like to propose some changes to the outline of the Writer draft. The first change is under the first topic page "Getting to know Writer". The first subsection is titled "Editing text", but includes "Writer's User Interface" and "Writer's sidebar", which I consider of

Re: It is time to update your entry in the Directory of Volunteers

2013-07-19 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Alex Stillwell wrote: I thought I had signed in but I cannot find my name in the list although it is shown at the top and you have my details. There is so much going on and it would be better for you to suggest where I would be most useful. I think my input would be best used in suggesting how in

Re: Proposal 2: Writer draft outline

2013-07-19 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Natasha Selvey wrote: On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Ricardo Berlasso wrote: 2013/7/18 Natasha Selvey On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Ricardo Berlasso wrote: 2013/7/18 Natasha Selvey Here is my second round of proposed changes. I think we should move Tables, Images and OLE objects

Re: Hello

2013-08-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
and when you are done. * big changes like moving sections or rewriting existing material: discuss first on the list! Tester, editor or writer? You choose Regards Keith N. McKenna - To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@

Re: Use GDB but no debugging symbols found

2013-08-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
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Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-08-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Brandon Youngdale wrote: Hi, My name is Brandon Youngdale and I just joined the volunteer documentation team today. I love OpenOffice and I have appreciated it so much as I have gone through my Bachelors and Masters degree in Writing that I wanted to start giving back to the community however I

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-08-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
? Thanks, Brandon Hi Brandon, That sounds fine. Wherever you are most comfortable at this point. I look forward to seeing your contributions. Regards Keith On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Brandon Youngdale wrote: Hi, My name is Brandon Youngdale and I just joined

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2013-09-15 Thread Keith N. McKenna
dbclinton wrote: Hi, I've been using open source software (including OpenOffice) for just about ten years now, and exclusively Linux for about six. Since I am a writer and editor with some enterprise software documentation experience (especially using Confluence), I figured it's about time I trie

Re: user guide - Impress

2013-09-28 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Valerie Clark wrote: Hello all! I'm new to this group and am interested in trying technical writing, and I noticed that there aren't any user guides yet for the Impress program. Is this something that I can take on, or is anyone already working on it? I wouldn't want to duplicate efforts but woul

Re: Introduction

2013-10-03 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Owen Morrill wrote: Hello, I'm a technical writer out of Colorado, and I'm looking into doing more software documentation. I'm not quite sure where to start with all of this, but I'm looking through the orientation modules and playing on the wiki. Thanks, Greetings Owen; Your experience will

Re: 4.0 documentation

2013-10-03 Thread Keith N. McKenna
dbclinton wrote: Hi, I think it might be worthwhile sending this to the whole group: I'm thinking of doing some work on the 4.0 documentation, but I'm a bit worried that whatever I do might end up being buried beneath the weight of revisions. Or, to put in different terms, if I were to create, sa

Re: Introduction to Documentation

2013-10-31 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Humpherys wrote: > Hi! > > I just finished the module for the introduction to documentation > and I'm trying to figure out where I can help out. Can anybody give > me some directions? Thanks! > > Sincerely, Mike Humpherys > Mike; Along with

Re: Introduction to Documentation

2013-10-31 Thread Keith N. McKenna
d it using the same format as any other entry. Regards Keith > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Keith N. McKenna < > keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Michael Humpherys wrote: >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> I just finished the module for the i

Test of Availability

2013-12-23 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is a test of a problem sending messages to the list reported on the Dev list. Regards Keith -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSuKSVAAoJE

Re: Documentation I'd like to take on

2013-12-27 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 swh...@frontier.com wrote: > I'd like to start working on the General options section of the > User Guide. If anyone has some suggestions, direction, warning, > etc., let me know. Otherwise, I'd like to work at getting some > content in there, which is

Re: Check my work?

2014-01-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 swh...@frontier.com wrote: > I have finished the View and Print sections of the Options page in > the User Guide. > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Options/AOO > > Would someone have a look at this and tell me if I am on t

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-01-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 06/01/2014 Rachel Sand Harrison wrote: >> So far I have been able to create a CWiki account, and it looks >> like much of that content has been migrated to another version of >> Confluence. Or am I misunderstanding the comme

Re: Where to start?

2014-01-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
e to start with somthing else please let us now and we can guide you further in where you would le to help. Regards Keith N. McKenna -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSzE6UAAoJEH0fu5UhG

Re: Check my work?

2014-01-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 swh...@frontier.com wrote: > I have finished the View and Print sections of the Options page in > the User Guide. > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Options/AOO > > Would someone have a look at this and tell me if I am on t

Re: Check my work?

2014-01-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 swh...@frontier.com wrote: > Keith, > > > Thank you! Your comments are clear and very helpful. > > Somewhere along the line I had gotten the message about not > copying, but I didn't know why. Now I do. > > Thanks again. > > Steven Hupp > > > __

Re: Check my work?

2014-01-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > On 01/07/2014 01:25 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> > The getting started guide has a section on Macros. The Calc guide > has a section on Calc as a si

Re: Check my work?

2014-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > On 01/10/2014 12:04 AM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Andrew Douglas > Pitonyak wrote: >>>> On 01/07/2014 01:25 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: >>>>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- &

Re: Check my work?

2014-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
le girls are distracting me :-) > I understand the problems all to well. Trying to keep ahad of spammers on the forums should probably be a full time job! I remember the little girl distracting me well. enjoy the distractions now, all to soon they grow up. > On 01/10/2014 12:04 AM, Keith N. McKe

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
o editors, to testers to be sure that the information given matches what the program actually does. This list is the main communication vehicle for all things related to documentation so please direct any questions you might have as to how best you might contribute here. Regards Keith N. McKe

Re: Where to start?

2014-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
e/time stamp would go in the status document at http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Status. Just enter 5 ~'s in the section checked for accuracy with OpenOffice 4. You can ignore the ones for version 3.4. Regards Keith > On 1/7/14, Keith N. McKenna > wrote: De > Ange

Re: Check my work?

2014-01-14 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > On 01/14/2014 02:32 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: >> Thank you very much for your permission to use these documents. I >> have downloaded the 2 you gave links for and will take a look at >> th

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-01-28 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Дарья Чуркина wrote: > Hello! > > My name is Daria Churkina and I'd love to become a part of OpenOffice > Documentation Team. I have a degree in the English language and > literature and am currently working as a linguist for an IT company > in St.Pet

Re: How to change OOo to AOO quickly and efficiently?

2014-02-11 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > On a whim I took a look at the BASIC Guide > (https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/BASIC_Guide), which > reads as follows: > > This guide provides an introduction to programming with OpenOffice.org > Basic. > > I then looked at the WIKI source, which

Re: How to change OOo to AOO quickly and efficiently?

2014-02-13 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Andrea Pescetti > wrote: >> Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: >>> >>> If the intent is to change OOo to AOO, if I could change the pages at 3 >>> minutes per page, it would take 6 days of solid work to change them all. >>> Could this be done during

Re: Where to start?

2014-02-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
to proved can be reached. Keep up the good work and please announce on the list what you are going to do and when you have completed it. Regards Keith > On 1/14/14, Keith N. McKenna > wrote: > De Angela Jackson wrote: >>>> Thanks for the reply. :) >>>> >>&

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-02-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
uide is growing here: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide (there is a link to the "status page" at the end). Any questions or comments you may have please direct them to the list. Regards Keith > > Вторник, 28 января 2014, 14:58 -05:00 от "Keith N.

Is it time to re-evaluate the viability of internal documentation?

2014-03-17 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Greetings All; With the documentation list active for over a year now I believe it is time to re-evaluate where we are with the documentation effort and if it is worth continuing. My personal perspective is that very little progress has been made nor do I see the likelihood of that changing in th

Re: Is it time to re-evaluate the viability of internal documentation?

2014-03-18 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 12:34 AM, Keith N. McKenna > wrote: >> Greetings All; >> >> With the documentation list active for over a year now I believe it is >> time to re-evaluate where we are with the documentation effort and if it >> is

Re: Is it time to re-evaluate the viability of internal documentation?

2014-03-22 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 19/03/2014 Keith N. McKenna wrote: > In other fields we notice that it is important to involve and empower > new volunteers quickly and easily. For example, a new documentation > volunteer would now have the problem that he needs a wiki account > create

Re: new documentation volunteer

2014-03-26 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 26/03/2014 Stephenie B wrote: >> I am having trouble finding where to set up a user id for the wiki. > > To combat spam, self-registrations for new accounts is currently > suspended. I've now created an account for you. You should have received > further information via

Re: Participate in the documentation area

2014-03-28 Thread Keith N. McKenna
JOSE REYES wrote: > Hello HP! > > I have some doubts. > What level of English is required to participate in the community? > In the section on Review, How I can help in the area of ​​Review? > What is the area of ​​editing? The the section on Editing does not explain > how to contribute. >

Re: Procedure to contribute in the documentation project

2014-03-28 Thread Keith N. McKenna
JOSE REYES wrote: > How I can contribute to the community through the OOo project documentation? > Because the on-site https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/ > Guides mentions, but does not mention the procedure. > > Thanks > > José Reyes > >

Re: Participate in the documentation area

2014-03-28 Thread Keith N. McKenna
HP wrote: > On 03/27/2014 06:35 PM, JOSE REYES wrote: >> I am interested in participating in the documentation area in >> OpenOffice.org. I think that my skills and knowledge could help the >> community. >> In my experience as a student in college, as a student in the area of >> ICT, I demonstrate

Re: Is it time to re-evaluate the viability of internal documentation?

2014-03-29 Thread Keith N. McKenna
e documentation >>> much, >>> just google around. I do use the internal Help of OpenOffice though. >>> What >>> are the average user's habits? If I were to use documentation, I >>> guess it >>> wouldn't be general documentation, but ratther d

Re: Technical Writing

2014-03-29 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Ephraim Conway wrote: > Hi, I would like to help out with technical documentation. How do I go > about starting? > > -Ephraim > Ephraim; First off let me apologize for not getting back to you sooner. The first thing to do would be to read the Documentation Orientation page. This will give you a

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-03-29 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Julian Spiro wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm a tech writer from Cleveland, OH, interested in helping out with > OpenOffice projects. Please let me know how I can get involved! > > Skills: > Writing/Editing > Photoshop and Graphic Design > > > Thank you, > > Julian Spiro > Hi Julian; First let me a

Re: Technical Writing

2014-03-29 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Keith N. McKenna wrote: > Ephraim Conway wrote: >> Hi, I would like to help out with technical documentation. How do I go >> about starting? >> >> -Ephraim >> > Ephraim; > > First off let me apologize for not getting back to you sooner. The first > t

Re: Constructing Components and UNO Regist[e]ry

2014-03-29 Thread Keith N. McKenna
HP wrote: > Hi There, > > So, I registered quite some time ago and probably did not do very much > until today. However, now I am back and wanting to help somewhat. I > quickly went through > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Constructing_Components > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/UNO_registe

Re: Constructing Components and UNO Regist[e]ry

2014-03-30 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Kay Schenk wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Keith N. McKenna > > wrote: > >> HP wrote: >>> Hi There, >>> >>> So, I registered quite some time ago and probably did not do very much >>> until today. However, now I am back an

Re: Is it time to re-evaluate the viability of internal documentation?

2014-04-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
ogle around. I do use the internal Help of OpenOffice though. >>> What >>> are the average user's habits? If I were to use documentation, I >>> guess it >>> wouldn't be general documentation, but ratther documentation on how to >>> solve speci

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-04-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Luca Ceccarini wrote: > Hi! > > My name is Luca and I’m a tech enthusiast and overall digital geek from > Italy. I’m a self-employed web and print designer, my main occupation for > almost 10 years now. But I’m looking for a new challenge and I’m particularly > interested in technical writing.

Re: Organization - April, month of the Writer Guide

2014-04-21 Thread Keith N. McKenna
HP wrote: > Hi All, > > Lets start moving this project in the right direction. > > I think we need focus, a deadline, and reward. > > We focus on one guide every month, this month, April, I think Writer > would be a good start, then Calc, Impress & Draw (because they are > probably less work th

Changed User Guide Status File

2014-04-27 Thread Keith N. McKenna
I have updated the User Guide Status file to remove all reference to v3.4.1 accuracy checks and added accuracy check with v4.1.0. Please update this file when you make changes to any of the user guide pages by adding ~ to the check that you did on any page. This will add your name and a date an

Apache OpenOffice User Interface Page

2014-04-27 Thread Keith N. McKenna
I have done an accuracy check with V4.1.0 RC4 as this is expected to be what will be released as version 4.1.0. This page know needs another critical proofread from an editor other than myself so that it can be taken out of the draft category and formally released. Please reply to this if you have

Re: Changed User Guide Status File

2014-04-27 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Keith N. McKenna wrote: > I have updated the User Guide Status file to remove all reference to > v3.4.1 accuracy checks and added accuracy check with v4.1.0. Please > update this file when you make changes to any of the user guide pages by > adding ~ to the check that you did on an

AOO 4.x User Guide page Formating a Document Ready for Release

2014-04-30 Thread Keith N. McKenna
I have performed a final accuracy check with version 4.1.0 for this page. As this was the last thing to be done I have removed the Draft Template. If there are any objections or suggested changes please reply here. Regards Keith signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: New doc volunteer

2014-05-06 Thread Keith N. McKenna
pache.org/orientation/index.html. They will give you a good overview of how decisions are made in the project and the technical infrastructure that we utilize. Any questions should be directed to the mailing list. Again welcome and we look forward to working with you. Regards Keith N. McKenna

Re: New doc volunteer

2014-05-13 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Ben Hunt wrote: > Hi, I am a third year IT student from Australia. Both myself and > another IT student have a project to help contribute to an open > source project (due in June) so we decided to try and help out with > open office. We have no particular set of skills, we have done some > Java and

Re: Creating user ID

2014-05-19 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Ben Hunt wrote: > Hi, I am just replying to get a user ID created. For the user ID: > bjhunt would be good for me or something similar. We will be working > on the calc guides over the next few days and once we have done those > we will work on from there. Thanks for all your help everyone. > Hi

Re: Volunteer Update

2014-05-19 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Jake Thomas wrote: > Sorry, The last email was a bit succinct, > > I have minors skills in programming and web design, a fair bit of > skill with graphics, design and technical writing. > > Ive created an account on the Cwiki under the username jazzatomo, but > am currently unable to edit any of

Re: Creating user ID

2014-05-20 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 19/05/2014 Keith N. McKenna wrote: >> Ben Hunt wrote: >>> Hi, I am just replying to get a user ID created. For the user ID: >>> bjhunt would be good for me or something similar. ... >> If no one has set up the account for you yet, pleas

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-06-02 Thread Keith N. McKenna
you will receive. To post to the list use the following address:mailto:d...@openoffice.apache.org. Again welcome and I look forward to working with you. Regards Keith N. McKenna signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: I would like to volunteer as technical writer

2014-06-02 Thread Keith N. McKenna
archana nagarajan wrote: > Hello, > > I am a Middleware Administrator with vast experience on a range of products > like Weblogic, Apache HTTP server, IBM Websphere MQ, JBOSs etc. I have > produced a lot of documentation during my stint as technical lead for > various banking/financial projects. I

Re: Requesting MWiki Account

2014-06-02 Thread Keith N. McKenna
fice.apache.org > The account sarahmontecino has been created. You should recieve notice with a temporary password in your outlook.com email address shortly. Regards Keith N. McKenna signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: New Doc Volunteer

2014-06-03 Thread Keith N. McKenna
r I already > did to doc-jnqqrfibojosbzieg410zs0vgnn6c...@public.gmane.org? > > Kind regards, > Yuko > > > -Original Message- > From: Keith N. McKenna > [mailto:keith.mckenna-wuw85uim5zdr7s880jo...@public.gmane.org] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:18 AM > To: doc@openoffice.

Stepping back from trying to drive this effort

2014-06-07 Thread Keith N. McKenna
It has become painfully obvious over the last 6 months or more that I am not the person to push this effort forward. I am tired of answering queries about how to help and then never having people come back to the list. I will continue to work on the introductory material as I have time, but I no lo

Re: Stepping back from trying to drive this effort

2014-06-08 Thread Keith N. McKenna
ixote and sally fourth. Regards Keith > Just right now I was about to email about what documentation has to do > with the design process of the documentation. > > On 6/7/14, Keith N. McKenna > wrote: >> It has become painfully obvious over the last 6 months or more that I am &

Re: Stepping back from trying to drive this effort

2014-06-10 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Keith, > > Keith N. McKenna schrieb: >> Alexandro Colorado wrote: > [..] >>> as a past contributor of ODFAuthors, I remember there was some energy >>> put on the Structure and process and roadmap of the documentation team &

Re: Stepping back from trying to drive this effort

2014-06-10 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Keith, > > Keith N. McKenna schrieb: >> It has become painfully obvious over the last 6 months or more that I am >> not the person to push this effort forward. I am tired of answering >> queries about how to help and then never having people

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