Hi :) I even bought a couple from the Lulu bookstore. Mostly it was to support TDF as a hefty chunk of the profit goes to the Docs Team (well, the fund is managed by "Friends of OpenDocument" on behalf of the docs team).
I was quite chuffed with the glossy professional look. Someone even 'accidentally' 'stole' one off me which shows that people are impressed by them and like the look! Tbh i would probably have just given her a copy if she'd asked, just purely to get the book out there. I haven't actually read through it yet to see if it makes more sense than the average computer manuals so that was really what i was asking about. Do they make sense? It's good to hear the make more sense than other stuff to do with LibreOffice though. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Girvin R. Herr <[email protected]> >To: Tom Davies <[email protected]> >Cc: Doug <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" ><[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 0:07 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO >alternative is not LO > > >I have downloaded the 3.6 guides some time back and printed them out for >future reference. I occasionally refer to them when I need to find out >how to do something new or how something works. They are certainly >better than Help or scanning through online docs. The table of contents >and indexes are my friends. Yes, they are okay as far as they go. >Girvin Herr > > >Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> Has anyone read the Published Guides for LibreOffice? or used them to look >> up the odd thing or few? They are kinda ok aren't they? >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Doug <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Monday, 10 June 2013, 20:21 >>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO >>> alternative is not LO >>> >>> >>> On 06/10/2013 02:14 PM, les wrote: >>> >>> /snip/ >>> I go to the dealer's parts counter and order the factory shop >>> >>>>> manual for correct maintenance and understanding of what is "under the >>>>> hood". When I did so for the Prius, the parts counter guy recommended >>>>> not, saying the shop manual is intricately tied to the shop diagnostic >>>>> computer system ($$$$$) and by itself, is not very helpful. So, i saved >>>>> $100+ for the first time in my shadetree-mechanic career and, also for >>>>> the first time in my decades of car-ownership, take it to the dealer for >>>>> maintenance. >>>>> Girvin Herr >>>>> >>>> Also most mechanics are used to pure gasoline or diesel engines. I >>>> think many of them inherently distrust the electronics, so it has been a >>>> real uphill battle for them to port some of their existing knowledge to >>>> these new systems. >>>> >>> /snip/ >>> >>> I don't know, but I would be willing to bet large sums that the manual >>> that goes with the computer diagnostics is far easier to read and >>> understand than anything written for diagnostics or setup of an >>> actual computer! (Still waiting for a networking treatise written in >>> humanly understood terms! Just for the home user, not for someone >>> setting up an IBM facility!) >>> >>> --doug >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. >>> --A.M.Greeley >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >>> Problems? >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >>> >>> >>> >>> > >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
