Re: [tdf-discuss] DOCUMENTATION

 On 10/1/2010 7:26 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-10-01, Nancy Ward wrote:
>
> > How I think I may be of help: I am a very good proofreader and beta
> > tester. I can take a set of instructions and try them out. If I can
> > muddle through, then the instructions are most likely well written. I
> > can spot grammatical and spelling errors with ease, and cannot rest
> > until they're fixed. If I suggest a change, and the author disagrees, I
> > can live with that too.
> >
> > So, if anyone writing English documentation thinks I can add value to
> > their work, I will be happy to volunteer my efforts.
> The OOoAuthors group has a set of user guides which are being updated to
> OOo V3.3. These chapters could be adapted to LibreOffice to provide
> basic info to users fairly quickly. In the short term (if not the long
> term) I think OOoAuthors is best placed to produce info for both
> flavors: OOo and LO.
>
> I began this work last night to see how time-consuming it would be. The
> main thing that is needed now is checking the OOo docs against LO to see
> what is different. I am sure that a lot of screenshots will need to be
> changed, as well as some of the text. This is something you could help
> do: at least identify what needs to be done, and even better make the
> necessary changes.
>
> I will be putting what I have done on the OOoAuthors website today and
> starting a discussion on their mailing list. If you are not already on
> the OOoAuthors list, please join us there.
> http://oooauthors.org/english
>
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>
> Regards, Jean
I didn't expect so quick a reaction, but I'll do as you suggest by first 
joining the authors list and seeing what's been done.

I'll probably need some guidance, but I'm sure that will be provided. :)
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