Hello Francis, I can certainly help out with this. I would also like to help develop new content if that is something you guys need. Feel free to bring Keith into this conversation if you think that's best. I have used Git for past projects. I would appreciate a breakdown of how to navigate around the GitHub repo and how to go about the workflow. I only see four files and not sure where and how to make edits/changes. Thanks!
Best, Nadeem On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 1:05 PM F Campos Costero <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nadeem, > What I have been working on for a while now is updating the user guides. > The old guides are available at [1]. Keith has set up a Git repository [2] > where a branch is dedicated to each guide. I forked that repository [3] and > I have done initial revisions of the Getting Started guide and the Writer > guide. I am slowly working my way through the Calc guide and I am about > half done with that. As far as I know, only the first three chapters of the > Getting Started guide (A0041GS1.odt - A0041GS3.odt) have been reviewed by > anyone else. If you are willing to jump into reviewing the other chapters, > there is plenty to do. Each guide is a few hundred pages and each chapter > is typically 20 - 40 pages. > The documentation process was dormant for quite a while and Keith has been > trying hard to revive it. We have just recently started to use Git and we > may well have to change the process as we learn how to work with it. Are > you familiar with Git? We only use the most basic features. > If you are interested in helping with the guides, I can tell you more about > the workflow we have been using. If that isn't the kind of thing you were > looking for, I am sure we can find something else. > I would like to give Keith a chance to participate in this conversation. > He has more experience with the broader documentation process than I do. > > Francis > > [1] > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/OOo3.3_Chapters_ODT > [2] GitHub - apache/openoffice-docs: Apache OpenOffice Documentation > <https://github.com/apache/openoffice-docs> > [3] GitHub - FJCC/openoffice-docs: Apache OpenOffice Documentation > <https://github.com/FJCC/openoffice-docs> > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 10:50 PM Nadeem Patel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I would like to add that I am interested in developing new content, > > editing, proofreading, research or possibly even helping to create UML > > diagrams. Thanks! > > > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 11:37 PM Nadeem Patel <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > My name is Nadeem Patel. I came across the Apache OpenOffice Community > > and > > > would love to contribute. I have been looking to build my > > > documentation/technical writing portfolio while also improving the > > > necessary skills for such writing. > > > > > > I graduated from Northwestern University, where I studied journalism > and > > > computer science. Currently, I am working as a digital producer at a > > major > > > news network while working on data science projects during my free > time. > > > The majority of my experiences include writing, development or both. > > > Through this volunteering opportunity, I hope to continue utilizing my > > > skills and continue to build on my experiences. Thank you for your time > > and > > > look forward to being involved! > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Nadeem Patel > > > > > >
