Hi :) Fantastic. The Documentation Team has occasionally discussed aiming documentation at specific groups. Students were one of those groups identified as being an important one to reach. Regards from Tom :)
--- On Thu, 20/10/11, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jean Weber <[email protected]> > Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Fwd: openoffice user guide for students > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 20 October, 2011, 11:21 > The author has agreed that we can > also put his guide on the > LibreOffice wiki. I asked him to clarify the CC license, > and he said > CC-BY-SA. I've looked at it and think it will be an > excellent addition > to our collection. > > He also said we could rebrand it as long as the name of the > original > author remains, along with the link to the website of his > university > http://www.fb4.fh-frankfurt.de/tips/openoffice/dokumentation/ooo_for_students.pdf > and his email address ([email protected]). > > --Jean > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Paenson <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 21:51 > Subject: [documentation-dev] openoffice user guide for > students > To: [email protected] > > > Dear colleagues, > > I have been writing and updating a User Guide for the > Students an our > university over the past three and half years and have now > translated > it into English. > > The English version is available at: > > http://www.fb4.fh-frankfurt.de/tips/openoffice/dokumentation/ooo_for_students.pdf > > The original document is also online: > > http://www.fb4.fh-frankfurt.de/tips/openoffice/dokumentation/ooo_for_students.odt > > I have been giving introductory courses in OpenOffice to > all new > students of our department for Social Work at the > University of > Applied Sciences in Frankfurt/Germany now for the past > seven semesters > - around 240 students per semester, divided into 12 groups. > I only > have 3 hours per group, so I have to limit myself to the > absolute > essentials (styles, table of contents, cross-references, > page > numbering etc.), but especially those essentials students > really need > in their daily work. As you can imagine, students of Social > Work are > not especially versed in computers and it's all pretty new > to them, > especially in such a condensed form. This introductory > course > addresses their needs as closely as possible. > > I think the course is now ripe enough to be distributed to > a broader public. > > I very much hope you find the time to have a look at it and > to post > the course on the English speaking website of > OpenOffice.org. > > My next project is to translate it into French (just happen > to have > been brought up in a bilingual family, no merit of mine). > > Yours > David Paenson > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: 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/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived > and cannot be deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: 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/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
