Hi Steve, All

I am ok to inform that we are working on the issue.

Olivier

Em 03/07/2020 06:55, Steve (GMail) escreveu:
> All,
> 
> I realise that there is a tension here - while we want to avoid
> confusing our users and readers, we would also prefer not to advertise
> our problems.
> 
> In the context of extended tips and the What's This? function, what do
> people think of including a simple note that reads as follows:
> "The What's This? facility and extended tips are currently being
> improved and so in LibreOffice 7.0 they are not fully functional."
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Jean Weber" <[email protected]>
> To: "Olivier Hallot" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Kevin Berry" <[email protected]>; "Steve (GMail)"
> <[email protected]>; "Documentation Team"
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: 30/06/2020 00:51:28
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Extended tips and the "What's
> This?" menu option
> 
>> I think we should mention in the guides (where the Help and the
>> Options dialog are descrived) that those features are not working in
>> this release, to save people thinking they are doing something wrong.
>> Jean
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 4:10 AM Olivier Hallot
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>  The extended tips are not solved yet in the Help for LibreOffice.
>>>
>>>  It may be removed in the Guide, but it will return when we fix the
>>> issue.
>>>
>>> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118148
>>>
>>>  Olivier
>>>
>>>
>>>  Em 29/06/2020 14:51, Kevin Berry escreveu:
>>>  > If they aren't functional, should they be removed?
>>>  > Gordon Bates
>>>  > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>  > github.com/jdoes <http://github.com/jdoes>
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>  > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 2:54 AM Steve (GMail)
>>>  > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>> wrote:
>>>  >
>>>  >     Good morning Olivier,
>>>  >
>>>  >     Before I joined the project, I understand that these options did
>>>  >     something useful. (I can't define exactly what or when!)
>>>  >
>>>  >     As reported in bug 120538, they have not worked for some time,
>>> since
>>>  >     the
>>>  >     Help system was upgraded.
>>>  >
>>>  >     In Calc, the Help > What's This? option on the Menu bar
>>> appears to be
>>>  >     available (not greyed out) but doesn't appear to do anything.
>>> Similarly
>>>  >     the Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General > Help > Extended
>>> tips
>>>  >     option isn't greyed out but doesn't appear to do anything.
>>>  >
>>>  >     In the latest Calc Guide, the text implies that these options
>>> will do
>>>  >     something useful. The 6.0 Writer Guide gives the same
>>> impression and I
>>>  >     haven't checked others. I am uncomfortable ignoring the fact
>>> that these
>>>  >     options don't anything and running the risk of confusing readers.
>>>  >
>>>  >     Do we have an agreement about how cases like this should be
>>>  >     addressed in
>>>  >     the guides?
>>>  >
>>>  >     Regards,
>>>  >
>>>  >     Steve
>>>  >
> 
> 

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