Hello Team,
Many thanks for the offers of help with updating the Base Guide to LO 7.2.
I have created the folder structure in NextCloud, included a tracking
spreadsheet, applied the LO 7 template to all ODT files, and placed
those files in the Work in Progress folder. I have also checked out
BG7200 Preface to update it. Meanwhile Jean is proposing some updates to
Chapter 7 and so others would be better avoiding that chapter for the
moment.
The task could take a long time if one person updates all chapters, and
it would be helpful if others could select chapters for which they can
perform the update. Since the software hasn’t changed much since the 6.4
Base Guide was published, this shouldn’t be more complicated than your
normal review activities (e.g. does the software accurately describe
what Base does; does the text make sense; etc). Please consider doing
some updates!
One systematic problem I have noticed is that the figures need some work
throughout the document. Some appear to have been edited with photo
editing software and many don’t have captions. I will regenerate a
complete set of figures for the document and insert them into the
chapters later – doing it that way will ensure a consistent appearance.
However, please could those updating chapters add captions where they
are missing.
I will review all updates and comments, as I have when updating the Calc
Guide.
Good luck to all!
Regards,
Steve
On 22/11/2021 08:16, Steve Fanning wrote:
Hello everybody.
All our guides now reflect LibreOffice 7, apart from the Base Guide
which currently describes LibreOffice 6.4. As far as I can see, nobody
is working on an update to the Base Guide but please correct me if
this assumption is wrong.
As discussed at the most recent Documentation Team meeting, I propose
to start updating the Base Guide so that it reflects either 7.2 or 7.3
(depending how long the update takes).
I do not claim to be particularly knowledgeable about Base, but I can
read the document and check its text and figures against the software.
I expect the update to be mostly cosmetic because the various release
notes list only a few changes.
If anybody is interested in helping with this update, please let us
know via this mailing list. All assistance will be extremely welcome!
Regards,
Steve
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