Chapters 2 and 12 were uploaded earlier today. Chapter 0 was missing from In Progress post @kees538 updates so I was looking to finalize that tomorrow (plus it includes a link to the announcement blog article which has yet to come out).
Uploaded chapter 0 again
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Hi Skip
The files in the Published folder were updated except chapter 2, which is still missing. An (incomplete) PDF is available for evaluation up to now. If you find a typo or formatting issue, please fix it and add a note (Ctrl+Alt+c) just to flag it. To recreate the PDF, open the master document (and update links) and export to PDF.
Kind regards
Olivier
Hi @Northwoods35 , @kees538 , @jeanweber
The revision 0 of the Calc Guide 7.4 is compiled and exported to PDF in the Published folder. Please review if the PDF is OK for release, which I am planning for next Thursday 25.
The sparklines and topic Calc Guide 7.4 - Sparklines - #3 by kees538 can be published in Revision 1 in 6 weeks.
For simple mistakes (typos, numbering) please fix it directly and set a yellow comment on the position in the chapter. I’ll review just before publishing.
Kind regards
Olivier
Olivier,
Are you saying that you want us to annotate the PDF if we find an error?
Jean
HI Jean
Not at all. just put a note on the ODT file. I’ll remove it on building the final ODT and PDF
Olivier
So you mean I should make changes (minor corrections) to the individual chapter files?
Jean
Another thing:there are a lot of unfortunate page breaks in this book. They are easy to fix, if it’s okay for us to use the “keep with next paragraph” option on a few paragraphs to move them to the next page.
Jean
Olivier,
Where should I put the corrected chapter files? Should I replace the ones that are there and rename the originals to “OLD” or move them to WiP or Archove, or what?
EDIT: I have checked the formatting and made changes to the ODM and the chapter files. (Chapters 3,4,5,6 did not need changes.) I have made a folder under “Published” for “A-Jean’s Corrections” (which should show at the top of the list) and put the files there.
Regards, Jean
Thanks @jeanweber for picking this up while I was away on holiday. It looks like everything is set for @ohallot to publish tomorrow? Let me know if there’s anything else to be done for this iteration.
Thanks again.
-Skip
Two chapters (I forget which ones, and I’m not at my computer to look it up) have a problem that I did not know how to fix, but I’m sure Olivier knows how. I left comments in the files. Sorry, I should have explicitly mentioned this in my earlier note.
Jean
Apologies for the delay, I was busy with a LibreOffice event (1) and I’m recovering.
I’ll have a look this week. Blog post already drafted.
Olivier
(1) | LibreOffice Conference América Latina
Since this document is using a template can we get the following character styles fixed up in CG7412-CalcMacros.odt? I thought a master template would remove all the non-standard styles. I’m happy to do it but I’m not sure which version to change:
Hi @jeanweber , Hi @flywire , all
Committed changes after @jeanweber review:
7400
- Accepted JHW suggestions
- Changed “get involved” link to https://whatcanidoforlibreoffice.org
7402
- Accepted JHW suggestions
7407
- One extra empty paragraph after TOC. Fixed
- Accepted JHW suggestions
7408
- Accepted JHW suggestions
7409
- Accepted JHW suggestions
7410
- Comments from JHW, pg 21, letter a): “Numbering 2 paragraph style (or perhaps the Numbering 2 list style) has incorrect indentation of the lines after the first line. This needs to be fixed in the template style definitions.”
- Accepted JHW suggestions
7411
- Accepted JHW suggestions
7412
- One extra empty paragraph after TOC. Fixed
- Accepted JHW suggestions
- Removed unused “Code Ident”, “Code keyword”, “Code Literal”, + all _OOo* character styles from chapter, as suggested by @flywire .
7413
- Accepted JHW suggestions
7414
- Accepted JHW suggestions, except suggestion for deletion.
7415
- Accepted JHW suggestions
7416
- Accepted JHW suggestions
I have replaced the files in the published folder.
I miss a clear defintion on the contents of the footer in the Default page style.
Even pages : ?
Odd pages: ?
Seems that each guide has its own setting… 
Cheers
Olivier
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Now that the main publication is done, I think there are a few additional tasks:
- Create Chapter PDFs. Assuming these instructions are still correct I can do that.
- Produce the Lulu version of the book. I was looking at a Windows version of this process but it looks like I can’t specify anything other than a standard size like A5 and not 6x9. Can someone do this on Mac or let me know if there’s a way to do this in Windows?
- Update the Publications page. Not sure how this happens?
- Work on Rev 1. I’ve created a 7.4 Rev 1 folder in Calc 7.4 to handle the updates for:
- Chapter 1 - Extend info on View > Hidden Row/Column Indicator feature
- Chapter 3 - Add Sparklines feature
I’ll draft these in the next week.
Anything else?
Cheers,
-Skip
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The PDF instructions are correct, except “Export bookmarks” is now “Export outlines”.
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Regarding the Lulu version of the book: until and unless other arrangements are made for publishing on Lulu or elsewhere, I am the person who does the publishing step (because I own the Lulu account being used now). So I might as well do the whole process, including making a 6x9 PDF and a wrap-around cover.
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If you are familiar with wiki markdown, you can log in to the wiki using your SSO credentials and do it yourself: create a column for the new book & chapters and upload the files. It’s fiddly and sometimes confusing, but not particularly difficult. If you prefer, I can do this step.
Jean
Chapter PDFs published and Publications page updated.
But didn’t inherit Code character style.