Documentation team meeting minutes Friday June 13th, 2025 --** 15:00 UTC **--

Presents: Dione Maddern, Ed Olson, Olivier

Completed Actions Items:

AI: Provide a prototype of the “change user inrterface” (DM)
+ Completed storyboard for “Chande user interface” video: https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/f/1699402

Pending Action Items:

AI: GS24804 - Styles and Templates (Mashuck)
AI: + Starting work on Chapter 2 - Getting Started with Writer (DM)
+ progressing.
+ Cheking grammar

Topics

Help pages

Getting Started Guide

  • on-going (DM)
    Currently working on GS25205 - Images and Graphics

Calc Guide

  • work in progress
  • Volunteers welcome
  • Peer Review on going (EO)

Misc

  • New Template?

    • Stalled
  • File management in NextCloud.

    • pending
  • Provide sample spreadsheets?

    • pending
  • Videos (DM)

  • Experimenting with effects Kdenlive to achieve a pan and zoom effect to make it easier to see elements like menus and dialog boxes.

  • Created a test video with OBS and Kdenlive. Still very rough and I’ll need to re-record to improve the quality, mouse positioning, and timing, but shows how effects can be used.

  • The Document Foundation Nextcloud

  • Used Kdelive’s transform effect to focus on UI elements. Slowed down the video and removed unwanted footage at the start and end of the video.

    • leave more time to show the result of the change (OH)
    • click on some tabs to show the new interface (OH)
    • check if a smaller windows improves the look and feel.(OH, EO)
    • More colorfull icon set? (colibre, Karasa-jaga…Elementary)

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Next meeting:
+ Fridays at 15:00 UTC.