Getting Started Guide 26.2

The following files for the Getting Started Guide 26.2 have been updated and uploaded to NextCloud:
GS26201 LO Basics
GS26206 Getting Started with Impress
GS26207 Getting Started with Draw
GS26209 Getting Started with Math

I have downloaded GS26204 Styles, Templates and Hyperlinks and will be updating and correcting any errors in this chapter over the next few days.

Regards
PeeWee

GS26204 Styles, Templates & Hyperlinks has been corrected and updated ready for review. The filename is GS26204-StylesTemplatesHyperlinks-PS.
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PeeWee

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Getting Started Guide 262
Chapter 5 Images and Graphics has been corrected and rewritten. The new version of this chapter has been uploaded to NextCloud.
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PeeWee

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Getting Started Guide 262
I have downloaded Chapter 26210 Formats Security & Exporting to check for errors and rewriting where necessary.
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PeeWee

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Some little bugs in GS26201 LO Basic (in Nextcloud “Publised” folder)

Page 8:

  • Second method:
  1. To open a toolbar it must be previously closed.
  2. If the toolbar is closed you cannot click on its name.

Page 21:

  1. The reference indicates figure 12 when it should be figure 11
  2. The FIgure is between the heading text above and should be embedded in the heading explaining this feature
  • This also happens with figures 13 and 19 (they are above the heading explaining the feature).
    

  • Apart from figures 11, 13.and 19, several figures are before they are cited in the text. I think this confuses the reader.

The “Toolbars” header must be level 2 and be below the “LibreOffice Main Window” (level 1)

Hello Antonio

I am correcting the figure numbers as I check for errors.

Regards
PeeWee

Hello Antonio

Must disagree with you on figure positioning.

Page formatting looks better and the text is easier to follow if figures are positioned at the top or bottom of a page. I use this method to prevent a LO user from becoming confused and losing the purpose of a procedure when text is interrupted by a figure. A figure is only used for reference by a LO user as and when necessary.

Many years ago, before Windows, macOS and desktop publishing software, I was trained how to format and typeset pages by a typesetter who used to work for newspapers and book publishers. My training included how to create a good reading flow of text. Also, I was trained on how to use a flat bed camera to create printing plates and use an offset printer.

It is all too easy to use Windows, macOS and desktop publishing software, but without training a user guide becomes messy and difficult to follow.

There is an old saying that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks, but this old dog has learnt a few using Windows, macOS and desktop publishing software.

We will probably disagree on a few more things with LibreOffice, which can be beneficial to producing good LibreOffice user guides.

Regards
PeeWee

  • Since I have known LibreOffice (before OpenOffice and before StarOffice) and its documentation I have not seen that the figures are positioned before their mention in the text (I am not referring to the beginning or end of the page)
  • I agree that reading must be fluid (in novels, newspapers, etc.), but if steps are established to follow,
    The logical thing is that the illustrations referring to the steps are as close as possible (and after) their mention in the text. Layout should not prevail over logic.

My intention is not to teach “old dogs” that already have vices (and should evolve by using new techniques) but to preserve the quality of the documentation.

Cheers
Anronio