Getting Started v4.0 guide ready for proofing

A PDF of the full book is now on the ODFAuthors website. You do not
need a login to get to it and take a copy.
http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/getting-started/published-lo-4.0/gs4.0-full-book-pdf/view

It is now time for final checking of the book, looking for glaring
errors, by which I mean things like this:
* Missing figures (blank spaces where figures should be)
* Missing x-refs (message similar to "Error: reference not found")
* Wrong figure x-refs (pointing to the wrong figure) -- the most common problem
* Bad page breaks (for example, big gaps at bottom of a page)

Please send a note to this list, or directly to me, if you spot anything.

You are also welcome to suggest improvements etc, but they will be put
on the list for a later edition of the book, not incorporated into this one.

This is a good job for anyone, including total newcomers to the
project. You don't need to know anything about the program or have
good English skills; all you need is to be able to pay attention and
notice things like those listed above.

More than one person can check the file at the same time. People see
different things. Or you can start at the last chapter and work
forward, or in the middle... anything to get all chapters looked at by
someone in addition to me.

Thanks in advance!

I will also incorporate any corrections to factual errors that anyone
finds in the chapter files.

--Jean

Hi :slight_smile:
The new Getting Started Guide is nearly ready!  You can have a sneak preview at 
http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/getting-started/published-lo-4.0/gs4.0-full-book-pdf/view
Please let us know if anything appears to be wrong.

The guide will appear on the proper wiki in a couple of days and then in the Lulu bookstore and maybe on the official LibreOffice website a few days after that.  Sorry i can't give precise release dates.

Errr, please noticethat i have heavily edited Jean's email to hopefully make more sense to the Users List.  The original was written for the Docs Team.  Normally i would dare edit other people's post in lists but be aware that it's always possible.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Looks very nice. "you guys" did a great job assembling the documents.

I did not see any outright errors, but, I did see a few things that should be considered for change:

(1)
The following link is in the text: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/
This resolves to: http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/

I had already fixed this in the Macro section, but I had not looked at any other sections before today.

(2) Note to self..... should probably add the LibreOffice forum to Table 6; I would have done it, but I did not even know it existed until recently.

(3) I would probably add a space after the quote on page 376, but that might just be me (currently there is no space).

Hi :slight_smile:
The Forum didn't exist until recently.  I'm not even sure if it exists yet although if not then LaunchDay could be soon. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Hello Jean

One glaring big error.

The copyright page is missing. Only "Notes for Mac Users" appears and it appears immediately below the Table of Contents.

Now to carry on checking.

Regards

Peter Schofield
psauthor@gmail.com

The copyright page is there, just after the cover page.

In the compiled books I move the "Notes for Mac Users" to the end of
the ToC. This leaves room on the copyright page for the publisher info
and ISBN on the PDF from which the printed copies will be produced;
the printed-copy PDF is reduced to 6x9-inch size, done in grayscale,
and has a plain title page (because the fancy title page is on the
colour cover).

--Jean

Hello Jean

Sorry, the page must have skipped - sticky mouse ball problem, now cleaned.

As you move the Notes for Mac users to after the table of contents, maybe we should put this table in the Preface. Most likely place I think is after "What you see may be different". What do you think?

Regards

Peter Schofield
psauthor@gmail.com

Good idea regarding placement of Notes for Mac Users in the full book.
Thanks, Peter. Do you want to amend the GS Preface, or shall I? --Jean

Looking again at the Preface, I see the "Using LO on a Mac" is already
in there, just after "What you see may be different". So no change
needed in Preface; I'll remove from the spot after the ToC. --Jean

Consider it done, or when I have finished reading the news this morning. I will upload the new Preface to ODF and the wiki later this morning.

Regards
Peter Schofield
psauthor@gmail.com