From koffice Fri Jan 30 15:09:14 2004 From: Holger Schroeder Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:09:14 +0000 To: koffice Subject: Re: users book about KOffice Message-Id: <200401301609.14861.holger-kde () holgis ! net> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice&m=107548379124935 Hi, when somebody writes a book about koffice, it would be very cool to write that book _with_ koffice, so you can proove, that koffice is already good enough to do that. ( or you can be a tester for that functionality and report back all the things that you are missing / that are going wrong... ) i guess the developers will help you by working on those bugs you may encounter. Holger On Friday 30 January 2004 11:43, Raphael Langerhorst wrote: > On Thursday 29 January 2004 18:49, Eugene Nine wrote: > > Eugene Nine > > > > I thought somewhere back in one of the early post someone was > > volunteering > > > > :). I thought koffice 2 or whatever the next version is going to be was > > > > going to be soon from all the talk I was seeing so I didn't understand > > how a book could get published in time and was volunteering to help out > > on a book for the next release. Since the next release is far enough out > > that a book on it will be possible I can volunteer to help on on that. > > But after seeing my communication skills you may not wich to take me up > > on that offer > > > > :) > > I think it's great if you volunteer to help out. Since KOffice consists of > many parts it should also be easy to distribute work between more authors. > > A general structure of the book might be: > > * introduction > * what is KOffice > * what does it have to offer (features,...) > / what can be done with KOffice > / KOffice and OOo interoperability > / areas of deployment > / What's about this 'K'? > * what is KDE > * what is OSS > * how to install > * prerequisites (kdelibs) > * KOffice on Linux > * rpm/deb package from Linux distributors > * from source > * KOffice on MAC OS X > * KOffice on Windows (Cygwin(possible?)) > > * A short introduction to KDE > * the panel > * starting KOffice > * ... ? > > * KOffice overview > * all that's common in all parts including general look&feel > > * Wordprocessing with KWord > * Spreadsheets with KSpread > * Presentations with KPresenter > * Flowcharts and Diagrams with Kivio > * Business class reports with Kugar > * Database management with Kexi > * Drawings with Karbon and Krita > * difference between vector graphics and pixmap(?) graphics > * Utilities KFormula, KChart > * ... ? > * KOffice and other office suites (including interoperability) > * file format > * OOo > * Abiword > * Gnumeric > * MS Office > * Hancom Office > * older versions of KOffice > > * other everyday KDE applications: > * Kontact > (* Konqueror) > > * future developments > > * KDE and KOffice in the internet > > * ?? > > > Any suggestions on this general book-structure? > > Anyone wants to work on one of these chapters? > > You think a book with this structure is interesting for users? > > My mother tongue is German. What do you think of a translation to English/ > German? > > The book will of course cover the next major release of KOffice - the one > with OOo file formats - either 1.4 or 2.0. > > > I think if the book is well designed (content and look/layout) it will be a > great support for people wanting to use KOffice - or trying to find out > which office suite suites them best. > > > greetings, > Raphael > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > > From: Raphael Langerhorst > > Reply-To: For discussion about KOffice > > Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:33:38 +0100 > > > > >comments inline... > > > > > >On Thursday 29 January 2004 14:56, Eugene Nine wrote: > > >> So it sounds like a Koffice 2.0 is much further away than I thought. > > >> Which is god timing for someone who wishes to write a book, they can > > >> start on 1.3 and follow the changes/additions and just make the book > > >> match. > > > > > >That's quite the reason why I started the thread (in addition to the > > > file format change to OOo which should be finished with the next major > > > release ... IMHO). > > > > > >Is anyone volunteering for writing a book? > > > > > >> I was worried about using koffice a while back sine I had heard about > > >> the format changing with 2.0 until I found the command line > > >> import/convert tool so I felt safe that I could simply convert > > >> everything over at one point with that tool. > > > > > >Yes, KOffice 2.0 is surely some distance off. To my knowledge it is not > > > even decided what the next version number will be. > > > > > >> I assume the templates will follow the OO standard as well, one > > >> thing I can't do easily in Kword at the moment is use a templae for an > > >> Avery label. I have to run open office for that. Any chance there > > >> will be command like file viewers/editors (I'm drifting way off the > > >> topic of the thread here so if someone wants to know why I'll start a > > >> new thread and explain). > > > > > >I think if you are missing some functionality then you should surely > > > start either a new thread for it or file in a wish item in the bug > > > tracking system. > > > > > >> Eugene Nine > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > > >> From: David Faure > > >> Reply-To: For discussion about KOffice > > >> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:13:09 +0100 > > >> > > >> >On Thursday 29 January 2004 14:32, Eugene Nine wrote: > > >> >> I was looking at the koffice site and the developer.kde.org and I > > >> >> can't find anything on koffice 2.0? > > >> > > > >> >We have only just started the changes post 1.3. > > >> >The roadmap is yet to be decided upon, the only clear thing is the > > >> > work on the OOo file format. > > >> > > > >> >-- > > >> >David Faure, faure@kde.org, sponsored by Trolltech to work on KDE, > > >> >[...] > > >> > > >> [...] > > ____________________________________ > koffice mailing list > koffice@mail.kde.org > To unsubscribe please visit: > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice ____________________________________ koffice mailing list koffice@mail.kde.org To unsubscribe please visit: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice