From koffice Fri Feb 13 14:59:07 2004 From: "enine" Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 14:59:07 +0000 To: koffice Subject: Re: users book about KOffice Message-Id: <200402130659.AA12320908 () ninefamily ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice&m=107668448911444 I wouldn't mind seeing to docs on more advanced kspread stuff. I'm having problems with linking to other sheets/files right now. I have a lot of spreadsheets, imported a bunch of my old ones from ms office and started updating things like my inventory. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Raphael Langerhorst Reply-To: For discussion about KOffice Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:40:06 +0100 >On Friday 13 February 2004 10:04, Marc Heyvaert wrote: >> [...] >> BTW, I'm toying with the idea of doing a book on >> KSpread. When I started with spreadsheets, most >> programs came with very good manuals, that took you >> gently through the application. Multiplan (remember >> that one :) ), was like this, so was Lotus 1-2-3 or >> Symphony (that really got me started). Even not so >> long ago, I remember Quattro Pro had a very good and >> extensive manual. Today most applications assume that >> everyone is quite thoroughly acquainted with the >> concept of a spreadsheet program. Books about MS >> Office, or OpenOffice, will cover the functionality of >> the spreadsheet-part in 100 to 150 pages, because >> there is all that other stuff that they have to cram >> in. > >I think an extensive book about one app would be really great. There are >probably many people that use spreadsheets a lot and no other office app at >all (and the same with other apps). I think this is especially the case in >companies. Also it would allow for a really deep walkthrough through the >application. I would certainly like to see such a book. > >> >> So I'm a bit nostalgic about the kind of book that >> would show you all the functionalities of the program, >> by using extensive examples, screenshots, etc. and >> really explain things well. I don't see this as >> something that can replace the help/manual, nor as a >> pure tutorial, but as something in between... > >see above. I agree with having an extensive walkthrough. > >> >> My prefered format for such a book would be HTML or >> XML (I no specialist), I mean something that you can >> read on the internet, preferably also offered on one >> page, so that you can print it efficiently, and of >> cours .pdf and .ps on top of that. And perhaps >> integrated into the program, either as a link to a >> web-page, or as an extra help-item. And free >> of-course, I mean under GNU Free Documentation >> Licence. The guy on sourcebeat.com has a point of >> course when he points out that written books about >> (open source) programs are rapidly obsolete. > >This is surely a good idea. Having the "book" on www.koffice.org as a >accompanying guide would be great. But if possible we should also provide a >printed version - I for example prefer having a real book in my hands if it's >more than 100 pages. > >> >> Marc >> > >note: if you really plan to do such a book and you need one or the other help >on it, I would like to help as much as time allows. Especially I'm also a >developer and currently I'm trying to get a feeling for the kspread source >code, that would probably also help for a book. > >Raphael >____________________________________ >koffice mailing list >koffice@mail.kde.org >To unsubscribe please visit: >https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the HostPortal WebMail system at ninefamily.com ____________________________________ koffice mailing list koffice@mail.kde.org To unsubscribe please visit: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice