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Subject:    Re: users book about KOffice
From:       "enine" <enine () ninefamily ! com>
Date:       2004-02-13 14:59:07
Message-ID: 200402130659.AA12320908 () ninefamily ! com
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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 <raphael-langerhorst@gmx.at>
Reply-To: For discussion about KOffice <koffice@mail.kde.org>
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
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