Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 73884
Tutorial for the pdf export
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:36:21 UTC
I wrote a tutorial for the pdf export in german language. The document is published on de-OOo. The document is under PDL. I hope there is someone who is willing to translate it into English (or some more languages). I will put the document with linked screenshots (zip-file) on this issue.
Created attachment 42470 [details] The german version of the Howto of PDF_Export
Most of what you have is covered in Chapter2 of the User Guide (i29679) If this ca be iproved please comment. The How-to looks good.
I think for users of OOo there should be two different ways to get informations. A big document like the users-guide with many chapters for general information or a complete overview. The second way should be opened by documents for a single problem (for example: videos in OOo on Linux, export to pdf). I think it is posible to translate the document above to other languages and also to use the information to improve chapter 2 of the users-guide.
Good thought. I will have a go at trsnslating/rewriting a HOW-TO. Thanks
@grsingleton: I don't know whether I have to do something to start the translation process (mail to dev-documentation?).
No. Yu have planted the seed. Since I already have some stuff on the subject, I think that I can simply use your as a model and create the English HOW-TO. No translation needed but I will place my copy here for your review so that the two are relatively in sync.
Created attachment 42527 [details] New german Version from today: update for OOo 2.2
I uploaded a new version because there are some changes in OOo 2.2 (for example Checkbox for Bookmarks is new)
assigning new owner
I'll be using the wiki version for translation
->fpe. Where is the tutorial? On the OOo wiki, I mean.
not yet done, sorry Uwe, can you take over
Asked for help on dev@documentation.openoffice.org
I have updated the howto to version 2.4.0. Therefore I changed the version tag. In a few minutes I will upload a archiv with the new version including new screenshots. The german version inside the wiki is not up to date anymore. That version will not be updated because of the heavy workload of formating inside the wiki (images especially).
Created attachment 53598 [details] Export to PDF - Update to OOo 2.4
Someone wants to update the Wiki page with the new text and images? Or should we wait for OOo 3.0 and then update, including all that is new to 3.0?
This info is now on the wiki, here (for 2.4) http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Getting_Started/Exporting_files and here (for 3.x) http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Getting_Started/Exporting_to_PDF However, it's not obvious to users that the info (esp. for 2.4) is there (a search of the wiki turns up the pages but the 2.4 one is not easy to identify), so we (I) need to make the info easier to find. Possibilities include creating a FAQ or mini how-to that points people to the relevant wiki pages. The doc attached to this issue goes into more detail than necessary, IMO. But if others think otherwise, we could consider adding detail to the existing wiki page for OOo3.0, or (if people prefer) someone could update this tutorial for 3.0 and put it under tutorials.
If the document inside the wiki is a translation of the german original the historie had to be included. The original document is under PDL not under CC-BY. I think the translation must be published under the original licence (or all contributors apply for the new licence).
Andreas, no the document on the wiki is not derived from or translated from the German document in this issue. It just covers the same topic, export to PDF. It was written (mostly by me) before I heard of this howto. That is why it is under the CC-BY license like the rest of the user guides.
Is this task just concerned with the German translation of the How - To or do we need to revamp the English version as well? I am willing to help on this project extensively.
The English version of the same info (not a direct translation) is here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Getting_Started/Exporting_to_PDF (It is also in the ODT/PDF versions of the Getting Started guide, and the Writer Guide and other books have nearly identical information.) The material is essentially the same as in the German how-to (which is now nearly 3 years old). IMO we don't need a separate how-to in English, but if you wish to evaluate what we've got, please feel free to do so, either on the wiki or through OOoAuthors. (I see you've recently joined the list there.)