I am finding that the offline help files are not consistent with the Libre Office programme.
e.g. When I try to find how to use a background colour behind my text, the help file directs me to
Format-Character-background tag. The tag is actually called HIGHLIGHTING.
Maybe I have the wrong offline help file.
Regards,
Robert.
Help (both online and offline) is out-of sync, yes. We need help authors badly.
Core developers need to show initiative: prepare infrastructure, present problems, provide tools, document what needs to be done and then send public call for, let’s say, July as a starting date. Few individuals can’t fix this, team can. Every patch worth documenting, should be documented before merging. This site has good questions and answers - that should be included in documentation also (where appropriate and needed). Could you agree on this?
No.
- The infrastructure is already there. We have documentation teams - those volunteers who do the job. They can help anyone who also volunteers. Just join them, and you will be given clear tasks, tools etc.
- If we go the route of documenting everything before submitting, we will end up where Sun and AOO ended: no progress at all.
Answer would be to report enhancement request at Bugzilla, but: you could make account at LibreOffice wiki and edit on-line help by fixing inconsistencies you bump into.
The help pages are not editable that way by anyone, though are displayed as wiki - that is only artifact of used infrastructure. Btw, in the next version, the “wiki” appearance will go away.