User Guide update

[Eric Christensen]

On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 13:00 -0400, Matthew Daniels wrote:
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> Eric Christensen wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 12:08 -0400, Matthew Daniels wrote: Would
> > striking a lot of specific, step-by-step tasks from the UG offend
> > any previous content writers? Is this the direction to go? What
> > kind of step-by-step tasks are you proposing? Eric
> 
> I would propose removing items which should be included in
> documentation already shipped with software components. Examples of
> some things I'd like to trim or rewrite are thing like the current OOo
> section[1], or the description of KMyMoney[2]. These are things that
> can either be found shipped with the programs or that are too common
> sense to include in documentation (like explaining what your options
> will be if you click on the "Edit" menu). These kind of small details
> are also extremely version sensitive; these things could even change
> between Fedora releases, meaning that the guide becomes inaccurate.
> 
> Examples of the type of "generalized" information I'd rather see kept
> are things that orient the user in the way Fedora is organized.
> Comparing the GNOME desktop to Microsoft Windows would fit here; also,
> explaining things like how and why one mounts/unmounts volumes.
> Troubleshooting common problems should also be included, as well at
> meta-information. By meta-information, I mean things like Package
> Installation instructions -- there is documentation for that, but so
> much of the User Guide depends on that process that I feel it needs to
> be included anyway.
> 
> - -- Matthew
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> [1]
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_Guide_-_Office_Tools#OpenOffice.org_Writer
> [2]
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_Guide_-_Financial_Software#Using_KMyMoney
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Yeah, I agree with not reinventing the wheel when it comes to
reiterating what is already written elsewhere.  Maybe a link to where
they can read more?

- Eric

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