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[c7p <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Which chapter/section do you want to proofread ?
-If i remember right the ubuntu desktop ?-

--John

2011/10/18 Paco Patag <axonn136@xxxxxxxxx>

> Rick and John,
>
> The email address for my Ubuntu One account is also axonn136@xxxxxxxxx.
> I've already joined the Launchpad group, but if you need it, my Launchpad
> address is https://launchpad.net/~pfjap.paco.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Paco Patag
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> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 19:11, c7p <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Hello Editors !
>>
>> We have many sections finished an it's your turn to push the manual, time
>> for proofreading !
>>
>> What you should do as an editor ?
>>
>> 1)Proofread the text, correct any syntactical or grammatical mistakes
>> 2)Make sure that the text corresponds to the reality, -e.g an author may
>> haven't change the a menu name, you'll have to do it-. This means that
>> you'll check if the process that is described is ok.
>> 3*)If you find a paragraph that isn't understandable or it could be more
>> understandable with a few changes in sentences, you may change these
>> sentences.
>>
>>
>> Not all chapters have been finished. Here is the chapters available for
>> proofread:
>>
>>    1. Ubuntu Desktop
>>    2. Working with Ubuntu
>>       -  Reading and Composing e-mails
>>       - Microblogging
>>       - Listening to Music
>>    3. Software Management
>>    4. Advanced topics
>>
>>
>> Authors, were given two ways to submit their work:
>>
>> 1. LaTeX code.  The manual is written in LaTeX.  They write the text using
>> our LaTeX markup and then they upload it directly to our bzr repository.
>> 2. Plain text or LibreOffice document.  As an alternative for those
>> authors who don't know LaTeX (and aren't interested in learning), they could
>> share their work in a LibreOffice document. After you finish proofreading
>> some of our editors will covert it to LaTeX and upload it to the branch.
>> There is an Ubuntu Manual shared folder on UbuntuOne, where some authors
>> share their work.
>>
>> The Working with Ubuntu, the Software Management sections are in
>> LibreOffice format -which means we haven't converted them to tex format- on
>> UbuntuOne shared folder.
>> The Ubuntu Desktop, and Advanced Topics chapters in tex format, on our
>> branch.
>>
>>
>> How do i get started ?
>>
>> 1)Select the section, or chapter you want to work on.
>> 2)If the section you want to proofread is:
>>
>>    -  on our branch:
>>
>> Don't get deterred from Latex code! It's like proofreading an webpage page
>> in html format. You don't even have to know our Latex markup code, you can
>> simply refer to
>> http://kevin.godby.org/ubuntu-manual/talks/latex-handout.pdf if you want
>> to learn what a latex tag does. Instructions on how to get started :
>> http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved/editors
>>
>>    - on UbuntuOne shared folder
>>
>> 1) Create an UbuntuOne account if you haven't one (-if you have a
>> Launchpad acc you are ok-)
>> 2) Set up UbuntuOne for your machine
>>
>> instructions for 1), 2) =>
>> https://one.ubuntu.com/help/tutorial/install-and-setup-ubuntu-one/ (the
>> link may be for 11.04 but it works for 11.10 too)
>>
>> When you have done these let me know your UbuntuOne account (just let me
>> know the e-mail of the account). So we can move on the next step.
>>
>> 3)Write your name on the spreadsheet of manual contributors [1]
>>
>> During the proofread process it's good to provide feedback, you can either
>> write in the spreadsheet [1] or send a mail to the list.
>>
>> If you have any questions send them to the mailing list so as everyone can
>> see them.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ar0Z6vOO38EydFl2cTJRNzJPZU56WEI3VzdKNzJtR0E&hl=en_US
>>
>>
>> Rick & John
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