Re: Screenshots KDE booklet

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Felix Michel <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 14:43:38 Felix Michel wrote:
>> > Hey everbody,
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>> > i am still thinking about the screenshots for our shiny KDE booklet.
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>> Where is the source of the booklet so we can correct typos?
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>> Anne-Marie
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> i uploaded  the source but actually that is no good idea either. the best way,
> you tell me where the typos are (page number) and i correct them or you write
> into the pdf using okular and then i correct it myself. because if i have a
> lot of different indesign versions it drives me kinda crazy.

The difficulty with this approach is that typos are only one element
of editing. Considerable editing has been done already on the document
in GoogleDocs. Later, more content was added, but I don't think that
it was closely edited.

Of the 8 sections in the TOC, only the first, "communicate", has been
brought into a publishing format. So presumably the text is being
imported from somewhere not in publishing format, probably from
GoogleDocs.

Desktop publishing applications are not supportive of the kind of
editing that appears to be needed. Typos or other minor suggestions
(for example, eliminate a space between the end of a sentence and its
punctuation mark) would be easily communicated. Rewording awkward
sentences or paragraphs into the smooth language of a marketing
booklet wouldn't be as easy.

This booklet should be as polished and elegant as possible. It should
demonstrate KDE quality.

I really don't want to dampen anyone's enthusiasm or disparage
anyone's contributions. I am related to my inspiration from reading
aseigo's recent post to this list about "The why of KDE".

Isn't it possible to retain the layout and design of the booklet and
then flow content into it? Could we establish the current version on
GoogleDocs as a baseline for the final draft and edit it mercilessly?

Carl

Carl


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> so here the source:
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> ftp://tradukt.ch/html/kde_booklet/kde_booklet.indd
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> cheers
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> felix
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