Difference between revisions of "Documentation/Dashboard/Help Style Guide"

From Apache OpenOffice Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(Calc functions)
(Calc functions)
Line 18: Line 18:
 
* bold
 
* bold
 
* capital letters
 
* capital letters
||Second level heading|| '''DATE'''
+
||Second level heading|| <div style=" font-weight: bold; font-size: 140%; "> DATE </div>
 
|- bgcolor="#FFF"
 
|- bgcolor="#FFF"
 
| hlp_paragraph||Function description || This function converts a date written as year, month, day to an internal serial number and displays it in the cell's formatting. ...
 
| hlp_paragraph||Function description || This function converts a date written as year, month, day to an internal serial number and displays it in the cell's formatting. ...
Line 27: Line 27:
 
* bold
 
* bold
 
* without colon
 
* without colon
||Third level heading|| '''Syntax'''
+
||Third level heading|| <div style=" font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%; "> Syntax </div>
 
|- bgcolor="#FFF"
 
|- bgcolor="#FFF"
 
||
 
||
Line 48: Line 48:
 
* bold
 
* bold
 
*without colon
 
*without colon
||Third level heading|| '''Example'''
+
||Third level heading|| <div style=" font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%; "> Example </div>
 
|- bgcolor="#FFF"
 
|- bgcolor="#FFF"
 
||
 
||

Revision as of 09:45, 28 November 2007

Help "Guides" (How-to instructions)

Calc functions

A typical help text for a Calc function should follow this scheme of paragraph styles:

Style Function Example
hidden text Index entry <BOOKMARKVALUE>DATE function</BOOKMARKVALUE>
  • hlp_head2
  • 16p
  • bold
  • capital letters
Second level heading
DATE
hlp_paragraph Function description This function converts a date written as year, month, day to an internal serial number and displays it in the cell's formatting. ...
  • hlp_head3
  • 14p
  • bold
  • without colon
Third level heading
Syntax
  • hlp_code
  • no blank before and after parentheses
  • arguments are separated by colon and blank
  • arguments begin with a capital letter
  • arguments that consist of more than one word are contracted (ex.: DegreesFreedom)
Syntax definition DATE(Year; Month; Day)
  • hlp_paragraph
  • 10p
  • argument is bold without colon
Explanation of function arguments Year is an integer between 1583 and 9956 or 0 and 99. ...
  • hlp_head3
  • 14p
  • bold
  • without colon
Third level heading
Example
  • hlp_paragraph
  • starting with an equal sign
  • without blanks
  • results are not bold
Example =DATE("00;1;1") yields 1/1/00
Personal tools