[Qgis-user] QGIS v3 Layout Manager

[delazj at gmail.com]

Ccing to community as i'm convinced that is a big issue that the community needs to clearly know. Sometimes i wonder what happens if one day there's no more User manual (and i'm afraid it comes if things do not evolve): people will surely read blog post, social media, forum, mailing-list... but i'm sure, and i may be wrong, that not all the fantastic features will be exposed and i'm not sure a project without a User manual looks sustainable or serious. 

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Le 5 mars 2018 05:22, Grant Boxer <boxerg at iinet.net.au> a écrit :
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> Hi Harrissou, 
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> Agreed should go in to official documents! I have a working draft of a user manual that I have developed for my "GIS for Geologists" courses that I run here in Perth (Western Australia). Geologists have particular requirements so having the key tasks documented assists in the uptake of QGIS. 
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Thanks for doing that. We also need to create and adapt manuals to groups. 

> My document is a little "rough" but happy to share - although it is only v2.16.18 at the moment. 
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Thanks again for your offer. Unfortunately, 2.18 is no longer a target for QGIS Docs team (i think it's all done). And sharing a whole doc wouldn't really help us in this case given that it'll require we learn it first, before we find its usefulness. As the writer, you might better know what could be missing in official docs. 

And to make things clearer (if need be), my previous call was not addressed to you, Grant, actually to not only you, but to anybody (user, trainer, developper, company... )  that could be reading these lines: QGIS needs (a little from) you.

TIP: QGIS 3.0 changelog will sooner be published (https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/visualchangelog30/index.html). Go give it a look, find a feature, improve its summary (should not always be required) and propose it for merge in user manual(/Cookbook/Training manual) . And that's all. 

Cheers, 
Harrissou 

> Regards Grant 
>
> Grant Boxer 
> Consultant Geologist (FAIG R.P. Geo) 
> Perth, Western Australia 
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> Email: boxerg at iinet.net.au 
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: delazj at gmail.com <delazj at gmail.com> 
> Sent: Monday, 5 March 2018 12:12 PM 
> To: Grant Boxer <boxerg at iinet.net.au> 
> Cc: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org 
> Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] QGIS v3 Layout Manager 
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> Le 5 mars 2018 04:18, Grant Boxer <boxerg at iinet.net.au> a écrit : 
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> > That was easy! Many thanks, I wouldn't have thought of that. 
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> You're welcome. This is why we need some help for the documentation. There are many features here and there that need to be written so that not only developers are aware of them. 
> We don't need big litterature nor request writer to become a long term contributor (it'd be nice but no problem if not possible). All we need is some notes on a feature you know about and is missing in docs, so that we insert it in docs. See last PSC call at http://blog.qgis.org/2017/12/04/documentation-for-qgis-3-0-call-for-contributions/ 
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> > I will put it in my notes. 
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> Please do. 
> But Imagine if each of us puts one of his/her notes in the official docs... 
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> Regards, 
> Harrissou 
> > 
> > Cheers Grant 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: delazj at gmail.com <delazj at gmail.com> 
> > Sent: Monday, 5 March 2018 11:12 AM 
> > To: Grant Boxer <boxerg at iinet.net.au> 
> > Cc: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org 
> > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS v3 Layout Manager 
> > 
> > Hi Grant, 
> > 
> > Right-click on the existing page should show "page properties" in the context menu. 
> > 
> > HTH, 
> > Harrissou Le 5 mars 2018 00:40, Grant Boxer <boxerg at iinet.net.au> a écrit : 
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> > > In v2 I set the page size first using the Print Composer > Composition tab > Page Size (e.g. A4 landscape). I then add my template of the correct size. In v3 there does not seem to be a composition tab. Under the new Layout tab, there doesn’t appear to be anywhere to add the page size and orientation? Does this now have to be done in the Composer > Page Setup option? 
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> > > Grant Boxer 
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> > > Perth, Western Australia 
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