docs(user_manual): cleanup prose and RST style in access_webdav.rst

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Small docs-only cleanup pass for user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst to improve prose, grammar, and style-guide alignment without changing documented behavior.

• Scope

  • Limited to user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst only.

• Prose and style cleanup

  • Reworded several sentences for clearer second-person, active-voice phrasing.
  • Fixed awkward grammar/wording and normalized capitalization (for example, “Web interface”, “Web browser”).
  • Tightened step wording and removed ambiguous phrasing.

• RST consistency

  • Corrected heading underline length for the WinSCP subsection.
  • Aligned list marker usage with surrounding auto-numbered list style.

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✅ Checklist

• I have built the documentation locally and reviewed the output
• Screenshots are included for visual changes
• I have not moved or renamed pages (or added a redirect if I did)
• I have run codespell or similar and addressed any spelling issues

Original prompt

Create a small documentation-only pull request in nextcloud/documentation that performs a prose, syntax, and style-guide cleanup pass on this remaining file in user_manual/files:

• user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst

Follow the repository style guide in style_guide.rst, especially:

• use sentence case in headings
• write in second person and active voice where practical
• keep wording literal and specific
• prefer clear, concise phrasing
• keep line wrapping around 120 characters where practical
• preserve blank lines after directives
• do not add trailing spaces
• maintain valid reStructuredText/Sphinx markup
• preserve existing meaning; do not introduce technical behavior changes

Scope constraints:

• Keep this manageable and focused. This should be a small docs pass, not a large rewrite.
• Limit changes to the file above only.
• Do not modify index files, build/config files, templates, or images.
• Prefer prose/style/syntax fixes: grammar, punctuation, capitalization, awkward phrasing, consistency, alt text quality, list wording, and obvious style-guide issues.
• Avoid unnecessary restructuring.

Please create a PR with a concise summary of the style/prose cleanup.

The following is the prior conversation context from the user's chat exploration (may be truncated):

Assistant: Yes — the root user_manual files are a very sensible scope.

That’s probably the safest “reasonable-sized” pass because it gives you:

• a small, bounded set
• mostly pure prose/how-to content
• good chances for style-guide consistency
• less risk of wandering into sprawling subtrees

The obvious set is:

• user_manual/activity.rst
• user_manual/session_management.rst
• user_manual/universal_access.rst
• user_manual/user_2fa.rst
• user_manual/userpreferences.rst
• user_manual/webinterface.rst

I’d treat those as a nice compact batch and leave out:

• index.rst
• contents.rst
• build/config files
• templates
• subdirectories like desktop/, files/, groupware/, talk/

Why this is a good target:

• all in one place
• similar doc type
• limited file count
• likely enough text to make progress without turning into a monster PR

If you want to keep it even tighter, I’d start with just 3–4 files:

• activity.rst
• session_management.rst
• user_2fa.rst
• userpreferences.rst

That feels very PR-friendly.

If you want, I can now:

1. quickly check those root files against the style guide, and
2. suggest the exact subset that looks best for this pass.

User: A bit more that 3 files. How many are in the root ?

Assistant: There are 8 prose/content .rst files at the root of user_manual if you exclude the index/navigation/build files:

• activity.rst
• session_management.rst
• universal_access.rst
• user_2fa.rst
• userpreferences.rst
• webinterface.rst

Actually, from what I can see, that list is 6 root content files.

Other root .rst files there are structural rather than prose-pass targets:

• contents.rst
• index.rst

So the root breaks down like this:

• 6 good prose-pass candidates
• 2 structural/index files
• plus non-doc/build/template items

If you want “a bit more than 3 files,” then doing all 6 root content files seems like a very reasonable scope.

User: Let's do them

Assistant: Sounds good — all 6 root content files in user_manual is a solid, manageable pass.

That scope is:

• user_manual/activity.rst
• user_manual/session_management.rst
• user_manual/universal_access.rst
• user_manual/user_2fa.rst
• user_manual/userpreferences.rst
• user_manual/webinterface.rst

If you want me to open a PR for that pass, say so and I can do it.

If you want, I can also help first by:

• skimming those files for likely style-guide issues, and
• drafting a concise PR scope/commit plan before opening it.

User: Implement this

Assistant: I’ve started the PR creation flow for that focused docs pass and we’re currently waiting for your response to the confirmation dialog to continue.

Assistant: I’ve started creating the pull request for prose, syntax, and style-guide improvements to the six root user_manual pages.

You can track the progress of the task directly. Once completed, I’ll let you know and provide the details of the pull request.

User: Now files, let's see how that would work

Assistant: For a similarly manageable pass, user_manual/files/ could work well — but I’d still want to keep it narrowed.

My suggestion would be to do it in one slice of that folder, not the entire subtree at once.

Good options:

• a small cluster of introductory/how-to pages
• or just the root .rst files directly under user_manual/files/, excluding deeper subfolders if there are many

That keeps the pattern consistent with what we just did:

• bounded scope
• user-facing prose
• lower risk of a giant PR

If you want, I can inspect user_manual/files/ and suggest:

1. the full file count
2. a *small/medium reasonable subset...

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