tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20663524.post6745979705141363875..comments2023-11-18T09:37:40.568+02:00Comments on Funkyware: ITCetera: OpenOffice's style editing dialogs suck!Martin-Érichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00394315280689943764noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20663524.post-16549753076519636222010-02-10T16:37:56.644+02:002010-02-10T16:37:56.644+02:00Agreed on your basic point. OO.o requires people t...Agreed on your basic point. OO.o requires people to be trained in how to do some things which should be fairly simple: have introductory matter, set right/left page styles, set cascading styles, etc. Making the configuration clearer would be a great first step.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155385927782965826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20663524.post-57788286945478653142010-02-10T10:39:47.605+02:002010-02-10T10:39:47.605+02:00As I've already said, the current set of style...As I've already said, the current set of style editing dialogues that come via F11 sucks. Having to separately edit the styling rule for each text element, rather than together as a unified whole, is not usable and I've gotten sick of it.Martin-Érichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00394315280689943764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20663524.post-4297540633519702942010-02-10T10:25:41.142+02:002010-02-10T10:25:41.142+02:00But that is exactly how OpenOffice has been workin...But that is exactly how OpenOffice has been working since at least 1.0. (And by the way most other word processors as well, including MS Word). It's even called "Styles".<br /><br />You just have to "markup" your document with appropiate styles, like heading1, heading3, body,... by choosing them from the (in my instalation) leftmost dropdown menu.<br /><br />Then you go to (translated from spanish so maybe not accurate wording) Format menu, select Style and Format (or press F11). <br /><br />The styles sidebar/toolbox opens with all default styles, and by right clicking on them you personalise every aspect of it to suit your needs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440420733140857980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20663524.post-4819110267302242172010-02-10T09:15:15.358+02:002010-02-10T09:15:15.358+02:00Forget about Lyx. The file format is not inter-ope...Forget about Lyx. The file format is not inter-operable with non-geeks.<br /><br />All I asked is for a different UI paradigm, not for re-inventing the wheel by scrapping OOo entirely.Martin-Érichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00394315280689943764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20663524.post-36092584425083323272010-02-10T06:54:42.593+02:002010-02-10T06:54:42.593+02:00This is why you should likely be using Lyx instead...This is why you should likely be using Lyx instead. I do agree that Open Office is behind in this feature, as it is something Microsoft Word 2007 already does. But even it falls short of how well Lyx can do things.Vulpes Foxnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912885468135437070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20663524.post-6776500224475424152010-02-09T21:29:42.457+02:002010-02-09T21:29:42.457+02:00This makes a lot of sense. Gnome has begun using c...This makes a lot of sense. Gnome has begun using css for its styles, and it's going to be very intuitive. <br /><br />How to push this idea? Online petition? mass emails? a cool island song?augiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534089056541923260noreply@blogger.com