Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
Yes, the '03 worked and I enjoyed using that for that reason; I can no longer use it because MSFT only allows a certain number of computers - so when the HD died on the last one, so did my access to '03 ??? Obviously, MSFT knows that computers' HDs die so why is there a limited number of times to download the program ??? - obviously MSFT is more greedy than caring ;-( So with this new computer, I plan to ONLY use those programs which will be transferable if and when I ever have another HD die ... starting over is no fun ;-) Ok, I admit, I liked OO then LO for some things - and I liked the MSFT program for some things ;-) On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:44 AM, rost52 bugquestcon...@online.de wrote: Quite a lot of interesting discussions about the possibility of looking at 2 documents the same time. I was especially surprised that this very nice feature will be gone in MSO 2013. Luckily I use LibO only thus cannot feel cheated by MS when this feature is gone after I purchased an expensive upgrade. As a reference, one can just look at MSO 2003. There I used this feature mainly for word documents of the same language or with different languages. I could scroll both documents synchronized or separately. All in one big but split window. I used this for many years until I switched to LibO. I think it doesn't need complicated programming and I also feel that it could be applied to all elements of LibO the same way. (Be careful I not a dev and don't have dev knowledge; its just my feeling.) If someone is interested in more details, let me know, I will fire up my old PC where there is still MSO 2003 installed and look at the details. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
Quite a lot of interesting discussions about the possibility of looking at 2 documents the same time. I was especially surprised that this very nice feature will be gone in MSO 2013. Luckily I use LibO only thus cannot feel cheated by MS when this feature is gone after I purchased an expensive upgrade. As a reference, one can just look at MSO 2003. There I used this feature mainly for word documents of the same language or with different languages. I could scroll both documents synchronized or separately. All in one big but split window. I used this for many years until I switched to LibO. I think it doesn't need complicated programming and I also feel that it could be applied to all elements of LibO the same way. (Be careful I not a dev and don't have dev knowledge; its just my feeling.) If someone is interested in more details, let me know, I will fire up my old PC where there is still MSO 2003 installed and look at the details. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
Hi :) People have discussed various different ways that tabs could be implemented in LibreOffice. I would really like to see either of the main ways. The only one i could understand was having each tab as a different document but there was an old word-processor that had something very useful for working on documents longer than 1 page or so. Something like an advanced Navigation tool. In MS Office you can open more than one document and each one is opened inside the type of shell you see if you open LibreOffice without opening any document and just get the splash screen. That way you can maximise the Word window and have 2 or more documents in any arrangement you like without having multiple instances of their ribbon-bar and menus taking up even more excessive screen real-estate. Regards from Tom :) From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: dennis.hamil...@acm.org Cc: 'anne-ology' lagin...@gmail.com; 'Jorge' jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com; 'Tom' tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; 'Dr. R. O Stapf' reinh...@stapf-online.com; users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 3:26 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? Hi. I can see 2 other interpretations from Anne-ology message. 1. She wants to be able to open the file twice, to visually compare the instance initially (and still) on disc with the instance edited in ram. 2. She wants to be able to visually compare 2 parts (paragraphs) in the same document. I used to do this many years ago on OS/2 in lotus or staroffice. Steve On 2012-12-11 15:41, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Umm, if two Text (.odt) documents have not changed dramatically, does not the Edit | Compare Document ... menu dialog provide a way of seeing how the currently open document is changed from another document? - Dennis -Original Message- From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:39 To: Jorge Cc: Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions cannot be open at the same time - I've tried minimizing one document but it closes on its own when the next document is opened - the computer is always a step ahead of me ;-) On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen then the window tries to maximise. Of course you could use Alt Tab to flick between any windows on the workspace you are on and that can be a good way to compare quickly. Most GnuLinux distros also let you flick between different work-spaces quickly so changes jump out at you that way too. Windows users probably aren't familiar with the spinning cube (which i can never get to work). Of course Ubuntu kinda lost that quick flick between workspaces in 11.04 using Unity (unless i'm missing a key-combo (which is highly likely)) Regards from Tom :) From: Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 6 December 2012, 23:10 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? This would realy be a good feature. I also miss the possibility to compare to documents side by side and synchronized scrolling. I hate to say it but this is a good feature of MSO. Just hope that our devs can add ti to LibO. On 2012-12-05 20:50, Gilles wrote: I agree. I also miss being able to split a document horizontally in two halves. It's very useful when going through a big document. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail
RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
That feature (the MDI interface) of Microsoft Office appears to be going, going, gone ... in Office 2013/365 [;). It still exists in Office 2010 although in my work it is more annoying than helpful. In the Office 2013 preview, the Windows are separate and the side-by-side feature is gone from Excel. Even if you are in Excel with an open document, and you open another, it opens in another Excel window. This makes sense for the ways that Windows 7 and Windows 8 operate. It also has the Office Apps usable in consistent ways whether running from the Web, on a desktop, or on other devices. I don't know what the considerations were, but the simplification and consistency are apparent. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Tom Davies [mailto:tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 04:40 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? Hi :) People have discussed various different ways that tabs could be implemented in LibreOffice. I would really like to see either of the main ways. The only one i could understand was having each tab as a different document but there was an old word-processor that had something very useful for working on documents longer than 1 page or so. Something like an advanced Navigation tool. In MS Office you can open more than one document and each one is opened inside the type of shell you see if you open LibreOffice without opening any document and just get the splash screen. That way you can maximise the Word window and have 2 or more documents in any arrangement you like without having multiple instances of their ribbon-bar and menus taking up even more excessive screen real-estate. Regards from Tom :) From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: dennis.hamil...@acm.org Cc: 'anne-ology' lagin...@gmail.com; 'Jorge' jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com; 'Tom' tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; 'Dr. R. O Stapf' reinh...@stapf-online.com; users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 3:26 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? Hi. I can see 2 other interpretations from Anne-ology message. 1. She wants to be able to open the file twice, to visually compare the instance initially (and still) on disc with the instance edited in ram. 2. She wants to be able to visually compare 2 parts (paragraphs) in the same document. I used to do this many years ago on OS/2 in lotus or staroffice. Steve On 2012-12-11 15:41, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Umm, if two Text (.odt) documents have not changed dramatically, does not the Edit | Compare Document ... menu dialog provide a way of seeing how the currently open document is changed from another document? - Dennis -Original Message- From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:39 To: Jorge Cc: Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions cannot be open at the same time - I've tried minimizing one document but it closes on its own when the next document is opened - the computer is always a step ahead of me ;-) On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen then the window tries to maximise. Of course you could use Alt Tab to flick between any windows on the workspace you are on and that can be a good way to compare quickly. Most GnuLinux distros also let you flick between different work-spaces quickly so changes jump
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
Maybe you can view 2 different documents, but for me the first one closes when I open the next one - it is listed in the 'recent' log, but I'm unable to open more than 1 document at the same time. For instance, a while back I was composing a letter which I wanted to begin end in much the same way; I typed it out to the first person ... it's saved, then for the next person, I could either delete the mid-section and type in the message to that person or copy paste to a new document ... then delete the mid-section, ... BUT I could not keep the first letter open and revert back and forth ... ... ... Maybe that's what all those ~lock files are; I delete these as they appear, because I have no clue as to why they are appearing ... am I deleting the ability to view documents side-by-side ??? the more I learn of these machines, the stupider I feel ;-) Oh, BTW, LO quit working again last night ... but once again after clearing the caches, turning off the machine for the night, it's operational again this morning ;-) Is it me or the machine ... I think the machine is winning ... I think I belong in the horse 'n buggy era ... ... ... ;-) ;-) ;-) On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: If you want to compare one document with an earlier version, and you have both, do the following. Open the first document in LibreOffice Writer. When it is open, go to the menu above the document. Click Edit On the pull-down menu, click Compare Document ... A file open dialog will appear. Use it to open the earlier document. Writer now has a document that shows the changes from one to the other. Scroll through the result and see how the changes to the older document that result in the newer one. You can save this as a third document if you want. Or you can always make another comparison again. This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but it is very useful to know about. - Dennis Also, in working with a document, you can record changes as you do it. You can see the changes (show them as you type), or you can simply record them. Then you can show them whenever you want, change your mind, etc. This is on the Edit | Changes dialog. Turn on Edit | Changes | Record and the changes you make from then on are remembered and can be shown. From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 20:01 To: Dennis Cc: Jorge; Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? well, now you've lost me ;-) On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: Umm, if two Text (.odt) documents have not changed dramatically, does not the Edit | Compare Document ... menu dialog provide a way of seeing how the currently open document is changed from another document? - Dennis From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:39 To: Jorge Cc: Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions cannot be open at the same time - I've tried minimizing one document but it closes on its own when the next document is opened - the computer is always a step ahead of me ;-) On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
sounds sensible to me :-) But the program I really liked was the first one I had with my first computer - back-when-DOS - the program has never been updated ... it allowed me to type in one half of the screen while viewing something in the other half; in that way, I could add quotes, poems, ... without having to close down the document in order to open another, ... ... ... computing ... computing ... does not compute ;-) On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) People have discussed various different ways that tabs could be implemented in LibreOffice. I would really like to see either of the main ways. The only one i could understand was having each tab as a different document but there was an old word-processor that had something very useful for working on documents longer than 1 page or so. Something like an advanced Navigation tool. In MS Office you can open more than one document and each one is opened inside the type of shell you see if you open LibreOffice without opening any document and just get the splash screen. That way you can maximise the Word window and have 2 or more documents in any arrangement you like without having multiple instances of their ribbon-bar and menus taking up even more excessive screen real-estate. Regards from Tom :) From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: dennis.hamil...@acm.org Cc: 'anne-ology' lagin...@gmail.com; 'Jorge' jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com; 'Tom' tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; 'Dr. R. O Stapf' reinh...@stapf-online.com; users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 3:26 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? Hi. I can see 2 other interpretations from Anne-ology message. 1. She wants to be able to open the file twice, to visually compare the instance initially (and still) on disc with the instance edited in ram. 2. She wants to be able to visually compare 2 parts (paragraphs) in the same document. I used to do this many years ago on OS/2 in lotus or staroffice. Steve On 2012-12-11 15:41, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Umm, if two Text (.odt) documents have not changed dramatically, does not the Edit | Compare Document ... menu dialog provide a way of seeing how the currently open document is changed from another document? - Dennis From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:39 To: Jorge Cc: Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions cannot be open at the same time - I've tried minimizing one document but it closes on its own when the next document is opened - the computer is always a step ahead of me ;-) On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen then the window tries to maximise. Of course you could use Alt Tab to flick between any windows on the workspace you are on and that can be a good way to compare quickly. Most GnuLinux distros also let you flick between different work-spaces quickly so changes jump out at you that way too. Windows users probably aren't familiar with the spinning cube (which i can never get to work). Of course Ubuntu kinda lost that quick flick between workspaces in 11.04 using Unity (unless i'm missing a key-combo (which is highly likely)) Regards from Tom :) From: Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
simplification is apparent ??? to whom ??? To have to close down one file in order to open another, etc. etc. etc. rather than allowing each to remain open in their half of the screen seems the most sensible and simplest method - it's also the way many folks worked pre-computers - with the data spread out on the desktop - and floor - ready at the spur of the moment. On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: That feature (the MDI interface) of Microsoft Office appears to be going, going, gone ... in Office 2013/365 [;). It still exists in Office 2010 although in my work it is more annoying than helpful. In the Office 2013 preview, the Windows are separate and the side-by-side feature is gone from Excel. Even if you are in Excel with an open document, and you open another, it opens in another Excel window. This makes sense for the ways that Windows 7 and Windows 8 operate. It also has the Office Apps usable in consistent ways whether running from the Web, on a desktop, or on other devices. I don't know what the considerations were, but the simplification and consistency are apparent. - Dennis From: Tom Davies [mailto:tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 04:40 To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? Hi :) People have discussed various different ways that tabs could be implemented in LibreOffice. I would really like to see either of the main ways. The only one i could understand was having each tab as a different document but there was an old word-processor that had something very useful for working on documents longer than 1 page or so. Something like an advanced Navigation tool. In MS Office you can open more than one document and each one is opened inside the type of shell you see if you open LibreOffice without opening any document and just get the splash screen. That way you can maximise the Word window and have 2 or more documents in any arrangement you like without having multiple instances of their ribbon-bar and menus taking up even more excessive screen real-estate. Regards from Tom :) From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com To: dennis.hamil...@acm.org Cc: 'anne-ology' lagin...@gmail.com; 'Jorge' jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com; 'Tom' tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; 'Dr. R. O Stapf' reinh...@stapf-online.com; users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 3:26 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? Hi. I can see 2 other interpretations from Anne-ology message. 1. She wants to be able to open the file twice, to visually compare the instance initially (and still) on disc with the instance edited in ram. 2. She wants to be able to visually compare 2 parts (paragraphs) in the same document. I used to do this many years ago on OS/2 in lotus or staroffice. Steve On 2012-12-11 15:41, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Umm, if two Text (.odt) documents have not changed dramatically, does not the Edit | Compare Document ... menu dialog provide a way of seeing how the currently open document is changed from another document? - Dennis From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:39 To: Jorge Cc: Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions cannot be open at the same time - I've tried minimizing one document but it closes on its own when the next document is opened - the computer is always a step ahead of me ;-) On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
Hi :) The lock files should disappear when you close the document. It's supposed to help prevent soemone else from editing the file at the same time as you or to prevent you from accidentally opening a copy of a file that you have already opened. For example if you spent hours editing a document without saving it and then opened a copy without the editing then if you saved the 2nd copy after closing the first one then you would lose all your hours of editing. There is something seriously wrong with your machine if you can't open 2 documents at the same time. Hopefully it's only the User Profile of LO that is so stuffed-up. I forget whether you are using Windows or GnuLinux (Ubuntu or something). Do you know how much Ram your machine has and how fast the Cpu is? On Windows right-click on My Computer and choose Properties at the bottom of the right-click menu. The General tab should show you how much ram it thinks you have. Regards from Tom :) From: anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com To: Dennis dennis.hamil...@acm.org Cc: Jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com; Tom tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk; Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com; users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 19:28 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? Maybe you can view 2 different documents, but for me the first one closes when I open the next one - it is listed in the 'recent' log, but I'm unable to open more than 1 document at the same time. For instance, a while back I was composing a letter which I wanted to begin end in much the same way; I typed it out to the first person ... it's saved, then for the next person, I could either delete the mid-section and type in the message to that person or copy paste to a new document ... then delete the mid-section, ... BUT I could not keep the first letter open and revert back and forth ... ... ... Maybe that's what all those ~lock files are; I delete these as they appear, because I have no clue as to why they are appearing ... am I deleting the ability to view documents side-by-side ??? the more I learn of these machines, the stupider I feel ;-) Oh, BTW, LO quit working again last night ... but once again after clearing the caches, turning off the machine for the night, it's operational again this morning ;-) Is it me or the machine ... I think the machine is winning ... I think I belong in the horse 'n buggy era ... ... ... ;-) ;-) ;-) On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: If you want to compare one document with an earlier version, and you have both, do the following. Open the first document in LibreOffice Writer. When it is open, go to the menu above the document. Click Edit On the pull-down menu, click Compare Document ... A file open dialog will appear. Use it to open the earlier document. Writer now has a document that shows the changes from one to the other. Scroll through the result and see how the changes to the older document that result in the newer one. You can save this as a third document if you want. Or you can always make another comparison again. This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but it is very useful to know about. - Dennis Also, in working with a document, you can record changes as you do it. You can see the changes (show them as you type), or you can simply record them. Then you can show them whenever you want, change your mind, etc. This is on the Edit | Changes dialog. Turn on Edit | Changes | Record and the changes you make from then on are remembered and can be shown. From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 20:01 To: Dennis Cc: Jorge; Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? well, now you've lost me ;-) On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: Umm, if two Text (.odt) documents have not changed dramatically, does not the Edit | Compare Document ... menu dialog provide a way of seeing how the currently open document is changed from another document? - Dennis From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:39 To: Jorge Cc: Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions cannot be open at the same time - I've tried minimizing one document but it closes on its own when the next document is opened - the computer is always a step ahead of me ;-) On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen then the window tries to maximise. Of course you could use Alt Tab to flick between any windows on the workspace you are on and that can be a good way to compare quickly. Most GnuLinux distros also let you flick between different work-spaces quickly so changes jump out at you that way too. Windows users probably aren't familiar with the spinning cube (which i can never get to work). Of course Ubuntu kinda lost that quick flick between workspaces in 11.04 using Unity (unless i'm missing a key-combo (which is highly likely)) Regards from Tom :) From: Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 6 December 2012, 23:10 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? This would realy be a good feature. I also miss the possibility to compare to documents side by side and synchronized scrolling. I hate to say it but this is a good feature of MSO. Just hope that our devs can add ti to LibO. On 2012-12-05 20:50, Gilles wrote: I agree. I also miss being able to split a document horizontally in two halves. It's very useful when going through a big document. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
Umm, if two Text (.odt) documents have not changed dramatically, does not the Edit | Compare Document ... menu dialog provide a way of seeing how the currently open document is changed from another document? - Dennis -Original Message- From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:39 To: Jorge Cc: Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions cannot be open at the same time - I've tried minimizing one document but it closes on its own when the next document is opened - the computer is always a step ahead of me ;-) On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen then the window tries to maximise. Of course you could use Alt Tab to flick between any windows on the workspace you are on and that can be a good way to compare quickly. Most GnuLinux distros also let you flick between different work-spaces quickly so changes jump out at you that way too. Windows users probably aren't familiar with the spinning cube (which i can never get to work). Of course Ubuntu kinda lost that quick flick between workspaces in 11.04 using Unity (unless i'm missing a key-combo (which is highly likely)) Regards from Tom :) From: Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 6 December 2012, 23:10 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? This would realy be a good feature. I also miss the possibility to compare to documents side by side and synchronized scrolling. I hate to say it but this is a good feature of MSO. Just hope that our devs can add ti to LibO. On 2012-12-05 20:50, Gilles wrote: I agree. I also miss being able to split a document horizontally in two halves. It's very useful when going through a big document. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
Hi. I can see 2 other interpretations from Anne-ology message. 1. She wants to be able to open the file twice, to visually compare the instance initially (and still) on disc with the instance edited in ram. 2. She wants to be able to visually compare 2 parts (paragraphs) in the same document. I used to do this many years ago on OS/2 in lotus or staroffice. Steve On 2012-12-11 15:41, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Umm, if two Text (.odt) documents have not changed dramatically, does not the Edit | Compare Document ... menu dialog provide a way of seeing how the currently open document is changed from another document? - Dennis -Original Message- From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:39 To: Jorge Cc: Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions cannot be open at the same time - I've tried minimizing one document but it closes on its own when the next document is opened - the computer is always a step ahead of me ;-) On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen then the window tries to maximise. Of course you could use Alt Tab to flick between any windows on the workspace you are on and that can be a good way to compare quickly. Most GnuLinux distros also let you flick between different work-spaces quickly so changes jump out at you that way too. Windows users probably aren't familiar with the spinning cube (which i can never get to work). Of course Ubuntu kinda lost that quick flick between workspaces in 11.04 using Unity (unless i'm missing a key-combo (which is highly likely)) Regards from Tom :) From: Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 6 December 2012, 23:10 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? This would realy be a good feature. I also miss the possibility to compare to documents side by side and synchronized scrolling. I hate to say it but this is a good feature of MSO. Just hope that our devs can add ti to LibO. On 2012-12-05 20:50, Gilles wrote: I agree. I also miss being able to split a document horizontally in two halves. It's very useful when going through a big document. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
well, now you've lost me ;-) On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: Umm, if two Text (.odt) documents have not changed dramatically, does not the Edit | Compare Document ... menu dialog provide a way of seeing how the currently open document is changed from another document? - Dennis From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:39 To: Jorge Cc: Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions cannot be open at the same time - I've tried minimizing one document but it closes on its own when the next document is opened - the computer is always a step ahead of me ;-) On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen then the window tries to maximise. Of course you could use Alt Tab to flick between any windows on the workspace you are on and that can be a good way to compare quickly. Most GnuLinux distros also let you flick between different work-spaces quickly so changes jump out at you that way too. Windows users probably aren't familiar with the spinning cube (which i can never get to work). Of course Ubuntu kinda lost that quick flick between workspaces in 11.04 using Unity (unless i'm missing a key-combo (which is highly likely)) Regards from Tom :) From: Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 6 December 2012, 23:10 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? This would realy be a good feature. I also miss the possibility to compare to documents side by side and synchronized scrolling. I hate to say it but this is a good feature of MSO. Just hope that our devs can add ti to LibO. On 2012-12-05 20:50, Gilles wrote: I agree. I also miss being able to split a document horizontally in two halves. It's very useful when going through a big document. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
Yes, that's my idea. Seems sensible to me, yet the computer just doesn't seem to like my idea ;-) the computer seems to have another idea - well, I guess it gets back at me for referring to it as a 'glorified typewriter' ;-) On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.comwrote: Hi. I can see 2 other interpretations from Anne-ology message. 1. She wants to be able to open the file twice, to visually compare the instance initially (and still) on disc with the instance edited in ram. 2. She wants to be able to visually compare 2 parts (paragraphs) in the same document. I used to do this many years ago on OS/2 in lotus or staroffice. Steve On 2012-12-11 15:41, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Umm, if two Text (.odt) documents have not changed dramatically, does not the Edit | Compare Document ... menu dialog provide a way of seeing how the currently open document is changed from another document? - Dennis From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:39 To: Jorge Cc: Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions cannot be open at the same time - I've tried minimizing one document but it closes on its own when the next document is opened - the computer is always a step ahead of me ;-) On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/Bug_**Reporthttp://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen then the window tries to maximise. Of course you could use Alt Tab to flick between any windows on the workspace you are on and that can be a good way to compare quickly. Most GnuLinux distros also let you flick between different work-spaces quickly so changes jump out at you that way too. Windows users probably aren't familiar with the spinning cube (which i can never get to work). Of course Ubuntu kinda lost that quick flick between workspaces in 11.04 using Unity (unless i'm missing a key-combo (which is highly likely)) Regards from Tom :) From: Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 6 December 2012, 23:10 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? This would realy be a good feature. I also miss the possibility to compare to documents side by side and synchronized scrolling. I hate to say it but this is a good feature of MSO. Just hope that our devs can add ti to LibO. On 2012-12-05 20:50, Gilles wrote: I agree. I also miss being able to split a document horizontally in two halves. It's very useful when going through a big document. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
RE: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
If you want to compare one document with an earlier version, and you have both, do the following. Open the first document in LibreOffice Writer. When it is open, go to the menu above the document. Click Edit On the pull-down menu, click Compare Document ... A file open dialog will appear. Use it to open the earlier document. Writer now has a document that shows the changes from one to the other. Scroll through the result and see how the changes to the older document that result in the newer one. You can save this as a third document if you want. Or you can always make another comparison again. This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but it is very useful to know about. - Dennis Also, in working with a document, you can record changes as you do it. You can see the changes (show them as you type), or you can simply record them. Then you can show them whenever you want, change your mind, etc. This is on the Edit | Changes dialog. Turn on Edit | Changes | Record and the changes you make from then on are remembered and can be shown. -Original Message- From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 20:01 To: Dennis Cc: Jorge; Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? well, now you've lost me ;-) On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: Umm, if two Text (.odt) documents have not changed dramatically, does not the Edit | Compare Document ... menu dialog provide a way of seeing how the currently open document is changed from another document? - Dennis From: anne-ology [mailto:lagin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 15:39 To: Jorge Cc: Tom; Dr. R. O Stapf; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? I wish this were true ... using WIN [now 7], it's not ;-( To be able to compare 2 versions side by side would be an asset - often, I've wanted to remember how something was worded ... so I have to close the document, open the other document then reverse the process because both versions cannot be open at the same time - I've tried minimizing one document but it closes on its own when the next document is opened - the computer is always a step ahead of me ;-) On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 3:26 PM, jorge jrodrigue...@cpcecr.com wrote: Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen then the window tries to maximise. Of course you could use Alt Tab to flick between any windows on the workspace you are on and that can be a good way to compare quickly. Most GnuLinux distros also let you flick between different work-spaces quickly so changes jump out at you that way too. Windows users probably aren't familiar with the spinning cube (which i can never get to work). Of course Ubuntu kinda lost that quick flick between workspaces in 11.04 using Unity (unless i'm missing a key-combo (which is highly likely)) Regards from Tom :) From: Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 6 December 2012, 23:10 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? This would realy be a good feature. I also miss the possibility to compare to documents side by side and synchronized scrolling. I hate to say it but this is a good feature of MSO. Just hope that our devs can add ti to LibO. On 2012-12-05 20:50, Gilles wrote: I agree. I also miss being able to split a document horizontally in two halves. It's very useful when going through a big document. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
Hi: If I remember well...with LO you can compare two documents...and in Ubuntu there are some programs to do the same Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +, Tom Davies escribió: Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen then the window tries to maximise. Of course you could use Alt Tab to flick between any windows on the workspace you are on and that can be a good way to compare quickly. Most GnuLinux distros also let you flick between different work-spaces quickly so changes jump out at you that way too. Windows users probably aren't familiar with the spinning cube (which i can never get to work). Of course Ubuntu kinda lost that quick flick between workspaces in 11.04 using Unity (unless i'm missing a key-combo (which is highly likely)) Regards from Tom :) From: Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 6 December 2012, 23:10 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? This would realy be a good feature. I also miss the possibility to compare to documents side by side and synchronized scrolling. I hate to say it but this is a good feature of MSO. Just hope that our devs can add ti to LibO. On 2012-12-05 20:50, Gilles wrote: I agree. I also miss being able to split a document horizontally in two halves. It's very useful when going through a big document. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/3-5-3-2-Writer-Split-screen-in-half-horizontally-tp3991983p4022603.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Atentamente, Jorge Rodríguez -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
This would realy be a good feature. I also miss the possibility to compare to documents side by side and synchronized scrolling. I hate to say it but this is a good feature of MSO. Just hope that our devs can add ti to LibO. On 2012-12-05 20:50, Gilles wrote: I agree. I also miss being able to split a document horizontally in two halves. It's very useful when going through a big document. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/3-5-3-2-Writer-Split-screen-in-half-horizontally-tp3991983p4022603.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
Hi :) Side-by-side is fairly easy on Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. Not sure about others but it's got to have originated somewhere and is probably on the cards elsewhere. Not sure about synchronised scrolling though, that part sounds like a good item for a feature-request / bug-report. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Bug_Report So, in Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7 just grab the first document's window and drag it to the far left as though you are dragging it off-screen. When a weird shadow fills half the screen let go. Whatever size and shape the windo had been it now fills half the screen. Do the same to the 2nd document's window but drag it to the right. Errr i choose left first just because it feels more comfortable to me. If you try to drag it off the top of the screen then the window tries to maximise. Of course you could use Alt Tab to flick between any windows on the workspace you are on and that can be a good way to compare quickly. Most GnuLinux distros also let you flick between different work-spaces quickly so changes jump out at you that way too. Windows users probably aren't familiar with the spinning cube (which i can never get to work). Of course Ubuntu kinda lost that quick flick between workspaces in 11.04 using Unity (unless i'm missing a key-combo (which is highly likely)) Regards from Tom :) From: Dr. R. O Stapf reinh...@stapf-online.com To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 6 December 2012, 23:10 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally? This would realy be a good feature. I also miss the possibility to compare to documents side by side and synchronized scrolling. I hate to say it but this is a good feature of MSO. Just hope that our devs can add ti to LibO. On 2012-12-05 20:50, Gilles wrote: I agree. I also miss being able to split a document horizontally in two halves. It's very useful when going through a big document. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/3-5-3-2-Writer-Split-screen-in-half-horizontally-tp3991983p4022603.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [3.5.3.2/Writer] Split screen in half horizontally?
On 24/06/2012 at 19:25, Gilles codecompl...@free.fr wrote: A table is available twice in the same document with a few differences. I wanted to split the screen so I could scroll line by line in each split screen to see the differences. Since these are tables, can't you just copy them to Calc (spreadsheet application), where you will be able to split window? Apart from that, I honestly still don't see need of that feature. But it's not like I could implement it anyway. -- Best regards Mirosław Zalewski -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
