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 RodrÃguez > > > > > > El vie, 07-12-2012 a las 00:21 +0000, 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 Gnu&Linux 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
