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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Oct 29 07:24:36 -0700
2005 -------
Well, as I explained my feature request while registering for OO 2.0, I
thought I was more precise this time to explain what I mean.
The navigator gives effectively a way to restructure the document, by moving
sections of the document up and down and by changing eventually the title
level (and recursively moving what is in the section/chapter). But to be as
usefull as the way Word does this, it should let the user make drags and
drops, and it should be possible to do the same thing without having to open
another window (ie: while typing the document itself).
The plan mode works as is. For instance, let's have a document with the
following structure:
Chapter1
SectionA
Para-a
Para-b
SectionB
Para-c
Chapter2
Suppose you want to move SectionA to Chapter2. You can do that with the
navigator. But suppose it is easier to:
1. Fold the whole section (this implies a section folding functionnality, as
in several programming text editors, once again):
Chapter1
+SectionA
SectionB
Para-c
Chapter2
2. Drag and drop the Section A to the Chapter2:
Chapter1
SectionB
Para-c
Chapter2
+SectionA
And now, if you want to change SectionA to Chapter level, simply do the
following:
1. Place the caret just at the top of Section A:
Chapter1
SectionB
Para-c
Chapter2
+|SectionA
2. Press MAJ+TAB:
Chapter1
SectionB
Para-c
Chapter2
+|ChapterA
And now, if you want to transform Chapter1 in section, but leave SectionB at
the level "Section". Do the following:
1. Do not fold the Chapter1 (to not apply the following command to the chapter
and its sections):
|Chapter1
SectionB
Para-c
Chapter2
+ChapterA
2. Press TAB:
|Section1
SectionB
Para-c
Chapter2
+ChapterA
3. Type a new title for the Chapter1, since the sections are out of a chapter:
Chapter1
|Section1
SectionB
Para-c
Chapter2
+ChapterA
Why is this easier than using the navigator? I never used an external tool. I
kept in the editing Window, and could change my document structure just in
time, while I was editing it.
The navigator let you restructure the document once you typed it, while Word
let you type and restructure in same time, without being compelled to any
external tool.
This is a usability problem (there are several problems with modeless dialog
boxes by the way, for instance:
- find/next is easier to do with Find First command followed by F3 shortcut
(find next), as many programming text editors do, with the possibility to hide
or even close the find dialog box ;
- revision marks are easier to see, accept and refuse with a toolbar and by
showing them in a side bar, as in recent Words, rather than opening a modeless
dialog box that always hides some parts of the document ;
- same remarks for comment review ;
- and of course for text restructuration.
).
Please note that the Navigator is a great tool too, because when you have
FINISHED your document, it is coherent to have a tool to do the specific task
of reorganizing.
I just noticed, while explaining the behaviour of this editing mode, that the
chapter/section/subsection folding is a must have and is sufficient to remove
the need of the navigator in many cases. I also just noticed that the
navigator doesn't work when you change a section's level and it is auto
numbered: the numbering is wrong after. I'll fill another feature request and
a bug.
Hope I was more precise this time...
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