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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jun 13 07:13:19 +0000 2007 ------- The part that prevents ODF from being used for legislation is the lack of cross-references to numbered paragraphs. The lawyers who draft legislation use these extensively because the numbers of clauses in a Bill will change many times during drafting and clauses make references to other clauses. Without cross references to numbered paragraphs there is going to be some kind of manual process involved when clause numbers change, which happens "automatically" due to the operation of outline numbering. Also few legislative drafters have the technical proficiency to work with macros. I am not trying to be provocative here - legislative (and contractual) drafting of even moderate complexity is so much easier when cross-references to numbered paragraphs is available that few would be prepared to switch to a product that did not do it. I was pointing out that there is a huge obstacle facing the ODF alliance's efforts while this feature is missing, so this may provide some incentive to fast-track it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
