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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 28 05:45:15 +0000 2007 ------- scottydm: Using your method, when the spaces are appearing in the margin of the previous line, maybe a dot should show for each space even when "show non- printing characters" is off, then the dots could disappear when a non-space character is typed. Or if you want to be more literal with the "show nonprinting characters" setting and not reword it, then use notation in the margin to indicating the changing number of spaces. Notation would indicate the number of spaces in a compact way that requires little if any scrolling and would be one step farther away from showing nonprinting characters than if a dot per character were shown. Or indicate the number of dots in the toolbar. Having "show nonprinting characters" off doesn't hide all the things that will be hidden in the finished document anyway, so it doesn't really need to do a perfect job except for semantic reasons. For example, if "show nonprinting characters" is off, with default settings, you can still see frame borders that don't show in the page preview or when printed, and you still won't see images that you've inserted. I think the purpose of having "show nonprinting characters" off is to make the document somewhat prettier and easier to read for the composer, not to do as good a job as will be done for the recipient of the document. The wording of the option could be changed to "show all nonprinting characters" if necessary. Which raises my "edit mode" and "reader mode" idea, which I've discussed elsewhere. Reader mode would be what you get when you first open a document. Images would show, but no frame borders and no non-printing characters - like when previewing the page - until the document body is clicked, which would put you in edit mode in which the document would appear is it currently would. But that's off-topic. My second proposal, which you didn't like, was just an easy way to eliminate the current bug. I mentioned it just in case people were scared off by my first proposal. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
