To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=93191 Issue #|93191 Summary|interface to cross reference a heading is confusing Component|Word processor Version|OOo 2.4.1 Platform|All URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|ui Assigned to|mru Reported by|samix
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 27 18:41:04 +0000 2008 ------- Hello, I am writing an engineering technical report using OOo 2.4.1 as a trial to see how it performs for this task. I am a regular user of LaTeX and have also used MS Office for similar purposes. I have noticed that to cross reference a heading, I first have to select that heading and then Insert Crossreference->Set Reference and give the newly set reference a name. This itself appears to be not quite intuitive. IMHO, how does a user know to use Insert a Cross reference menu item to just set a reference? Perhaps there should be a Insert->Set Reference Mark item? In any case, this can and should be improved. Next, the interface to actually insert a cross reference to a heading is also weird. To do so, I position my cursor in the text where I want the cross reference, do Insert -> Cross Reference (this appears sensible) and then select "Insert Reference"(which is also sensible). However, exactly what value to insert is not clear. I want the heading number. But there is no choice to do so. Only selecting "Chapter" works. That doesn't make any sense; I do not have any chapters in my report at all! On a related note, just as Tables and Figures are automatically listed in Insert -> Cross reference dialog, why are headings also not listed? If a user is using numbered heading, it is quite likely that the author will also cross reference them at some places. So if a user is numbering the headings, those headings should automatically be listed in the Insert -> Cross Reference dialog box. If I am missing something and the above procedure is more intuitive than I have experience, please feel free to correct me. Just a little feedback with the aim of helping improve OOo to a high grade document processing application. Regards. ->HS --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
