Michele Zarri wrote:
I have been thinking about the handling of graphic objects in Impress
which is currently covered in chapters 4 and 5 plus appendix B.
[...]
The proposal is to create three short-ish chapters and remove the Appendix.
The first chapter "Inserting pictures" would include the section on
inserting a picture and modifying it with the picture toolbar. It would
also include the use of the Gallery.
The second chapter "Modifying the attributes of graphic objects" would
first introduce the use of the stlyes as well as the organizer tab, then
explain in detail how to set up each of the components of a style (this
is by the way exactly what we did for Presentation styles in chapter 3).
[...]
Finally, a different chapter "Creating and manipulating graphic objects"
would describe the use of the Drawing toolbar...
[...]
In summary, the proposal is not to create new text, but only to
re-structure the one we have already.
I try to attach a document illustrating how I envisage the split up. If
the list does not accept attachments, I will make it available on
OOoAuthors.
Before going on and starting the copy & paste party, I would like to
know what you think.
Michele,
I'm sorry to take so long to reply to your note. I have been away
for two days. I have now looked at your proposed new structure,
and I think it's good: an improvement on what I did.
However, I wonder if the sequence might not be better if what you
have for Ch6 went before your Ch5... in other words, have the
chapter on creating objects before the chapter on formatting them.
Also, I think we may need to look at our terminology. The term
"graphics" covers both pictures (bitmap images) and vector
graphics produced by the drawing tools. Some manipulations,
styles etc apply only to one or the other of these distinct types
of graphics; some manipulations apply to both. And of course one
can combine both types in the same drawing! At the least, we need
to be very clear about which type of graphics each manipulation
applies to. I have not checked the existing material closely to
see if it has any problems with terminology, and indeed I've now
read these chapters too many times to notice any problems that
might be there. I'm sure Gary will be of great help here, being
new to the material and more meticulous than I am.
--Jean
