Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Gary Schnabl wrote:
Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Gary Schnabl wrote:
Does anybody have any objections to having the frames used for the
OOoAuthors figures being replaced with tables--and not using frames
any longer for the OOoAuthors docs?
[...]
What effect will a change from frames to tables (for holding
graphics and their captions) have when our files are exported to
Mediawiki format for the OOo wiki? I haven't tried this, so I don't
know if it would be better or worse, but IMO any problems in
converting to wiki format are a more important consideration *for
our books* than problems converting to Word.
Why should tables present problems?
Because conversions often have unintended and unexpected consequences.
One cannot simply assume that there won't be any problems, or at least
no annoying cleanup work required. There certainly is some cleanup
required for the Tips, Notes, and Cautions, which use tables for
layout. The current use of frames for figures needs cleanup in the
wiki, too, so perhaps tables will be less (or at least no more) of a
nuisance -- but without testing, who knows? Perhaps Frank or Clayton
or someone knows... but they're not responding to this list right now.
(Presumably the Europeans are asleep.)
--Jean
Chapter 4, in its original form, already had one or more tables serving
a similar function that you fear might be problematic. So why should
tables be problematic in one case and not in another when their
functionality is the same for both uses?
For another, our Note/Tip/Caution entries are tables. The Caution table
already has a graphic and nothing was ever broken on that count, I
reckon because we have been using the Caution table for years without
incident that I'm cognizant of.
When one has two ways (or more) of doing things and one has problems
(i.e., OOo frames) and the other doesn't (OOo tables doing the same
function as OOo frames), why use the problem child???
I have posted the improved table version of Chapter 4, and anybody can
compare the two and decide for (xxx)self which seems better, worse, or
the same...
http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/draw/feedback/0404DG_ChangingObjectAttributes_GSxx.odt/file_view?portal_status_message=File%20changes%20saved.
Gary
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