2011/4/25 Michel RENON <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > Few days ago, there was a discussion about the "style" name : > http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/msg01436.html > > As I've been teaching the basic of OpenOffice 2 or 3 years ago, I can > confirm that the idea of "style sheet" is not obvious. But it seems to me > that the name "style sheet" doesn't help... > > I have a suggestion : > what if we completely replace the name "style" (used for style sheet) with > "template" ? > > "style" would be used only for "bold", "italic", "underline"... > > LibreOffice already uses the name "Template" for documents. > It would be "document template". > > For writer : > "page style" --> "page template", > "frame style" --> "frame template", > "paragraph style" --> "paragraph template", > "caracter style" --> "caracter template", > "list style" --> "list template", > ... > > > For Impress : > "Master Slide" --> "Slide template" > "presentation Styles" --> "slide elements template" ???? > > > For Calc : > "page style" --> "Page template" > "cell style" --> "Cell template" > > > For Draw: > "Graphic style" --> "Shape template" > ... > > > What do you think ? > Might it help some users ? > > Michel > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > >
I'm not so sure... I agree that the concept is not simple (I also have experience teaching the use of Writer), but I don't think that a new wording could make things easier. When we for example talk about how people dress in general (by opposition to "on this particular day"), we talk about "style": so the word "style" is recognized as a group of characteristics that identify something. If you put or not a ring (direct formatting) is not style, but the fact that you usually use or not rings it is. Someone that always use a tie is identified as having a "formal style" while someone who always wear jeans have a "casual style": but when you see the tie man with jeans on one particular weekend or the jeans man with a tie when he is going to his sister's wedding you do not use the word "style". IMO, the chain Format → Style → Template is perfectly valid and do not need to be changed. Cheers Ricardo -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
