2011/4/27 Christoph Noack <[email protected]>: > Hi Ricardo, all! > > Am Mittwoch, den 27.04.2011, 16:33 +0200 schrieb RGB ES: >> 2011/4/27 Rafael Rocha Daud <[email protected]>: >> > I think the advantage on Ricardo's idea is that you create a header/footer >> > that comes to existence already filled with some content. It helps to >> > visualize what you just created and find it for later ammendments and >> > changes, and, like he said, you get to understand more clearly what a >> > header/footer is: not a footnote, which is different for each page, but a >> > consistent and permanent style thing added to that particular page style. >> > Cheers, >> > Rafael./ >> > >> >> Exactly, that's the idea. > > I just briefly scanned the mails this morning and I think someone > already mentioned that pre-filled content is already available when > using templates properly ... so the problem is still who designs such > header / footer, or how can they get added to the ODF?
Who designs the document > So, during the day, I thought about different concepts and I remembered, > that the "Insert - Header/Footer" stuff has been added some time ago, > since people haven't been able to locate where to enable headers/footers > (usability problem). Still, I perceive this menu very unusable ... +1. A full menu with just one entry that gives you something completely empty is quite strange, indeed > So, I quickly drafted something being nothing more than an idea ... have > a look, please: > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FRGMVu4Yd9Wftea2VHcTzQ?feat=directlink > > The message: "Be visual, let people add pre-defined snippets quickly." > > The core idea: provide pre-defined headers/footers to "fill" the > header/footer by using the functionality we already have. The list may > contain (and should group): styles delivered with LibreOffice, added by > e.g. the company you work for, the header/footer within the current > document, ... Good! The only problem I can see will be when you click "Edit page style": with the current design there is nothing you can do from the page style to decide the style of the header/footer, so your idea needs to be complemented with mine. The union make the force! ;) 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
