Hi Phil and Patrick On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 09:54 +1200, Phil Jackson wrote:
> Hi Patrick > > This could work also if there was an option for vertical tabs to the > left. Certainly it is important for Writer to maximise vertical space > for document display and some users (including me) would like to see > this idea as an option on the left or right. > > It could be part of another toolbar with a maximum list of 3-5 items > that could be scrollable, on top of a list of other tools. > > I think that having a single click of keyboard command that switches > between documents is essential - I'm sure I am not in the minority in > sometimes wanting to be able to switch quickly between two different > documents either for comparison purposes or to copy and paste between them. > > It also therefore raises an interesting new idea which might be beyond > the scope of this suite - have a mode where you can display two > different documents side-by-side, each with its own vertical scroll > bars, displayed in slightly shrunk fonts with the ability to copy and > paste directly between the two. Obviously you can change the screen size > of two different sessions of Write and achieve the same but this takes a > little time and you still get unnecessary duplication of menus. On some > wide screens this would be very useful occasionally and again something > that would give it another point of difference. > > This idea could be used for Calc. > > Cheers > > Phil Jackson > > On 6/11/2011 8:55 AM, Patrick Scott wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > What do people think about tabbed documents a la Lotus Symphony. I wouldn't > > have much use for it myself but I keep seeing the suggestion pop up in the > > comments on forums and articles etc so it's seems like it might be an > > important feature for some [and another means of differentiating ourselves > > from OO and MS Office]. I've looked a few pages back through the archives > > and couldn't see any mention of it and since I've only been on this list for > > a couple of days I thought I'd just ask if it was on the radar for > > LibreOffice. > > > > Tabbed Documents in Lotus Symphony: > > http://static.howtoforge.com/images/IBM_Lotus_Symphony_On_Ubuntu704/pic8.jpg > > > > Thanks, > > Patrick > > > > The side by side view would be very useful in Writer and Calc. Also, Phil I think you correct about the placement on the side. -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
