On Wednesday 21 March 2007 23:47, Rajveer Sangha wrote: > Dear Open Office, > > I am an amateur programmer, knowing primarily c++ and c. i want to develop > a certain extension for open office which will enable a 'markup mode' or > 'interpreted mode' in open office, for easier formatting, much like LATEX. > Instead of writing the text and then applying various levels of formatting > to it, for example: headlines, sub-headlines, body text etc., we can write > our document like: > <heading>this is heading</heading> > <sub>this is sub heading</sub> > <body>Text formatiing is so easier this way in a large document</body> > User would be able to define thesemarkups, like <heading> means BookMan Old > 20 pt Red Color etc. > > WYSWYG is OK for small documents but when they become more involved, keep a > track of formatting gets tougher.
Hi Rajveer, I suggest that you study closely the workings of navigator and stylist in OOo as a way of keeping track of formatting. As far as the markup is concerned, using IANNZ "Reveal Codes" Macro will do just that. You can find it at http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/RevealCodes3.sxw [...] Cheers Yo -- "GET LEGAL - GET OPENOFFICE.ORG" http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
