Hi, Uwe and Stefan, Thank you very much to explain the features.
I didn't catch the purpose of this feature. How about we explain the feature in help document? I think maybe there are many users like me don't know the usage of this feature. Best regards, Zhu Lihua ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uwe Altmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [qa-dev] Question about Frame link > Hi > > Zhu Lihua schrieb: >> In writer, insert several frames, and link them via options->Previous >> link and Next link in Frame dialog. We must leave it blank to set >> this link. but when they are linked, only 1st frame can be edited. It >> seems useless. Why this? > > Linked frames work like "overflows" for text which is too long to fit in > the first one. Just type more text into the first frame as will fit into > it and then you'll see. And therefore it makes no sense to be able to > insert text in a second linked frame. It's used to have complex layouts > on a page. A simple example for this behavior is multi column text as > you know from newspapers which behaves just as when the columns would be > linked frames. > >> if we select protect contents (actually there is no content to >> protect at this situation, because we can't input anything in it), >> size and position, the frame still can be deleted without warning. I >> think this maybe a defect. What do you think about it? > > All frames behave like this. To be precise, we would need an additional > protection checkbox "From deleting". > > Another specification (and that is the one you probably are thinking of) > could be "If just one of the protection items (content, position and/or > size) is set, then the frame cannot be deleted any more. Instead, there > should be warning dialog "Frame cannot be deleted because it is > protected" or just "Frame is protected." > > Maybe there are other opinions? > -- > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > Uwe Altmann > > OpenOffice.org auf dem Mac: > http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
