Hi Ian,
cool work.
I'm interested in your current work on this. Please send me your newest
version.
Do you thought about putting your work into a "real" OpenOffice.org
extension, which is easy to deploy?
The idea of having collapsed/expanded hierarchy of the headings is
something, I will bring into the next iTeam meeting.
Your tool is something for the expert user, who makes frequently use of
cross-references. Thus, OOo will provide the basics by implementing this
specification and your tool provides the luxus version.
Probably, we should coordinate our work. Thus, as soon as the new
references types are available in OOo Writer your tool supports these
new reference types.
Regards, Oliver.
Ian Laurenson wrote:
It maybe of use in the discussion to look at some of the work that I
have done with regard to cross referencing. The original can be found
at:
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/OutlineCrossRef3.sxw
The updates that I have been working on include:
* interoperability with Microsoft Word such as using bookmarks rather
than reference marks as bookmarks convert between Word & Writer
* Speed enhancements - the original logic was VERY SLOW
* Cross referencing to bookmarks, number ranges, and paragraphs of
particular styles (in this case styles with the name hx & hxn where
x=1,2,3,4 or 5). The logic could easily be extended to cross referencing
to any style, or picking up those paragraphs that have a numbering
format.
* Allowing cross references between documents. In the old version this
simply allowed for cross referencing when the files were joined (such as
by copy & paste or master documents). In the new version, cross
referencing between documents is achieved by creating a cross reference
in a hidden section at the end of the document that is being cross
referenced (this allows the cross reference to include page number), and
a DDE field to that cross reference in the current document, overlaid
with a hyperlink to the original source. In this way users can jump to
the hyperlinked document, and the text is updated via DDE if the source
document changes.
I'm currently working on the interoperability issues with Word such as
Word not having hidden or named sections.
As this is still work in progress I'm reluctant to put it up on a web
site until it is finished and better tested, but if anyone would like to
have a look on the understanding that it is still underdevelopment then
I'm happy to send it to them.
Cheers,
Ian Laurenson
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