On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:40:19 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Brown wrote: > Morgan Ohlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> The most difficult part is writing about difficult subjects which has >> complex structures. (in my oppinion) >> >> In some extent MS has tried to help with that by the outlining in MSWord. >> >> Has OOo wordprocessor any such (hidden) help functions? >> >> > > There is the Navigator, which shows all the paragraphs in a document which > have been assigned numbering levels. Normally these are the paragraphs with > heading styles. Using the Navigator, you can move these around, with their > sub-paragraphs, promote them, demote them, and so on. In effect, it's an > outlining window, though you can only edit text in the main window beside > it. > But there is one more trick that makes this really useful. If you set your > defaut text style to a numbering level of 10, the first words of every > single paragraph will show up in the navigator even without explicit > numbering and you can then push _them_ around too. > Another trick is to have a special label style for when the argument turns > sharp corners -- that's what I do at the moment -- with quite a high > outline level and write little labels in this style which can then be > deleted in the final draft.
The Navigator is completly new to me. Thanks! I will investigate... Working home, alone doesn't produce any input on such things. Is there, by the way any good OO hint or creativity sajts on the web? Yo know, "have you tried this" .... ideas.... Idea for you creative ones, perhaps.... Morgan O. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
