Hi Bill & Alexandro!
I think there was some discussion / suggestion about a tool like this
for OOo but I cannot locate the thread. The person initially suggested
something similar to a program that MSN has available in which
different documents - Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc can be saved
in one file. Is that what you all are referring to?
SC
Alexandro Colorado wrote:
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:01:09 +0100, setlinc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In my job, we are regularly creating and managing financial data in
spreadsheets, and then producing handouts (print) and slideshows
(screen) from that data.
Perhaps it would be possible to integrate a multi-view layout,
building on Impress integration with the rest of Openoffice, such
that handouts in Writer, spreadsheets in Calc and a presentation in
Impress are all not only connected, but the end result is one
document file, and the data is one, with the layout and design of
the presentation of selected portions of the document separated from
the actual single-entry content.
Example: A set of spreadsheets with graphs and data tables, a printed
handout with details and background information, and an on-screen visual
presentation. The whole thing could be one file: filename.odx or
something. The visual screen presentation could be tweaked with arrows
and animations and pictures, while the handout could be similarly
tweaked but intended for print and the spreadsheets could have all of
the detail - and all with linked data for automation!
Thanks,
Bill Z.
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Actually you could create this in a script, since you can do it from
an UI, by just coping from the calc and pasting it in
Writer-draw-impress etc.
The clipboard currently provides an array of formats to paste it such
as GDI, text, HTML and RTF.
Another way is to actually creating a script that can manipulate
this, there was an interesting articles on the management and
costumization of layouts in xml.com
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/02/04/tr-xml.html
This is not what you looking for but gives you a sound introduction on
how to costumize the way printing goes on.
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How sweet it is!!! :)
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