I suggested sometime ago that the master document could import files from
other parts of OpenOffice.org such as spreadsheets and presentations.
Master documents can import either complete files or sections from that
file into a master document. Since OOo is so integrated with each other.
It could be possible to import sections of a spread sheet or drawing into
a master document.
This will revolutionate the collaborative working since you can get your
accounting department encapsulate the graphs of real time spreadsheets and
be linked to a masterdocument that reports all the financials, operative
material as well as current news. The master document will be something
similar to a 'portal' document.
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:43:28 +0100, Sweet Coffee
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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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Alexandro Colorado
CoLeader of OpenOffice.org ES
http://es.openoffice.org
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