On Sat November 5 2005 03:20, + B Terramorse wrote: > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > I have been trying to use 2.0, and there is a really big hurdle or missing > feature for me (or is it a bug?): > > When using the sliders to change paragraph indents or margins, they do not > snap to a grid or increment and are therefore impossible to use accurately. > The only accurate way is to enter values into the dialog boxes. I have > turned on Grid and Align to Grid in options to no avail. > > This is just awful, and I can't imaging committing to the product with the > ability to snap to some logical increment, such as 1/4 inch, 1/8 inch, 0.1 > inch. Ideally the snap increment would be user-definable, like a CAD > program. Doing layout, setting up paragraph styles and arranging documents > is just not possible without it IMHO. > > MS Word 2000, where we stopped, does snap to 1/8" increments, and when you > hold down the ALT key it disables the snap function, the slider moves > freely and the dimension is graphically shown (like 1.38") - Very nice. > > I keep thinking this must be a bug - how could you design a graphics > program (which most APP's is) without this ability. Can you tell that I am > an Architect? > > Please add in! I'd love to switch, but this is a deal-breaker.
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