>firstly there is already a notes system in openoffice and MS >Office(insert note), but you have descrribed an interesting idea for a >feature. > >But you would be more thinking of a different way of viewing alternate >'sections' of a document (insert -> section - and - format -> >sections, you can even hide them) rather than something like the >spreadsheet workbook metaphor. I would like there to be some >improvements to the handling of the sections. Perhaps a way of viewing >each section independently would be pretty cool
I'm not the OP, but I'm another person who'd like this kind of feature. Insert Notes works fine for little notes, especially about specific points in the document, but it's not what we want. It doesn't help with managing a writing project. I think what the OP and I both want is some way to associate a second document with the main document and have it open whenever the main document is opened. There are ways to work around the need, such as using a master doc to manage the project with associated project docs (outlines, notes, planning docs, to-dos, etc.) as subdocs, but that's not as convenient as something like a second sheet or some other way of associating documents might be. Especially in a muti-chapter project where I already have a master document. I work in both Linux and Windows. In Windows, there's a little freeware app called Stickies that gives me part of what I'm looking for. Unlike other sticky note apps, Stickies lets me attach notes to documents so they open automatically with the document. I can keep notes or links to more detailed notes on a sticky that comes up with the document. I find it useful, but limited, and not nearly as elegant as a solution within OOo would be. I haven't found anything quite like it in Linux. The downside, of course, is the notes are only there on one machine, instead of being a part of the document, available wherever I work. When I was experimenting with different word processing apps (which led me to OOo), I tried a program called RoughDraft. At least I think that's the one, anyway. It has a notepad pane in its UI, where you keep your project notes handy. I liked that, but didn't much care for the program itself. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
