Hi all at OpenOffice,
 I have been using Open Office for a while now, and there's one feature 
I'd like to see in upcoming releases. Being a student, I usually have to 
write reports. Because of this, I need to use a special format for page 
layout called MLA. I am not sure that I've seen this in OpenOffice yet, but 
if I may suggest an idea. 
I would like to see a menu item, perhaps under "format" that says "As MLA 
Style Document" So the user can click format, as MLA Style Document, and 
the following changes would be made to the paper:
1. The margins would all be made one inch.
2. The spacing would be made double spaced.
3. A Box would pop up asking for:
   a. The person's full name
   b. His teacher's name
   c. His class number
   d. The date in the style of 20 March 2008
4. After he hit okay, a heading would be made at the top of the page that 
looked like:

John Smith

Professor Johnson

10022

20 March 2008

5. At the same time, a header .5 inches from the top of each page would be 
made using the last name, a space, and then the page number.

This is how an MLA document should be set up. I am willing to help you out 
with the details, if you email me. I must say, that when typing a report, 
the MLA stlyle is difficult to remember and setup, and if there was an 
option to let me do that with a few clicks, I think it would add a lot to 
the program, from a student's perspective.

ANOTHER IDEA

1. Bibliographies are always difficult to create due to the fact that they 
have to be setup in a certain style, with periods, spacing, and commas. If 
there was a tool in the program to walk the user through the setup, that 
would be nice as well.
For example: Insert - Bibliography. A box then comes up, asking for the 
author's name, etc. Then, when the user hits okay, the information is 
formatted in the MLA way.

Let me know if you receive this email, and if you are considering any of 
these ideas, as I will be willing to help you out. 
Thanks for a great product,
Matthew F.

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