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.
