Hi Dave; That is how I interpret the OP's post as well. I believe it is a useful idea.
On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 15:19 +1000, Dave Barton wrote: > Allowing for the non-subscribed OP's (self confessed) limited English, I > believe he is asking for Writer to have an MDI (Multiple Document > Interface) window with tabbed child windows. Something similar to the > tabs in Calc and the tabbed windows option in most modern web browsers. > > For many years (March 2003) this has been an outstanding RFE (Request > For Enhancement) http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12686 > which still has a "NEW" status :D So I think the prospect of seeing any > progress with this in the foreseeable future is very small. :( > For the other respondents who don't catch on to the idea, let me explain with an example. There have been several occasions when working on a document or report, where I have summarized a lot of information that was discussed at length (often very technical) throughout the report. I have wanted to have my summary page open at one place while moving through my document checking each for completeness etc., making changes or additions where needed. There are workarounds by which this can be done, but having a tab system for different open pages would make the cross checking fast, efficient and organized. None of the workarounds accommodates text synchronization as editing occurs. I can think of several other projects, such as keeping continuity in scripts, where a tab system would be useful. In the end, the navigation button does the same thing, if and when proper bookmarks are setup. But I always find the navigation system non-intuitive when trying to do this kind of work. Your example of something similar to Calc, I think, explains it all. -- Regards Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
