https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=3959
--- Comment #203 from ther <[email protected]> --- (In reply to liotier from comment #202) > > Indeed the majority of users are not interested in an outliner... But when I > reach out to hapless users lost in multi-hundred pages documents and show > them how to use outline mode, it is usually a beautiful epiphany - they > realize that word processing is all about structure, not presentation ! > Suddenly, a disciplined style structure makes a whole lot of sense and the > user ceases to format his document using carriage returns... > For documents > 100 pages, consisting of cross references, bibliographies, graphics, maths, no word-processor can beat the power of LaTeX... > This is a recurring theme in collecting user requirements: 19th century > people don't want a car - they want a faster horse. Just because the > majority of users don't know they need an outliner doesn't mean is would not > be useful to them. But from twenty years of writing as a software projects > manager, I can testify that word processing productivity and well-structured > documents are strongly correlated to the use of the outline mode. See reply above; the conclusion is, that there are alternative tools to achieve tho objective (logical, structured documents). When the only tool is a (word-processor) hammer, every problem is seen as a nail. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. You are watching all bug changes.
