https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31481
--- Comment #40 from bugquestcon...@online.de --- Triggered by an AskLibO question: http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/30795/how-to-do-side-by-side-editing-of-2-different-files-in-writer/ I read through the long thread and would like to summarize a bit 1 - Splitting 1 window to view 1 document: In Calc you can split the window into 2 to look at different vertical parts of the sheet the same time. In Writer you cannot. Thus enabling a look at to different vertical parts of a Writer document would be a very helpful function. => enhancement 1 As far as I remember EXCEL you can look not only at different vertical parts in the split window, but you can also scroll each split window separately in horizontal direction. Such a feature for Calc would be a very helpful one to work on complex spreadsheets. => enhancement 2 2- Splitting 1 window to view 2 documents This is what Nelson asked for in 2010! He asked only for Writer. 2 Writer documents should be open beside each other. Each document has the same width automatically. Default: For both documents the top part is to be seen and scrolling should move both documents in the same steps down or up. Next feature: Scroll both documents separately Next feature: Lock the vertical position of both documents to each other and scroll both document in the same steps down or up. If there are notes attached to one or both documents there visibility and accessibility should be selectable. Visibility on the right side of each documents or at the bottom with a clear indication on where in the visible text the notes are. => enhancement 3 This is an excellent feature in Word which I do miss in Writer. It allows an excellent comparison and editing of 2 different documents. 2 Calc files should open beside each other with the same functionality as in Writer but not only in vertical but also in horizontal direction. => enhancement 4 This seems to me to be the case with highest complexity. I don't recall how Excel can deal with this. Too long time ago.... My personal opinion on the priorities of the enhancements: Prio 1 = enhancement 3 (2 Witer docs side by side in 1 window) Prio 2 = enhancement 1 (vertical splitting of 1 Writer window) I could imagine that this is automatically included in enhancement 3 Prio 3 = enhancement 2 (1 Calc document in 1 window vertical and horizontal splitting with independent scrolling in each "sub window") Prio 4 = enhancement 4 (2 Calc files side by side in 1 window with independent scrolling of each "sub-window" I am aware that the rule is 1 request per entry here and I agree to that. The discussion just led to the 4 enhancement requests I tried to summarize. I fully understand and appreciate if someone with enough inside into the development channels splits the 4 enhancement requests up. However a link between all 4 would be great. I don't have enough expertise and inside to do it myself. I would be nice if someone who understands the Writer related requests and access to Word could add some screen shots to illustrate the situation. I hope this clarifies a the long discussion and we get development manpower to tackle these features. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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