https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118455
Bug ID: 118455
Summary: Definition List (or Definition Index) at the end of
the page - EDITING
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 6.0.1.1 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: cson...@halmai.hu
Description:
Similarly to the Alphabetical Index, I would like to build a definition list at
the end of the document. For example, if I write a 100 page long book about how
to use computers then I would specify the word "file" on the first page and
would use it several times later on.
With the current version of LibreOffice Writer, I can build an Index at the end
of the document that lists each important word and their locations of
occurrences but not their definition. Mostly, the first occurrence in the
document defines the term but not necessarily. Sometimes a term is defined
after building up some basic knowledge.
Depending on where it is defined, the reader has to jump at least twice to
reach the definition of a term:
- from the usage of the term to the end of the document where the index is
- from the index to the page of the firs occurrence
- and to other occurrences if the first place was not the definition.
Instead of this Index, I would like to build a List of Definitions at the end
of the document. See the attached sample.
The steps I would like to make:
- select a word (or some adjacent words as a complete expression) within the
document that I want to give the definition for.
- click a new menu item: Insert -> Table of Contents and Index -> Definition
List Entry
- in a pop-up dialog, the selected text (one or more words, let's call it
"term") would appear as the Term to Define
- I would be able to modify the term because the actual form in the text can
differ from the one that I want to define. For example, if I select
"algorithms" from the text then probably I still would like to define the
singular form "algorithm". (In other languages larger differences can also
occur.)
- When I press OK in the dialog then, similarly to how a Footnote is created,
the cursor would jump to the end of the document, the term would appear as a
read-only content and I would be able to enter the definition.
- if I select a term that already has been defined then I shouldn't be able to
create a new definition but the cursor should jump to the existing definition.
Some extra wishes:
It would be nice if I could specify the format of
- the terms in the Definition List
- the definitions and
- if they are written in a same paragraph or in two separated ones.
If the term and its definition appear in the same paragraph then they should be
formatted by two Character Styles (say Definition List Entry and Definition
List Definition)
However, if they are in two paragraphs (like the attached sample) then a
Paragraph Style should define how each looks.
Notes: this feature could be used not just in scientific documents. I can
imagine that a long fantasy story with hundreds of characters could also
benefit it.
Actual Results:
I cannot do it.
(Sorry, I have no idea what to write here in case of an enhancement when the
functionality doesn't exist at all but the form needs this field to fill.)
Expected Results:
I would like to do it.
(Sorry, I have no idea what to write here in case of an enhancement when the
functionality doesn't exist at all but the form needs this field to fill.)
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
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