Dear John, uh-oh...that sounds like an ominous opening! <Grin>
Actually, the "they" I refer to is every other word processor on the face of the planet. I never abused/relied on the tab system as a document control architecture. I used it to segregate out the portions of a writing project. Each chapter had its own tab, various tabs had notes and clippings from other sources, etc. You could re-arrange the tabs and put together a perfect book by tagging which tabs printed and which didn't. It was a mind blowing architecture. I don't have problems finding client documents which are 20 years old. I create a directory for each client. If I don't do any billable work for that client in 6 years, I simply delete the directory during the next OS/machine upgrade. On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 16:17 +0100, John B wrote: > Dear Roland > > It reminds me of that Guinness Ad on "Cold Guinness" where the barman > says "your the 15th person today I've told that there is no call for > Cold Guinness". > > I remember the 1st time I saw Lotus Smart Suite, this chap had just 2 > files - Private and Business, he opened up the private one and inside > were group tabs saying [+Gas], [+Electricity] etc - it thought "of > course", it was like a Eureka moment. > > Ask any other software user to find a current client document from 6 > months ago let alone 10, 20 years ago!; And of course if you have a > client called "Fred Bloggs" you don't have to think up new file names > each time you send a new letter such a > "fred_blogs_fax_17_06_11_reply_London_office". > > I am assuming the "they" you refer to, is IBM > > thanks > > John B > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > On 17/06/2011 15:20, Roland Hughes wrote: > > If you visit the bug report site, you will see I have filed several bugs > > on this issue. They cannot implement WordPro tabs until they implement > > WordPro windows for documents. Right now they have taken the brain dead > > Microsoft approach of having each document as a tab. > > > > > > On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 14:56 +0100, John B wrote: > > > >> Tom > >> > >> Thanks - I have posted the request below today - I will let you know > >> if I get a response. > >> > >> I note that on the new IBM Lotus Symphony Web site - this has to be the > >> most angered and fought for request (1000's), but IBM have now disowned > >> its own software in favour of making the new cut down 3 progs suit "not > >> compatible", OOo used to!, but LibreOffice have taken up the challenge > >> in as much as LO can read the files - although the original formatting > >> is a bit hit and miss. > >> > >> >>>>>>>>>>> > >> > >> [wish-list] > >> > >> /There must be 10's of thousands of Lotus Smart Suite users who use > >> Lotus Wordpro who cannot move (locked in) to any other software because > >> of a brilliant internal tab filing structure within wordpro. This is > >> where you can put standard tabs inside Group tabs. > >> > >> Because Libreoffice thankfully support Lotus Smart Suite documents (and > >> IBM no longer do), you would be the natural inheritor for all these folk. > >> > >> At the moment I am not aware of any other software that even have tab > >> documents within a Word processor so you would be unique. > >> > >> One tab can be for any amount of pages (also called a division). > >> > >> The beauty of tab documents is that in one file you can have all the > >> documents for say one client, one book etc. laid out in say years +2011, > >> +2010 ..... +1995 or chapters etc. and inside (by clicking the +) the > >> group tab opens up and you can have inside other tabs for all that years > >> correspondence or headings or whatever etc). > >> > >> Now by having them all in one file, then a document produced in say 2000 > >> is not archived or deleted as every time a new document is added the > >> whole file is updated to the current date, so backing up by current date > >> massively improves. > >> > >> I have files on current clients that go back to 1991, the "+" means that > >> it is a "group tab" and that there are other tabs inside (and maybe more > >> inside them) etc., Hence its an effective filing structure to handle > >> multi documents. > >> > >> I have group tabs that go like this "+1990's"> "+1991"> "Contracts"> > >> (then a single tab "12/03/91" > >> > >> Hence, you can also go straight to a division, click on it and Print it > >> as a separate item. You can copy& paste, insert, you can move a tab, > >> (like making it the 1st or last page(s) in a document. > >> > >> The problem now is that if a Wordpro document, fully tabbed with say 10 > >> - 1000 Tabs and by transferring it to LibreOfice it just becomes an > >> unmanageable 10 to say 10,000 pages, with no structure. > >> > >> Managing large documents or many documents over a long period of time > >> becomes achievable with Tabs (divisions) > >> > >> I would have thought that this would be useful in any word processor. > >> Please consider this > >> > >> Thank you > >> > >> John Brassington > >> / > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> On 10/06/2011 14:42, Tom Davies wrote: > >>> Hi :) > >>> This guide might help? > >>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport > >>> > >>> I think i would post as a normal bug but put "" at the start of the > >>> subject-line (unless the guide has better advice!) > >>> Regards from > >>> Tom :) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> From: John B<[email protected]> > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Sent: Fri, 10 June, 2011 12:20:01 > >>> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Feature request - area? > >>> > >>> > >>> Is there an area where Feature Requests are posted? > >>> > >>> John B > >>> > >>> -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > >>> In case of problems unsubscribing, write to > >>> [email protected] > >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >>> deleted > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >>> Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3691 - Release Date: 06/09/11 > >>> 19:34:00 > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > >> In case of problems unsubscribing, write to > >> [email protected] > >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >> deleted > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3702 - Release Date: 06/13/11 > > 19:34:00 > > > > -- Roland Hughes, President Logikal Solutions (630)-205-1593 http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com http://www.infiniteexposure.net No U.S. troops have ever lost their lives defending our ethanol reserves. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
