Hi :) It's amazing that people have to learn how to drive and pass a test. There are so few controls. Usually a wheel or handle-bar or joystick to make the vehicle turn. Something to make it faster or slower. Maybe something to make it go up or down.
So at most it's about 3 controls right? Surely that should be even more intuitive or at least easier to spot which control does what. So why all the lessons? It's crazy right? Regards from Tom :) On 28 November 2013 20:59, A <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/28/2013 10:44 AM, Brian Barker wrote: >> >> >> As far as I can see: >> >> o Format | Default Formatting removes both direct formatting (to >> characters or paragraphs) and formatting by character styles. >> o The Apply Style drop-down applies paragraph styles, so you'd expect >> "Clear formatting" there to reset the paragraph style to Default - and it >> does. But it also does the same as Format | Default Formatting as well. >> > For me at least, there's just too much to remember. (You're in a maze of > twisty little passages. You're in a twisty maze of little passages. Now > you're in a twisty little passage with a maze.) It's enough to make me lose > my mind. I can't keep track of all these various intracacies. It sure > would be nice to have some tool tips. > > Also, if "Apply Style" applies paragraph styles and only paragraph styles, > why not have it say "Apply Paragraph Style" so as to make it obvious and > avoid the obscurity. > > "Default Formatting" could either have a tool tip, or perhaps broken up into > separate functions that do one thing each. > i.e. 1) Remove formatting to characters. > 2) Remove formatting to paragraphs. > 3) Remove formatting by character styles. > > That would provide more control. I don't know if there's an advantage to it > - other than knowing precisely what function is being performed. > > In addition, I do NOT expect "Clear formatting" to reset the paragraph style > to default. I expect it to do 1,2,3 above. i.e. Clear the formatting just > as it implies. I would expect "Reset Paragraph Style to Default" to reset > the paragraph style to default. There's far too much guesswork and intimate > knowledge required here. It's all quite NON-obvious. Sure, if one works > with it all the time one can learn these things - but I shouldn't have to be > an expert - it should be intuitive and if it's not intuitive it should be > spelled out in a tool tip. > > >> I suspect that at least part of the problem here is that it is sometimes >> difficult to see - especially with an inherited document - exactly how >> formatting has been applied and consequently how it might be removed. >> > Oh yes and that hits the nail on the head. Now that the problem has been > defined, the solution becomes easy. Provide a way to SEE exactly how the > formatting has been applied - and a quick link shortcut to removing it! > Formatting/styles are - in my mind - similar to field codes. They're hidden > formulas and such that could be turned on and off for viewing at will. > > Just my opinions of course. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > 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 > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
