On 2008-09-07 15:39 Joe Smith wrote:
emf wrote:
How do I customize the Status toolbar (the one at the bottom of the
window) in the OOWriter so that it will show the position of the
cursor (Page, Line, Position on the line) like in WP? ...
While I respect the fact that many people ask for this feature, I have
yet to hear a convincing argument the the information is actually
necessary.
Yes, some people are comfortable with creating a document layout working
from the cursor position, but that seems to me a difficult and primitive
way to do the job, given Writer's support for exact margins and indents
by simply entering a distance.
Even reading the position from the ruler would be preferable to using a
cursor position--as far as I can see.
Can anyone help me understand exactly what the cursor position is needed
for?
<Joe
Dear Joe.
Yes, I can help you understand why at least in one occasion I would find
the cursor position handy. Actually I would use it on what I was doing a
moment ago, if it were available:
I have style Heading 2 between 2 paragraphs. The style of the paragraphs
is double spaced. I want to position the heading exactly between the end
line of the first paragraph and the last line of the second paragraph.
To do so, in the Heading 2 style I have set Indents and Spacing >
Spacing > Above paragraph: 0.18", Below paragraph: 0.36", and it looks
OK. But I arrived at the figures empirically. If I had available the
exact position of the cursor on the lines, I wouldn't have to arrive at
the figures empirically, and I would be sure that it *is* (rather than
just *looks*) OK.
I guess you would say that I am too particular, and you may be right. My
only excuse is that the Heading 2 style appears repeatedly in the
document. Also I imagine there is a way to calculate the figures
accurately without having available the positions of the lines. But
there is a lot of unused space on the bar next to Page... on the Status
bar, and I do not see why the *option* to include there line and
position on the line (if you wanted to) would hurt those who do not need
this information.
Cheers,
Eustace
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