NoOp wrote: > > I fail to understand exactly what you are looking for regarding > outlining and OOo. As someone that transitioned multiple complicated > technical documents (in Japanese to English no less) from MS Word to > Adobe FrameMaker some years ago: > > 1. I Fail to understand why you/anyone continue to use MS Word for > technical document writing to begin with. > > 2. Pehaps I misinterprted your comment: "- No outline mode (now this is > one long standing feature request if ever there was one)." > Back to #1, why are doing tech docs MS Word to begin with? And what > specifically are you trying to do in OOo that you can't do with MS Word?
Coming back to this, I just realized perhaps you are not aware what "outline mode" really means within the context of document organization. I would suggest you try out MSO' outlining mode, perhaps with a Word expert and compare it with navigator to really see what all this hoopla is about. Then revisit this page: http://www.oooninja.com/2009/01/openofficeorg-31-new-features.html The most interesting comments are quoted here: ------------------------------------------------------ January 21, 2009 7:24 AM grumpynerd said... *sigh* Still on intrinsic outline moe. It's been so close for so long. Navigator, while useful, doesn't cut it, even as an extrinsic outliner. Is there some kind of religious objection to this feature? January 21, 2009 7:17 AM grumpynerd said... Still no intrinsic outline mode? After all these years? Is there some kind of religious objection to this feature? Do developers have to take a secret vow not to implement real outlining before they can contribute to the project? I'm sorry, Navigator, while useful, isn't the same thing. It's close, but real outlining is about combining composition and reorganization seamlessly. You can get the final effect of outlining using the Navigator and styles, but you can say the same thing for a simple RTF editor without paragraph styles at all. It's not the effect that is missing, it's the process. January 21, 2009 7:24 AM grumpynerd said... Still no intrinsic outliner? After all these years? Sure, you can get the effect by using styles and the Navigator. But you can get the effect by writing HTML in a text editor. It's not the effect, it's the process that is wanting. The navigator supports just enough of the process to show that the underlying model has all the pieces needed. It's been so close now, for so long. Is there some kind of ideological reason why it's never been done? ------------------------------------------------------ Regards. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
