Daniel Lewis [mailto:[email protected]] said: > > Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > This is, perhaps, one of the main areas where OO could > outdo MS Office. > > I would assume that this function is fairly commonly required, when > > you have a document with a cover for example, and yet it is > > DIABOLICALLY difficult in MS Word and not much easier in OO. > > Would it be beyond the bounds of possibility for a > developer to write > > some code so that you could insert the footer on page 2, > click in it, > > and choose "insert page number-start at no1", instead of having to > > muck about with page breaks and styles and all the rest of the > > difficult stuff? > > > There is a reason why OOo and other programs have > templates: when > you use the same layout time after time, you use a template. > So, create > a template with these things in it. Then when you need it, use it. > If you do this, you will also want to add the Templates and > Documents icon to the Standard toolbar. This makes it easy to > access the > template.
Does one normally use multiple templates per document? One for each trick or procedure they need to incorporate? I think that most people don't learn a strange or arcane trick by doing it once. If they are like me in this respect, they need to do it several times over a brief period, in order to cement the memory. By creating a template the first time you figure out a tricky or obscure feature/problem, you defeat the learning process. The next time you need to make a document for which that template would not be appropriate, you have to figure out the obscure feature/problem all over again. And it appears in this list again... and whoever schedules and prioritizes OOo development doesn't use this list as a way of knowing what's a recurring annoyance and would bear fixing. Instead, they look at bug reports, and list-members are urged to generate a bug report or to vote on one that seems like what they just sweated and cursed to figure out. The trouble is that too many people who have taken time to sweat and curse and google and write to the list for help are falling behind in their work - so when they finally learn how to get past a problem, they spend their time trying to catch up... and not trying to figure out the OOo bug-reporting system. So the next revision of OOo comes out, and something that troubled a bunch of people is still there, and another bunch of people trip over it. It's solvable, so it never becomes a bug - it remains a "feature" for each new generation of users to 'enjoy'. - K The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
