Hello Christian,
On 26 May 2010 09:31, Christian Lippka <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > sorry I'm late on this discussion, just returned from vacation. Thanks for taking your time to read the users list: this is really appreciated (at least by me!) > > Anyway, Impress does not have character or paragraph styles. The > main reason for this was not to complicate things. Therefore the > character and paragraph settings for the shape styles (graphic & > presentation) are used for the text inside a shape. [snip] > Personaly I'm undecided wheter it is a good idea to add such > functionality to impress. I can see the benefits of having > character and paragraph styles in impress like we have in writer > now. On the other hand there are still a majority of users who > do not (want to/need to) understand the current style concept. > Adding more options would only add to the confusion. Apple's Keynote > for example is mostly praised for its simplicity, mainly because > it lacks so many features... I am not sure I agree that a character style would add complexity as "normal" users will happily ignore it while more advanced user could really benefit from it (just like the character style in Writer). As a user of Writer who has learnt how to reap the benefits of styles I am rather disappointed not to be able to use this "skill" when using Impress. As for the usefulness of the character style, it is not uncommon in a presentation to do one of the following: - highlight parts of the text - insert and format hyperlinks - insert mono spaced fonts - insert words or sentences in a different language - use more than one colour for the text All these actions are currently rather painful and time consuming while they would be extremely easy if character styles were available. As for paragraph styles I do not have strong feelings. Cheers, Michele --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
