On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 04:54, NoOp <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/02/2010 02:17 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> Thanks, all. I am looking to build support with these use cases for a >> parallel feature in Writer: >> http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=112163 > > So why not just put that in the subject rather than having folks rehash > the history of the spreadsheet? >
I did not realise that reviewing the history of the spreadsheet would reveal current use cases of the feature. Had I known that I would have started at Wikipedia! > Personally I think your example for a single file with multiple documents: > > <quote> > Example: _Desired_Writer_behaviour_: The user would open resume.odt and > within that file are three sheets: englishResume, hebrewResume, and > russianResume. Within the single resume.ods file are three different, > but related documents. > </quote> > > is flawed. Master documents takes care of that situation if they are to > be merged. And it is not much of an effort to simply open all three in > individual windows w/multiple instances of OOo - you can do this with > 'Window' select window/resize to show side-by-side etc. > Master documents are the exact opposite of the requested feature. These are three files that would be used independently (I send resumes only in the appropriate language, not all three at once) but that must be stored and edited as a group, always (new certification, new contact info, etc). Currently, my only options for doing that are a zip (or other archive) file, or a separate directory. Both have inherent drawbacks, and neither let me click a single icon (file) and have all three documents open in OOo. It is a different use case, and as Calc already has this feature implemented I wanted to know exactly what people use the existing Calc feature for. > I think a better example would tabbed sections; for a book writer each > tab would be for each chapter, or a screen writer where each tab would > be for each scene. In the end, both the book writer & screen writer > would be able to create links, etc., between the individual > tabs/sections for cross referencing, styles, etc. > > Another excellent use case, Gary. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
