On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 05:26 -0800, Hassan wrote: > [Re-sent message with a more appropriate subject line] > > Hi, I'm new to this forum, but have a question: > > I am part of a development team in an IT project,and > use OpenOffice writer to write technical report > occasionally. > > In our reports, we would like to be able to see which > lines in a modified open office document have been > changed, by a vertical line on the left margin next to > the line(s) that have been modified, but not the > actual text that has been inserted/deleted - in other > words, the final text for that line only. > > Example: If I have the following lines in version 1 of > my document: > > A is for apple > B is for banana > C is for carrot > > I enable the change tracking feature in open office: > edit->changes->record. I then change the word 'banana' > to 'bingo' in the second line, by deleting the 'anana' > bit and insert 'ingo'. I would like to see only the > following: > > A is for apple > | B is for bingo > C is for carrot > > But if I select options->text document->changes from > the open office menu option, and set every option to > 'None' apart from 'lines changed' to 'left margin', I > get > > A is for apple > | B is for bingoanana > C is for carrot > > And if I deselect the edit->changes->show option, I > get the right text I wanted, but with no vertical bar > in the left margin. > > Such a feature is available in at least the competing > applications of MS Word and Adobe Framemaker, and > something we find very useful in our line of work. > > Is there something we are doing wrong or is this a > missing feature possibly? >
What is stopping you from creating documents of two columns? One column could contain | the other can contain whatever comments on the same line. Was this tried? Remember that all you need to do is set the columns (width, margins,etc.), remove borders, make the file a template when you are satisfied. And the output of this file will look fine. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
