Rod Engelsman wrote:
I'm not going to claim that Wordperfect is better (or worse) than
Writer, or that code tokens are better (or worse) than object styles.
But Wordperfect is a mature product with a loyal following for a reason.
I think that WP's implementation of tokens and reveal code is more
mature and fully developed than Writer's or Word's implementation of
object styles. I think that Writer's object styles are more predictable
and less prone to human error. There's no intrinsic reason why object
styles can't be made just as robust and flexible as tokens, but it is
going to take some serious rethinking of the implementation.
I don't think that tokens need to be implemented after looking at the
content.xml file. There are pointers for each and every formatting
change that occurs within a document. They are not tokens but
pointers to the style or direct formatting that is taking place.
A method of seeing these points within the document, similar to "View
Non-printable characters" and a dialog box with the style and any
direct formatting displayed would be a great help. It doesn't change
the styles and object basis of OOo which many defend.
It would supply a tool to provide assistance to those that prefer RC
over styles or to allow those (like me) that don't have the option of
reformatting documents to my liking.
Using the "Styles and Formatting" window with "Applied Styles" is the
first step. If I could dock it at the bottom or top of my screen
would be the second and then expand from there. No changes to OOo are
really required. Doing this would make OOo a much better tool and
appeal to a much wider user base.
As many have said, Styles can be overridden by direct formatting.
This direct formatting is the domain of Reveal codes ability to show
very quickly where formatting changes occur.
Just for reference, here is an example of a test document where the
font changes normal to italic underlined.
---
<style:style style:name="T3"
style:family="text"><style:text-properties fo:font-style="italic"
style:text-underline-style="solid" style:text-underline-width="auto"
style:text-underline-color="font-color"
style:font-style-asian="italic" style:font-style-complex="italic"/>
---
This is how the text is marked in the document.
---
<text:span text:style-name="T3">another </text:span>
Lets make OOo better by providing better tools.
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Robin Laing
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