Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Mathias Bauer wrote: >> Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> >>> NoOp wrote: >>> [cut] >>> >>>> This seems pretty odd to me. I can't imagine why the template would >>>> be set up using frames instead of a table. >>> You and me both! That's why I created my own set of label templates (US >>> Letter and A4) and made them available to all and sundry (including the >>> OP, off list) via my web site. >> >> Could you explain why you think that a table is better than frames? If >> it's only the selection thing I don't see a difference here as a "select >> all" works in both cases (though you have to press it twice for the >> frames). > > Certainly. The first thing to come to mind is the ability to vertically > centre the text in a table cell - highly desirable in label usage. > > Secondly, I find it far easier (and natural) to knock up a table for any > unique label stock: symmetric cells are, after all, tabular in nature. > Creating and positioning frames is, to my way of thinking, a very long > way around the houses to reach a simple solution. > > Thirdly, tables are used by a well known competitor, lots of people are > familiar with them and doing something different just to be different > doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Interesting. Thanks, I will give it some thoughts. > There are other reasons, but it's past my bed-time and I'm not thinking > too well:-) Don't hesitate to come up with more when you are well rested again. :-) Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
