On 12/05/2008 17:19, kesavan ram kumar wrote:
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Now, in Openoffice, is it also possible to open two different documents in two different windows, and arrange them in "cascading" mode?
(i.e., arrange one window below the other , as in MS Office Word?)
Pl.let me know about it?
Just open both documents and use the window manager's (Windows in your
case) facilities to arrange the windows. Right click in the Task Bar and
choose Cascade, Tile Vertically or Tile Horizontally depending on your
preference. This actually has nothing to do with OpenOffice but is a
standard facility within the Windows window manager which is an integral
part of the Windows operating system. OpenOffice is only obeying the
rules specified by the window manager. I presume similar facilities
exist in the various Linux window managers and on Macs.
It is perhaps unfortunate that when one uses Microsoft's products one
tends not to learn the distinction that exist among functions belonging
to the operating system, functions belonging to the window manager and
functions belonging to application programs. In fact, one tends not even
to learn that there are distinctions. In general this reduces
understanding and increases rote behaviour. The tendency is reinforced
by the fact that with Microsoft the operating system and the window
manager have the same name. It even leads to shoddy design decisions
such as delegating the arrangement of the windows to the application
program as in the case of MS Office.
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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