Ok if opening a duplicate window is a function of the OS why then is the
ruler different in one window to the other?
I opened ooowriter and then clicked on Window | New Window to produce
the second copy of the same document.
See the image here - http://rev777.com/images/temp/ooowriter.jpg
You will see that both windows have the blank document called Untitled1
in them and both are sized at 75% zoom.
Yet one has the RHS of the ruler at approx 17cm (correct) but the
duplicate window has the RHS of the window at approx 13cm.
Is this weird or what?
Neil
Harold Fuchs wrote:
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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