Looks like the feature I described below will be in OOo 3.0: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=25072
Can anybody using OOo 3.0 RC confirm this? H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > So my technical document writing experiment with OOo is continuing. I am > writing a short report related to Computer Vision. > > While doing so, I have noticed that to cross reference a heading, I > first have to select that heading and then Insert Crossreference->Set > Reference and give the newly set reference a name. This itself appears > to be not quite intuitive. IMHO, how does a user know to use Insert a > Cross reference menu item to just set a reference? Perhaps there should > be a Insert->Set Reference Mark item? In any case, this can should be > improved. > > Next, the interface to actually insert a cross reference to a heading is > also weird. To do so, I position my cursor in the text where I want the > cross reference, do Insert -> Cross Reference (this appears sensible) > and then select "Insert Reference"(which is also sensible). However, > exactly what value to insert is not clear. I want the heading number. > But there is no choice to do so. Only selecting "Chapter" works. How > does that make any sense? I do not have any chapters in my report at all! > > If I am missing something and the above procedure is more intuitive than > I have experience, please feel free to correct me. > > Just a little feedback with the aim of helping improve OOo to a high > grade document processing application. > > Regards. > ->HS --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
