Hi Kevin,
McLauchlan, Kevin wrote (29-8-2008 19:54)
Cor Nouws [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] suggested:
Just two basic things - not knowing the lay outs:
- work with paragraph and character styles, not direct formatting;
- use tables for positioning.
Thanks guys.
Cor, what in particular did you mean by "use tables for positioning"?
After sending, I found my description a bit short, indeed. But hoped you
could understand ...
That's my preferred method for photos and illustrations (a borderless
table - one cell for the graphic object and one cell for the caption),
but I was wondering if you had other things in mind when you said that.
.. and that turned out to be true ;-)
I've previously had problems with some tables imported from Word, such
that I'd end up re-creating the table rather than breaking my head,
trying to fix the import. I never did determine whether that was
something that could have been prevented by different treatment on the
Word side.
But in the special case of the design of an template, it is easy to check.
Anyway, it's a good reminder to check with the other writer how she
prefers to place her graphic items.
Does anybody know if there's anything to DO or to NOT DO in Word that
would help a template or document get along better with OOo's frames?
Linking to a paragraph, iirc ...
Anything to beware-of, when it comes to cross-references? Variables?
Also, how about naming conventions for styles? I see that Word and OOo
have somewhat different ways of inter-relating styles and "based on"
relationships. If I hope to have the minimum of re-work when importing
either the template or other people's docs done with her template, then
that might be an area to do a little thinking before-hand. She's just
getting started, so she'll accept suggestions... I hope... :-)
The only hard-and-fast rule we've ever had for styles in Word is "don't
base any styles on 'Normal'!" That doesn't stop people from breaking
that rule - to our lasting regret - but it's never stopped being "the
rule". Are there any others that would help grease the process of
importation?
As well, what about going the other way? I'll often be sending docs out
for reviews or for SMEs to add sections, and most of them (except for
the few subversive ones like me) will be using Word. Thus I'll have to
convert/export back into Word before I circulate. I'd like to avoid
future surprises in that endeavour, as well.
You mention enough items that can be an issue. But the combination of
... often makes it work properly or cumbersome. So starting to make it,
and trying during that process is not only safe, but also interesting
for her to learn.
I'm really looking forward to OOo 3.
+ 1
Cor
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