Dennis Collins wrote: > The following is my wish list for normal mode (not a criticism). I'm using > 0.9.6 on win32. > > In Microsoft Word (and StarOffice Text Processor 6.0 beta) the sole purpose > of normal mode is to input and polish text. To that end all page formatting > is hidden as are any graphics and any headers or footers. All that is > visible is text and it is wrapped to the window size whether that size is > larger or smaller than the page size (the paragraph is wrapped as it is in > page formatting, not line wrapped as in a plane text processor like MS > notepad). The left margin (the area between the window edge and the first > character on the line) is only about 4 characters wide as is the right (4 > characters to the left of the vertical scroll bar). This allows the user to > see all of the text regardless of the window width and it maximizes the > amount of visible text without paging or scrolling. This facilitates the > user's focus on the task of inputting and polishing text (character > formatting and some paragraph formatting remain visible fonts, italics, > bold, underline, font color, background color, indents, > left/right/center/justification, line spacing, superscript, subscript and > so forth).
Just a few clarifications: > > Thus: reduce margins to absolute minimum (2 or 3 characters at most) On Word97 on my 800x600 17" monitor, the left margin is about 3/8" physically, or about 1/4" in "document units". > wrap paragraphs to the window not the page (or make it optional) In Word97, wrapping to window is an option (and it does not increase the line length -- if the line length is less than the screen/window width, the line is wrapped "properly" based on document units). In Word 97, indented text is shown properly indented, outdented text shows the nominal 3/8" (1/4") left margin. > hide page formatting, graphics, headers and footers > > If all of this is already planned then all the better. My thanks to the > programmers and I look forward to each new release. > > Dennis Collins > > ----------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > unsubscribe in the message body. ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
