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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 16 16:42:28 -0700 2005 ------- Aside from adding my voice to the request for this feature, I would like to agree and disagree with BobHarvey and RSeargeant. Word is not the only program to implement this feature; it is a standard component of wp/dtp. In WordPerfect, which I used from v. 4.2 to 8, I think it was called "Default Mode" -- not terribly descriptive, but no less so than MSWord's ubiquitous "Normal this" and "Normal that." Quark and PageMaker and, now, Scribus, different beasts entirely, also provide a means of editing a continuous flow of text even if it stradles/jumps many pages and is linked through umpteen text boxes (I believe the feature is called something like "Edit Story"). The need is present and the examples numerous. Even Abiword has got it implemented - though they've chosen to imitate Word to the letter. We therefore most certainly do not have to ape Word. Simply provide a well-thought-out implementation of the functionality, give it a name that makes sense (something along the lines of "Text-Flow Edit" is my humble suggestion), and people for whom it matters will not look back. I work as a translator and can spend hours on end editing/proofreading in OOo... I would dearly, dearly love this feature to be implemented. BTW, this "Normal" view makes the application more responsive as it doesn't have to work so hard on displaying layout - that, at least, was my experience of it in WP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
