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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 13 21:40:26 +0000 2008 ------- Er... I don't have M$O... I moved to a better suite a couple years ago ;) But anyway, Calc also has "Split" and "Freeze". I did what you suggested, and it's a great thing indeed. Freeze is also great (I use it several times). But what we're discussing here is two distinct, fully functional panes. By allowing the user to have independent cursor positions and eventual area selections, this feature becomes distinct of the current split and freeze. As I said, I guess the proposal here is to have the functions you mentioned for multiple windows, but viewed simultaneously in a single window. That is: one window shows multiple instances of a file (and/or multiple files, as in issue 19292), with independent full editing capabilities for each one. So I end up puzzled with 3 different ways of splitting data: 1.Freeze as in Calc. We cause a section to bond to the page limits, while the other scrolls freely. We have a single cursor and, therefore, only one selection. 2.Split as in Calc. We divide the data so the different portions scroll independently. Still a single cursor and selection. 3.Split as in M$O. We divide the window in more than one view, each one showing a different part of one or more files. Each pane has its own cursor and selection. I see both splits can be used in Writer. The Calc split would work this way: the user selects a point in the text, hits the funcion, then an horizontal or vertical (depending on the writing) divides the screen (or maybe only the text page), allowing each side to scroll and the cursor and selections to be shared between views. This would be quite useful and less space-hungry than the multiple page view. The M$O split would be like: the user opens the same file twice (or two different files) and asks OOo to divide the window, and voilá - you have two panes. Each one with fully independent cursors and selections and full editing capabilities. So one could drag and drop, compare, etc., between two different areas of the document or different documents. This is the killer feature requested, and can be done for all apps. One could, this way, copy from a spreadsheet to a text to a presentation, etc. What do you think? Best regards --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
