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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 20 06:19:41 +0000 2008 ------- I just installed OO for the first time and the first (.doc) document I opened was an MS Word Outline View document. I have scores and maybe hundreds of documents that I have written and use in this format. Among other things, I do historical research and my outline view documents are my database format. (I am old enough to have once used index cards for this function.) For example, I have a document which lists every person we know of who is likely to have been personally known by Aristotle. Now, suppose I come across a new fact about one of these persons or a new person in this category. I open my Aristotle's People.doc file and hit alt+@ -- "Show Heading 2", which is the level with all the names in alphabetical order. It's easy to scroll down to find the name or person I want among the currently 259 names there, expand the heading and add my fact in its logical place, either chronological or by subject heading. Under each name are cross references to other names on the list (e.g., parents, children, associates) and also to institutions, etc., which are in another outline, as is my chronological-order timeline file. If the list were to get too long for easy scrolling to my target, I already have a template with an alphabet of hyperlinks to put at the top of the page and an alphabet of bookmarks to insert at the beginning of each new set of initials. What's the point? The outline view is not merely a way of organizing information for the purposes of narrative writing, it is a way of storing information which is intended to remain in this form permanently. Without the capability of using this format interactively, jumping from place to place, expanding and contracting subheadings, etc., much of the value of my work is lost. That's why I just added my two votes to making issue 3959 a high priority. Until interactive outline use is possible in Open Office Writer, I cannot even consider using it, as much as I would like to. So take heart developers, and know that there are many of us lined up outside that door labeled Outline View, eagerly waiting for signs of progress and grateful for your efforts to make this feature a reality. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
