To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=94959 Issue #|94959 Summary|Notes improvements: formatting, options, styling, prin |ting Component|Word processor Version|OOo 3.0 RC4 Platform|Unknown URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P2 Subcomponent|formatting Assigned to|mru Reported by|hfinger
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Oct 16 01:33:49 +0000 2008 ------- In OOo 3.0 release, the Notes functionality could be improved. @ Notes could shrink in height to just enclose short comments. Notes could also automatically expand for longer comments and if the vertical space in the margin allowed it, i.e. no or few competing sibling Notes. @ A Preference or Option would allow you to set the default para style for Notes. (The current default style is derived from who knows where and is far to big.) You should also be allowed to apply para and char styles both as anonymous over-rides or as named styles, e.g. char style Bold or Strong. @ A Preference or Option would allow you to toggle the date or reviewer's name to be revealed or concealed. This would save space. @ A right-click context menu item should allow you to select it to (a) copy it, (b) cut it, or (c) delete it. It is too difficult to select the anchor point to carry out these operations. @ A Preference or Option should allow a widthless vertical bar to indicate a selectable anchor, much as FrameMaker does with the inverted-T anchor for index, cross-reference targets, and other markers. @ Clicking a Note outside the text area, say, on a border, should allow you to select it, too. @ A selected Note should show handles that can be dragged to change its height, over-riding the default behaviour, even if it causes a vertical scroll bar to appear and there is sufficient space to display the Note without resizing it. This resize should be able to be removed and the Note should then naturally resize. @ Notes options should also allow them to appear in the RH or LH margin. @ Notes Preferences or Options should also allow them to be printed in the margin as they appear on screen, even if the page width has to be reduced to fit on the paper. This is what Word does. @ Leader lines from the marginal Note to the in-text anchor points should never be superimposed on each other -- it is too difficult to trace. Some suggestions: -- vary the leader pattern with dots, dashes, dot and dash chains -- vary the colour of the leaders and anchor points (but not the Notes) -- let the horizontal portion of leaders be above OR below a line -- combine all of the above if necessary --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
