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------- Additional comments from ksl...@openoffice.org Sun Apr 26 14:51:34 +0000 2009 ------- I am a strong supporter of this feature. As I child, I learned to write on the computer with Word Perfect. I remember when I discovered the feature how thrilled I was. I also remember when I had to switch to MS Word how inferior I thought it was, due to this feature loss. To this day, every time Word or Writer has some strange error, I lament the loss of that feature. I was NOT a technical user, but found this feature extremely useful. Beyond that, as a child, I felt like it allowed me to learn more about how computers (or at least word processors) work. I do not see the programming problem here for a simple implementation. The system could mirror web browsers "reveal HTML," but with a "save" feature. We can create a new VERY SIMPLE format-free text editor window with the raw XML. The user can hit a "save" button in that window, which will update the Writer window. Or, if that is a problem, Writer could close the document when editing XML, then essentially be able to toggle between them. Not ideal, but certainly much better than unzipping, opening in notepad, etc. An ideal implementation would co-ordinate the two windows with editing possible in both. The reason this issue has so many votes is because people understand its utility. This is the reason so many law offices still use Word Perfect. And to the above discussion of styles, that is a bit of a digression because I would like to see where in the text styles are implemented. The "revert to default" can be useful, but certainly not as good. Please give this issue the attention it deserves. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
