To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=113721 Issue #|113721 Summary|Frames should have option to snap to grid or column wi |dth. Component|Word processor Version|version58 Platform|Unknown URL| OS/Version|Linux Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|formatting Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm Reported by|susancragin
------- Additional comments from susancra...@openoffice.org Sat Aug 7 13:25:20 +0000 2010 ------- There should be an option to create a user-defined default frame, for instances where users need the same frame size / properties over and over. Frames also need additional options. * snap-to width of column (or at least set width and snap to column margin) for newsletters. * non-overlap setting, so that putting one frame between two others automatically moves the lower one down. I use frames with newsletters and to create idea-generating writing software. In both cases, I need the frames to (1) be the same style over and over and (2) snap to the width of a column, (3) not overlap each other. This makes them easy to create, and to drag-and-drop. Example. Many very good writers use a template to plan and outline long documents using paper divided into rows and 3x5 cards or post-it notes. Example: I create a five-column page to plan a fiction book. The five columns are labelled Acts, and each Act follows a standard writing convention. (Act 1 - Introduction to Plot and Hero; Act 2 - Ramp-up event that places Hero on the Path; Act 3 - Hero First Action that...) and so forth. I visualise my Scenes, and write them in Frames (cards). Then I start moving the cards around, knowing that certain scenes belong in certain parts of the book. Then I add transition scenes between the main scenes by adding frames. But wait--that scene where the hero meets the heroine needs to be nearer the beginning, and so I drag and drop my frame from Column 3 (Act 3) to Column 1. I want that frame to fit where I drop it, and not overlap others. There is a Windows program that does primarily this. It is called Writers Blocks. http://www.writersblocks.com/wb3quicklook.htm In this view, the left-hand side of the screen is set up the way I would like it to be. Columns, simple boxes, drag-and-drop, snap to column margins on both sides (or have a fixed width for all of them that didn't need to be re-set every time you created a box). The possibilities for this are endless. With a little macro writing (by me or any user) complex writing tasks can be planned efficiently. Susan Cragin --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
