On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:28 PM, RGB ES <rgb.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/11/15 Kevin Grignon <kevingrignon...@gmail.com> > > > Hello All, > > > > I've been exploring the information design (content) for the dockable > task > > pane. I've analyzed the current content in both LS and AOO, and captured > > some thoughts on future design direction. > > See: > > > > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/AOO_UX_Design_Exploration_-_Task_Pane_Content_-_Information_Design > > > > Capture any thoughts or feedback in the discussion section of the wiki > > page. > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > > > Good ideas, indeed! Just a small point about the proposal: you are > separating direct formatting (Content properties) from styles (Style list) > which is a good idea, but we must keep in mind that there is no "direct > formatting" for pages on Writer: the menu you get when you go to Format → > Page does *not* do direct formatting, it just edit the current page style. > > IMO, the options are: > > - to not include page information on the content properties docker > > - to just show a static info panel giving the option to edit the > corresponding page style or to apply one of the styles from a list. > > Maybe (thinking aloud in real time) instead of a "page" section it would be > more interesting to show a "breaks" section, where you can insert and > manage page breaks with change of page styles and reset of page > numbering... or maybe put all this on its own panel. The possibility to > edit the page style should be limited to the style list panel. > > Regards > Ricardo >
Ricardo, Thanks for the input. I've posted your comments to the wiki discussion. I'll explore the page properties vs. style options. Regards, Kevin
