Cor Nouws wrote > dollyp wrote (06-09-13 23:11) > >> > <snip> >> Direct formatting is >> less effective than using styles but LO's styles are if anything more >> confusing to the average user than MSO's. > > Hmm. would you mind to explain why that is the case, in your opinion? > > thanks, > Cor
Hi Cor I'm being very subjective here. I considered I was a master of using styles in MSO Word but I found it confusing moving to LO Writer. I acknowledge that as a concept styles should be used for everything and so it's perhaps not surprising that absolutely everything has to have a named style. However the list of styles is just too large for normal use - four screens worth if showing all styles. Styles are divided into sections - paragraph, character, etc. - but for example there are far more numbering and list styles in the paragraph section than in the list styles section: that doesn't make sense. I know many of these are both paragraph AND list styles, but why does "List 1 start" appear as a paragraph style but not as a list style. When I came to my first LO document with numbers I couldn't get styles to work as I expected them to do and still can't (I'll amplify if you wish); the answer was to reach for the numbering button on the toolbar - big mistake. I think that it is too simplistic to just think that styles are the answer to everything. Most users aren't purists and in practical terms for simple short documents we won't get people to stop using direct formatting. The dilemma is to make styles more useable without alienating those for whom styles are essential. We are all converts here; those who move from MSO2003 and earlier will probably do just fine with LO's treatment of styles, but we must also remember those whose only experience of styles is with MSO2007 and later, where the emphasis appears more on direct formatting. Regards David -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Libreoffice-ux-advise-some-thoughts-on-the-Sidebar-tp4073014p4074685.html Sent from the UX-Advise mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Libreoffice-ux-advise mailing list Libreoffice-ux-advise@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-ux-advise