Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-22 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi, L.D. wrote (23-10-10 00:10) The reason we don't use Writer (instead of MS Word) is because it lacks a crucial feature for business: powerful indexing (we create large documents, such as manuals and guides, that need indexes) Do you know Andrews Macro Document, for example? Pretty some ind

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-22 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-22 18:10, L.D. a écrit : Mounier Jacques netcourrier.com> writes: In addition to the bibliography tools. * Improvements to the Alphabetical Indexes. http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/71959/Alphabetical_Index.pdf Moreover, many contracts require that aut

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-22 Thread L . D .
Mounier Jacques netcourrier.com> writes: > > In addition to the bibliography tools. > > * Improvements to the Alphabetical Indexes. > http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/71959/Alphabetical_Index.pdf > Moreover, many contracts require that authors act as their own indexers.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-18 11:51, Mounier Jacques a écrit : Hi everyone, Marc Paré wrote: Thanks for the note. Yes, it does sound that different tools are needed depending on the field of study. There should almost be a mailist dedicated to LibO use for academia where we could collect the data needed to ma

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-18 12:15, Michel Gagnon a écrit : Le 2010-10-18 11:51, Mounier Jacques a écrit : Hi everyone, * Improvements to the footnotes. ... I actually like them with 1[tab]TextOfNote, but I don't mind more flexibility. * "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" .

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-18 Thread Michel Gagnon
Le 2010-10-18 11:51, Mounier Jacques a écrit : Hi everyone, * Improvements to the footnotes. ... I actually like them with 1[tab]TextOfNote, but I don't mind more flexibility. * "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" There is one fairly simple solution, wh

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-18 Thread Mounier Jacques
Hi everyone, Marc Paré wrote: > Thanks for the note. Yes, it does sound that > different tools are needed > depending on the field of study. > There should almost be a mailist > dedicated to LibO use for academia where we > could collect the data > needed to make LibO a great tool for academia

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-17 Thread vmskdl
I guess I am a little late to the party... I am a biochemist. I finished my PhD work a few months ago. I have written and published a couple of scientific papers and although I have almost all my documents in ODF and line diagrams drawn using OOo-Draw, I was forced to use MSO to write my paper ma

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-12 Thread Paul A Norman
Jacques, The JabRef will only databse your citations for you, and help you use them in certain environments. As things stand for LiBO you'd need to use JabRef to export to either an OpenOffice Spread sheet (LiBO) or a .csv and use the informaiton in a LiBO document in a merge style from threre,

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-12 Thread Mounier Jacques
Hello, Paul A Norman wrote: > For example, bibliographies in LaTeX > can be built using JabRef - a > Java application that can export/import > to/from an MySql database. > > http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ > > JabRef handles the citations' entries - > all the information. Over the weeken

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-11 Thread Paul A Norman
Good links, thnaks, This raises the question in my mind, in terms of this thread "LibO roadmap?", about integratoin with other toolsets. I'll use the followoing as an example. For example, bibliographies in LaTeX can be built using JabRef - a Java application that can export/import to/from an My

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-11 Thread Mounier Jacques
Thanks for the reply, Paul A Norman wrote: >Would that perhaps be reinventing the wheel a >little - perhaps some >would find LaTeX and associated utlities useful? Of course! If the wheel turns well :) http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/indexing/makeindex/doc/makeindex.pdf http://www.yanb.be/w/lat

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-11 Thread Mounier Jacques
Thanks for the reply, Cédric Bosdonnat wrote: >Would you be able to get some people helping to >describe what needs to >be done? If you can find some other developers >interested in hacking >that part, I'm ready to help them getting started! Unfortunately, I am a simple user... A problem I had