[discuss] [Q] [developers need hints]: How should it work??? was [Re: [discuss] Re: How can I remove the language attribute from text in Writer?

2008-06-02 Thread Thomas Lange - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg
Hi all! ^^ As a very late contribution to the discussion I have checked the spec and implementation and there is a way to remove the hard language attributes of the text. According to the spec http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/linguistic/Set_Language_Attribute_for_Text.odt Using

Re: [discuss] [Q] [developers need hints]: How should it work??? was [Re: [discuss] Re: How can I remove the language attribute from text in Writer?

2008-06-02 Thread snookerss
i love open office but it needs to put in FRONT PAGE for web designs like ms office has or something close to it thats compatible! On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Thomas Lange - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all! ^^ As a very late contribution to the discussion I

Re: [discuss] [Q] [developers need hints]: How should it work??? was [Re: [discuss] Re: How can I remove the language attribute from text in Writer?

2008-06-02 Thread Ian Lynch
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 08:22 -0700, snookerss wrote: i love open office but it needs to put in FRONT PAGE for web designs like ms office has or something close to it thats compatible! Ahrrg no!. If you want to design a website use the right tools for that job. Few people design a serious web

Re: [discuss] [Q] [developers need hints]: How should it work??? was [Re: [discuss] Re: How can I remove the language attribute from text in Writer?

2008-06-02 Thread Robert Funnell
I'd think that A would definitely be preferable. B seems to be more destructive, irreversibly wiping out the effects of carefully defined styles (if I understand correctly). However, I would question whether it's a good idea for a setting which claims only to set a default language to _also_

RE: [discuss] [Q] [developers need hints]: How should it work??? was [Re: [discuss] Re: How can I remove the language attribute from text in Writer?

2008-06-02 Thread John P. Baker
How about providing two menu options? The first would apply only to those paragraphs whose style does not specify a hard language attribute. The second would apply to all paragraphs and would replace any hard language attribute that may be present. John P. Baker -Original Message-

Re: [discuss] Limited size of Draw sheet

2008-06-02 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:16:23 +0530 (IST) Devakrit Bagchi wrote: I recommend an unlimited sheet size for draw, this way a higher resolution can be saved. To have lots of matter on a sheet one has to zoom in on the sheet, as a result the resolution of the image formed during export gets

Re: [discuss] [Q] [developers need hints]: How should it work??? was [Re: [discuss] Re: How can I remove the language attribute from text in Writer?

2008-06-02 Thread snookerss
i mentioned similar! doesn't have to be front page! besides having a WEBTOOL built into open office would be a nice thing to have!! AND YES i am designing a website but without a proper web design tool its a hassle! On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Ian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon,

Re: [discuss] [Q] [developers need hints]: How should it work??? was [Re: [discuss] Re: How can I remove the language attribute from text in Writer?

2008-06-02 Thread Ian Lynch
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 13:41 -0700, snookerss wrote: i mentioned similar! doesn't have to be front page! besides having a WEBTOOL built into open office would be a nice thing to have!! AND YES i am designing a website but without a proper web design tool its a hassle! But don't you think it

[discuss] OOo derivitive with MS Office 'ribbon'

2008-06-02 Thread Paul
Here is a review of RedOffice which seems to have implemented the 'ribbon' on a OOo version: http://www.johannes-eva.net/index.php?page=redoffice /paul -- For those that love Pandora, but don't live in the USA : http://globalpandora.com/

RE: [discuss] [Q] [developers need hints]: How should it work???was [Re: [discuss] Re: How can I remove the language attribute from text inWriter?

2008-06-02 Thread Justin Fitzgibbon
On windows the program you are looking for is http://www.kompozer.net/ Like most opensource programs OO.o trys to be best at what it already does, not move into areas that are already covered by good alternatives. Which is why openoffice does not have a mail program although it integrates with