Hi Pedro,
Le 19/09/2013 12:02, Pedro a écrit :
To be honest the Microsoft approach is much more efficient: when you press
the Bold button, the Style is automatically changed to Normal+Bold which
allows you to modify the Style for all Bold word at a later stage...
Didn't know that. My latest
Hi,
Le 18/09/2013 18:38, dollyp a écrit :
I think that it is too simplistic to just think that styles are the answer
to everything.
Well, no. What's simplistic is to think a computer is a glorified
typewriter. Unfortunately for the masses and for more than 20 years,
*all* software
Hi Jean-François
Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote
This is interesting, indeed. But I see a problem here: the automatic
setting (the bad word is automatic). This won't make styles apparent
to users and you may end with users changing bold to italics by hand,
just because they miss the style
mariosv wrote
There you can create a new style based on the current format, and the type
of style depends on what type you have selected: paragraph, character or
page.
But that is not the same. First, you need to *manually* create the new style
(and give it a name) while what MS Word does is
Hi Pedro,
Pedro wrote (18-09-13 18:45)
Hmm. would you mind to explain why that is the case, in your opinion?
Because the direct format button are in your face and changing a style
requires clicking 1) left click the Style name (assuming the Style bar is
showing and that the user knows how to
Pedro wrote (19-09-13 12:02)
To be honest the Microsoft approach is much more efficient: when you press
the Bold button, the Style is automatically changed to Normal+Bold which
allows you to modify the Style for all Bold word at a later stage...
Distadvantage IMO it that it makes the concept,
Pedro, look for yellow mark at right.
There you can create a new style based on the current format, and the type
of style depends on what type you have selected: paragraph, character or
page.
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Hi Jean,
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker
jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net wrote:
Hi Mirek,
Le 18/09/2013 23:15, Mirek M. a écrit :
Keep in mind that I
encourage use of hard formatting for things like bold/italicize.
OMG ! /o\
If someone from the dev
Hi Jean-Francois
Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote
Yes, for sure. But changing a style is extensive: the changes apply
throughout the document, whereas a local format is, well, local.
IOW, changing a style is worth the few extra clicks, if any and setting
direct formatting is actually requiring
Hi David,
dollyp wrote (06-09-13 23:11)
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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
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Hi Cor
Cor Nouws wrote
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?
Because the direct format button are in your face and changing
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
Le 18/09/2013 18:45, Pedro a écrit :
To do the same with Styles you need to select the Paragraph and at least 5
mouse clicks (assuming you know where Styles are) ;)
Yes, for sure. But changing a style is extensive: the changes apply
throughout the document, whereas a local format is, well,
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