I've used both the zoom & the print previews; how can I stay in
these views and edit???
when I begin to edit, it switches to the regular mode.
It sure would save a few steps if I could edit in the preview mode
;-)
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Hi :)
> Errr, i don't think this counts but when you are editing a document you
> can zoom in and out quite a lot. I sometimes zoom out so far that i can
> easily see the layout of 12 pages and i think i could zoom out a lot
> further. It helps me arrange the whole of our company newsletter to be
> more attractive by making sure the layout of pcitures in amoungst the text
> is not identical on each page. I can move pictures around and place them
> roughly and then zoom in to be a bit more precise later.
>
> It's not quite the same as a print-preview.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> >
> > From: Dr. R. O Stapf <reinh...@stapf-online.com>
> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> >Sent: Monday, 12 November 2012, 12:29
> >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book Preview button in Print Preview
> Screen
> >
> >Although I am not writing books the feature described by CVAlkan is a
> very interesting one.
> >Especially if the settings could be made on a document base, rather than
> general.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On 2012-11-12 02:14, CVAlkan wrote:
> >> Just for the record: I'm using Writer 3.6.1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04, but I
> don't
> >> think either makes a difference.
> >>
> >> When using "2-up," the Print Preview screen defaults to showing the
> first
> >> page on the left. There is a button called "Book Preview" (just left of
> the
> >> (+) magnifier button) that permits the display to show the odd-numbered
> >> pages on the left, as in a printed book or other material. This is, of
> >> course, quite useful for reviewing layouts more realistically.
> >>
> >> Since that is what I'm creating, I would like to set the "Book Preview"
> as
> >> the default for the "Print Preview" display (yes, I acknowledge my
> laziness,
> >> but isn't the fact that I use a word processor instead of a typewriter
> >> sufficient proof of that?); it would be even cooler if that display
> choice
> >> could be set on a per-document basis as well, but I don't want to be too
> >> greedy.
> >>
> >> I've searched around, but haven't run across anything that would allow
> me to
> >> do that. Does anyone know if such a setting exists and, if so, how to
> set
> >> it?
> >>
> >> Otherwise, I guess I'll just toss it in at the bottom of the massive
> list of
> >> requested enhancements.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
>
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