I would be very happy to have a copy of your article. Firther, why donot you offer it to theauthours for documentation Chris
On 15/01/07, robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Monday 15 January 2007 10:47, Andreas Siegert wrote: > What I find messy is that there are list styles and then this free form > stuff which is somewhat structured that has no link to the styles. > For structured working I would prefer the list styles. But they seem to be > inconsistent. > > > Outline numbering is quite different from a bulleted or numbered list and > > they are managed independently (although I have seen people using > > numbered list for creating outline headings, now that's advanced stuff!). > > Why are there list styles and then all this other numbering/bullet styles? > Why not just assign list styles (which can be designated as outlines as > well) to paragraphs an be done with it and have the formating icons select > the appropriate thing (if one has to have the formatting icons)? > > What you call advanced stuff is standard in any structured text system I > used so far. And I think OO should be able to handle it easily, but got > sidetracked and now has a mix of methods that are neither well integrated > nor well separated making it rather confusing, it actually feels more > messed up than Word if that is possible at all. > > All the docs I have seen so far is for beginners not explaining how to > really work with structured consistent texts adapted to given (by a > publisher) layout constraints. > Can't use it for book projects (replacing FrameMaker) before I have that > properly in order. > > cheers > afx It took me a while to figure out, but there are actually 4 different ways of numbering (and bulleting) in OOo Writer. And it is not at all obvious, and easy to get them mixed up, which is what leads to much of the confusion I think (at it did for me). I have yet to see a good (or even decent) article or tutorial on numbering and bulleting in Writer, so I am currently writing one (6 pages complete without pictures so far) for a magazine I volunteer for (i.e. I don't get paid for the articles. :^[ ), now that I think I have the numbering systems figured out. If anyone wants to see a draft once I get it to point I would be willing to show someone, I will happily post a link to the list (or off-list). -- Fail to learn history-repeat it. Fail to learn rights-lose them. Learn both-get screwed by previous two groups. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
