On Fri, 1 Aug 2014 21:54:33 -0400 Joe Henderson <a2.joe.hender...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear developers, > > If I had any programming ability, I would try to create two features that > would help me immensely when I use Open Office Writer. First, the program > really needs a "double indent" command. This would be to indent both the > left and right margins equally by pressing a single button. This would be > repeatable. Word has this feature; WordPerfect has this feature; Writer > does not have this feature. It is very important to anyone writing or > translating scholarly documents, especially if the cannot afford to buy one > of the paying suites. I believe that the absence of this feature is > costing you a significant segment of your audience. > > Second, it is possible to format text in small capital letters, but it is > tedious. I think this could also be reduced to a single button click. > While I am no programmer, I would think that, if you can create a > single-click hanging indent, you should be able to create a single-click > small caps command. It would be nice to have this as a button that could > be added to a toolbar. Even putting it in a fonts box would be helpful. > Thank-you! > > Despite these two minor lacunae in the program, I enjoy using Open Office > Writer. Please continue the good work. > > Best, > Joe Henderson > > Ann Arbor, MI These are both available as built-in styles in OpenOffice; select a paragraph and apply paragraph style "Quotation": the paragraph selected will be indented both sides. Select some text and apply Character Style "Place-Holder" and the text will be turned into small caps. Any tweaking to suit personal choices can be done in the usual way styles are modified in OpenOffice. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
