At 16:44 17/12/2014 +0000, Roger Noname wrote:
Could you tell me if the latest software has the ability to print
'comments' sidebars please.
I don't think you can print what OpenOffice calls comments other than
by themselves, at the bottom of each page, or at the end of the
document. So no, I don't think you can print them where they appear
in the editing screen - at the side of the related text. This idea is
reinforced by the fact that comments appear on the editing screen not
only beyond the text margins but indeed outside the image of the paper.
I have 4.0.1 which does not have this feature which I need for my Course work.
I don't think there is really any difference between the versions.
o Go to Tools | Options... | OpenOffice Writer | Print | Comments to
select whether and how comments are printed.
o Alternatively, access the same options on the fly in the Print dialogue.
If you want to create sidebars, you have a number of choices. You
could insert a frame for each comment. But your best bet is probably
to make your entire document a table with two columns and one row;
the table does not need to have a border, so need not be visible, and
can span multiple pages. Then your text could go in a large column
and the comments in a parallel narrow column. You'd have to
experiment with aligning your comments, which would presumably be
sparser then that parallel text. You can set vertical positioning as
a paragraph or a paragraph style property. It may be easier to
distribute your text between different table rows, so that comments
can be placed in the corresponding row.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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