On 06/26/2015 12:16 PM, Dan Lewis wrote:
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As I mentioned before, I have given up on OO and LO becasue of the style
problem. However, it occurs to me that the style problem could be easily fixed
(by the devs) if there was a simple
bypass arrangement that could be invoked when you want to evade the style
momentarily--say ALT-F12 or something like that, which would allow you to type
whatever you want, where you want it.
It could be set to remain in force until the end of line, or perhaps until the
end of paragraph. Or perhaps both options--say, one under F11 and the other
under F12.
--doug
What do you mean by type whatever you want and where you want it? Any
document I have seen requires much more organization than this. In the end the
document will have everything in its place. Otherwise, it will make no sense to
the reader. For example, you would want the discussion about a chart to be next
to it. You would not want it it be 5 pages apart.
Specific examples of typing whatever you want where you want would a great help.
Without specifics, there can be no solution to the problem. Then it becomes like a man
telling a doctor, "I don't feel good" over the telephone. The doctor is not
likely to tell the man what he needs to do. The doctor needs specifics.
Dan
A style is a strait-jacket! If you should want to, say, indent something where the style
does not allow it, you have to invoke some other style. Or maybe double indent it. Or
lots of things that "break" the
style that is presently in force. This strait-jacket is something I encountered
a few times, and decided that never again will I try to use this software. I
just don't need the hassle! However, if there were
to be a means of exiting the strait-jacket for a short space--a line or the end
of a paragraph, say, or until one deliberately returns to the style, then it
might become a more user-friendly environment.
In the meantime, I am happy with TextMaker in Linux, and WordPerfect in
Windows, and short of _at least_ my suggested modifications, I will never
bother with OO or LO again. And to make things perfectly
clear, I don't give a hoot whether the software I use is FOSS or proprietary or
free or reasonably priced, if it makes my computing life simpler and more
effective.
--doug
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