Good luck to you, Doug. To swipe a concept from an old Apple commercial, “The most powerful software is the one people use.” If what you’re using gets the job done, then your question is answered: Use it. WordPerfect, Word and AOo have learning curves; if you don’t need to invest the time on those learning curves, then common sense would say, “Don’t.”
Jim > On Jun 26, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote: > > > > On 06/26/2015 12:16 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: >> <Big snip> >>> 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
