| Summary: | ENHANCEMENT: Handling of ODF Master Document ODM needs improvements to include other ODF source documents and improved UI over limited support in Navigator | ||
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| Product: | LibreOffice | Reporter: | Yves Tourneur <yves.tourneur> |
| Component: | ux-advise | Assignee: | Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | enhancement | ||
| Priority: | medium | CC: | libreoffice-ux-advise, qubit, vstuart.foote |
| Version: | 4.4.0.0.alpha0+ Master | ||
| Hardware: | Other | ||
| OS: | All | ||
| Whiteboard: | BSA | ||
| i915 platform: | i915 features: | ||
@Yves, in fact OASIS ODF already provides for this with the .ODM "Master Document" where various ODF documents are combined by reference, using shared templates for styling the full document. Unfortunately the LibreOffice UI and UX for working with Master Documents is a bit cumbersome. The <F5> Navigator dialog takes on a different persona when working with outline elements of a Master Document, but only Text templates .OTT are currently supported. Presently, LibreOffice (OO and AOO as well) provide ODM support just for .ODT documents with content linked/copied in from respective .ODG, .ODS, .ODF (I'm not sure about use of .ODP content). Seems like the Master Document UX could be expanded to work with more of/all of the native ODF documents and additional template styles, rather than just linked/copied elements. Also, as you suggest--we would need changes to the UI to add functions more robust than currently provided with the Navigator for efficiently working with the sections of a Master Document. Go ahead and try out use of an ODF Master Document. But would agree there is potential for enhancing this facet of the LibreOffice UI, so setting ux-advise. Component is ux-advise, so setting Status -> NEW. |
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I often have a series of text documents, such as letters, congress notes (usually with few illustrations), etc. I wish to bind into a unique one. I am dreaming of a kind of "booklet document" with an easy way to jump from one text to another, with a system of tabs in the bottom like in a spreadsheet. We can also imagine a conversion between this kind of document and a big text divided into chapters. This new object would allow compressing data, by decreasing the number of sparse files, and facilitate ordering office documentation and teaching documents. Would other users share this need ? It'd be a unique feature in LibreOffice I enjoy much. It seems to me that it should require a mix of tools already existing for text and for spreadsheet. Operating System: All Version: 4.4.0.0.alpha0+ Master