Re: Re: [libreoffice-design] Page styles

2011/4/27 Christoph Noack <christoph@dogmatux.com>:
> Hi Ricardo, all!
>
> Am Mittwoch, den 27.04.2011, 16:33 +0200 schrieb RGB ES:
> > 2011/4/27 Rafael Rocha Daud <rwrwdw@yahoo.com.br>:
> > > I think the advantage on Ricardo's idea is that you create a header/footer
> > > that comes to existence already filled with some content. It helps to
> > > visualize what you just created and find it for later ammendments and
> > > changes, and, like he said, you get to understand more clearly what a
> > > header/footer is: not a footnote, which is different for each page, but a
> > > consistent and permanent style thing added to that particular page style.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Rafael./
> >
> > Exactly, that's the idea.
>
> I just briefly scanned the mails this morning and I think someone
> already mentioned that pre-filled content is already available when
> using templates properly ... so the problem is still who designs such
> header / footer, or how can they get added to the ODF?

Who designs the document

> So, during the day, I thought about different concepts and I remembered,
> that the "Insert - Header/Footer" stuff has been added some time ago,
> since people haven't been able to locate where to enable headers/footers
> (usability problem). Still, I perceive this menu very unusable ...

+1. A full menu with just one entry that gives you something
completely empty is quite strange, indeed

> So, I quickly drafted something being nothing more than an idea ... have
> a look, please:
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FRGMVu4Yd9Wftea2VHcTzQ?feat=directlink
>
> The message: "Be visual, let people add pre-defined snippets quickly."
>
> The core idea: provide pre-defined headers/footers to "fill" the
> header/footer by using the functionality we already have. The list may
> contain (and should group): styles delivered with LibreOffice, added by
> e.g. the company you work for, the header/footer within the current
> document, ...

Good! The only problem I can see will be when you click "Edit page
style": with the current design there is nothing you can do from the
page style to decide the style of the header/footer, so your idea
needs to be complemented with mine. The union make the force! ;)

Cheers,
Ricardo

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