[libreoffice-users] Re: Libreoffice work-flow?

On 2011-08-25 18:25, James Wilde wrote:
> Hej Ulrik:  Comments inline.
>
> On Aug 25, 2011, at 16:32 , Ulrik Långström wrote:
>
> > How do people use LibreOffice effectively?
>
> In order for us to be able to answer that, it might be a good idea if
> you tell us how you work with LaTeX and HTML.  For example, do you
> write the whole document and then begin formatting it, adding
> whatever codes you need to create a header, body text, bold and
> italics and so on, or do you add these codes as you go along?

I add context as I go along. I say: "This is a header" or "emphasize 
this" or "Add a reference here".

Then, sometimes right away but also as the last finishing touches, I 
tell the program how to format these things. For instance italic for 
emphasis or "<Author> - <Year>" for references.

Similar to using Styles as far as I can tell.

> > It's been about 15 years since I used programs like LibreOffice (MS
> > Word at the time) to write documents. Maybe a single page or two,
> > but not anything with a structure.
> >
> > Whenever I needed to write longer documents, with headings,
> > references quotes, sections et cetera; I used LaTeX and lately
> > HTML.
>
> You mention 'longer' documents.  Do you mean documents with chapters
> or at least sections?  Do they have a table of contents?  An index?
> Do they include graphics of some kind?

Longer than a sentence, really... If I want to print a sign that says: 
"Keep off the lawn!" I might have used LibreOffice (or GIMP or InkScape).

I don't really write long documents, or often. Mostly just to 
communicate with my co-workers about our projects or documentation. And 
since they need to be able to change the documents too, I have to use odt.

> If you are into _really_ long
> documents, like books, you will probably want to look at master
> documents.

I'll look at them, they sound very useful.



> Hope this helps.
>
> //James

Thanks, everyone.


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