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

Hi :)
Ahah, ok instead of writing "This is a header" use that time to select the text 
and then click on Bold, Centre, etc so that if you don't get time to go back and 
sort it properly at least it still looks like a header.  Similarly with 
emphasising (but don't centre).  I don't know about roughly adding a reference.  
Those short-cut keys are handy
Ctrl i to italicise and then Ctrl i to stop again, for example.

Ok, i think the difference might be that with Html you have to plan things a 
little and maybe come back later to tidy-up.  With word-processing you have to 
get into the habit of just doing without thinking or planning.  


Most of us are approaching this from the other direction so we need to plan more 
and make more effort to leave stuff to the proof-reading stage but i think maybe 
you do that tooo much already.  

Regards from
Tom :)




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From: Ulrik Långström <ulrik.langstrom@sitedirect.se>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Fri, 26 August, 2011 13:26:44
Subject: [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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