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Hi Cor


Cor Nouws wrote
Direct formatting is
less effective than using styles but LO's styles are if anything more
confusing to the average user than MSO's.

Hmm. would you mind to explain why that is the case, in your opinion?

Because the direct format button are "in your face" and changing a style
requires clicking 1) left click the Style name (assuming the Style bar is
showing and that the user knows how to get to it); 2) Click Modify; 3)
search for the format option in one out of 12 (!!!)  tabs; 4) Click OK

Example for changing a full paragraph to Bold in direct format: 1) if you
are a keyboard addict as myself just navigate to the beginning of the
Paragraph and press Ctrl+Shift+Down and Ctrl+B. Done! 2) if you are a mouse
user just click at the beginning of the paragraph, drag to the end and
single click on the big B icon. Done!

To do the same with Styles you need to select the Paragraph and at least 5
mouse clicks (assuming you know where Styles are) ;)

BTW I just added an Enhancement Request so that Sidebar is set per
Module/Program
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69534

Best regards,
Pedro



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