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 -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Libreoffice-ux-advise-some-thoughts-on-the-Sidebar-tp4073014p4074686.html Sent from the UX-Advise mailing list archive at Nabble.com.