Issue 19566

Reassigned to Bettina.

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Many thanks,
Andrew
 
Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of:
~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~
http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html

The issue is still with OO 2.4.0. I don't think it has been adressed in 3.0 but
a developer should be able to tell in one minute (I don't dare to install 3.0
myself ATM because I have a project to finish with 2.4).

AMartin 6/7/08: 

This issue, as described, still exists in 3.0.  When adding notes for a given
slide, you're switching to an entirely new view with the notes in the main pane
and the slides to the left in smaller format.

This presents problems in a few facets:
 - depending on monitor and resolution, it is sometimes difficult to correctly
view the data on the slide while in notes view
 - when using split screens, it's tough for the presenter to find a way to view
the notes and what the user is seeing if they cannot directly see the screen as
others are viewing
 - you are not able to edit or copy text from the slide while in notes view,
making it difficult to copy particular data or info to the notes to add comments

In MS PowerPoint 2000 and 2003, while there is also a separate "Notes" page, the
split screen that is available in "Slide" view and "Outline" view is SO helpful
when giving presentations in split screen or on projector and while preparing by
adding notes.

Microsoft even highlights use of the Split Screen notes in one of their tips and
tricks pages, making the lack of such screen a bit more glaring in OOo.
(http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getworkdone/presentations.mspx)

It would be very helpful to add a split-screen ability to add notes to the main
Slides view in Impress - perhaps one that can be de-activated for users who
don't wish to have that function.

For many who make live presentations, this particular feature could be the
difference between a willingness to use OOo and not for their work.

To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements". 

There are tabs just above slide "Normal" and "Notes".

Re-opening: My bug report says pretty clearly that I don't want no tabs.

I need to be able to edit my comments AT THE SAME TIME as the presentation slide.

Please attach a simple mock-up to illustrate your idea.

Created attachment 83280 [details]
Mockup of the idea

Simple mockup. I'm reusing the area for "Properties" (which usually shows the layouts) to add a "Comments" tab.

This should show the same content as the "comment" part of the Comment layout which you'll see if you click on the left "Comments" tab.

That means you can edit the layout on the left but you can also edit only the comment contents on the right.

That way, it's possible to edit the content of the presentation and the comments for each sheet/page at the same time.

Created attachment 83281 [details]
mock-up 2

No tab in sidebar - what do you think?

Confirmed with
AOO410m18(Build:9764)  -  Rev. 1589052
2014-04-22 12:11 - Linux x86_64
Debian

(In reply to Edwin Sharp from comment #10)

> No tab in sidebar - what do you think?

Yes, that makes even more sense to me. In a sense, the "comment" is a property of the sheet.