Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 41681
Redesign - Paragraph, Page, Character Dialogs regarding border and background tab
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:35:18 UTC
In OO.o and OO.o writer in specific - The background and borders are common to the page and paragraph dialogs. Can't these be separated from these dialogs and added to the Format menu as new independent dialogs? Perhaps some contextual changes might be needed. But this would help to lighten both the dialogs and also give the user with a general option. Similarly, why the numbering is added to the paragraph dialog when there is an individual option [better one] for working with the numberings and bullets. By doing this I feel the dialog boxes could be made more space conservant and compact.
A little bit copied from MS Word... ;-) But why not add such a menu entry like it has been done with "Format.Columns"? Could be good addition.
As far as UI goes, I feel MS Word has been able to cater to user needs to a great extent. Personally, I am against the ways of Microsoft, but would commend them for their designs of UI. So we can take [copy ;-) ] a lot from them and add more to that to make a GREAT software, OO.o. They also have done this earlier, as everyone knows.
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