Re: "Outline View"

From: Martin Sevior <msevior_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:25:32 CEST

HI Randy,

Thanks for the feedback.

> Among other things:
>   * Abiword's list feature works on lists within the document (not the
> entire document)--the collapsible outlining feature works on the entire
> document as long as you've included headings in your document, and
> formatted them as Headings
>   * From either the MSWord or oowriter feature, you can navigate
> through the entire document quite easily
>   * Again, from either the MSWord or oowriter feature, you can easily
> (and automatically) create a table of contents.
>
> And, it's really not hard to understand.  When you write a paper, do you
> use headings to structure the document?  If so, you just do the same
> thing in MSWord or oowriter, applying the appropriate Heading style to
> each heading, and you are "in business".
>

OK, I'll expand the feature to use any of the Heading styles, not just
Numbered Headings. The navigator dialog does look very useful. It
should be easy to implement and would be a great GSoC project. Feel
free to add a Request For Enhancement for it to our bugzilla.

Cheers

Martin
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