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(There shouldn't be Presentation styles and Graphics styles)
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* It's somehow powerfull to be able to change the layout after the slide has been created but it's useless.
 
* It's somehow powerfull to be able to change the layout after the slide has been created but it's useless.
  
==There shouldn't be  Presentation styles and Graphics styles==
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==The difference between Presentation styles and Graphics styles should be more obvious==
  
It's part of the unneeded complexity ; very few people understand the difference : honestly, who knows that presentation styles have a master page scope while Graphics styles have a document scope?
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For instance, who knows that presentation styles have a master page scope while Graphics styles have a document scope?
  
 
==On middle term, the app should be restarted from scratch==
 
==On middle term, the app should be restarted from scratch==

Revision as of 18:36, 24 January 2010

Simplify the Mask model

  • All the "Header and Footer" thing should be removed. If you want to repeat something on a bunch of slides, just put it in the master page (modifying the master page is easier for the end user than the current system).

Give up on Dynamic layout

  • It's somehow powerfull to be able to change the layout after the slide has been created but it's useless.

The difference between Presentation styles and Graphics styles should be more obvious

For instance, who knows that presentation styles have a master page scope while Graphics styles have a document scope?

On middle term, the app should be restarted from scratch

  • As an independent app, Based on better technologies than VCL
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