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* Adobe InDesign CS3 | * Adobe InDesign CS3 | ||
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* Apple iWorks | * Apple iWorks | ||
* Microsoft Office | * Microsoft Office | ||
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=== Design === | === Design === | ||
| − | * header row: a background color is set | + | * '''header row:''' a background color is set |
| − | * table-rows: | + | * '''table-rows:''' |
| − | ** alternating backgrounds | + | ** two alternating backgrounds |
** usually NO hard-borders, but usually light borders | ** usually NO hard-borders, but usually light borders | ||
* highlight current row: interactive programs (aka web) implement this feature, too | * highlight current row: interactive programs (aka web) implement this feature, too | ||
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=== Usability === | === Usability === | ||
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* Writer: implement such a table style (NO issue yet filed) | * Writer: implement such a table style (NO issue yet filed) | ||
| − | * Calc: implement a ''Spreadsheet Table View'' | + | * Calc: implement a ''Spreadsheet''-'''Table View''', see [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=78181 issue 78181] |
| − | + | ** including different header style, alternating background for data-rows and highlight current row | |
| − | ** different header style | + | * Impress: '''highlight''' current row/ current area, see [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=79882 issue 79882] |
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| − | * Impress: '''highlight''' current row/ current area | + | |
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== Styles & Themes == | == Styles & Themes == | ||
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** Themes format styles automatically, which means extremely easy switching of the whole look | ** Themes format styles automatically, which means extremely easy switching of the whole look | ||
* OOo is very poor on this area! | * OOo is very poor on this area! | ||
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| + | == Side-by-Side Difference between 2 Documents == | ||
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| + | Many web-programs allow displaying side-by-side differences for 2 text-streams. | ||
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| + | === Design === | ||
| + | * compute differences between 2 versions of a document (or even 2 completely different documents) | ||
| + | * choose difference-sensitivity: text-only, other-objects, formats, ... | ||
| + | * display the 2 pages side-by-side, when [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1598 issue 1598] gets implemented. | ||
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| + | === Competitor Software === | ||
| + | * Adobe Acrobat Professional implements this feature | ||
| + | ** it does a great job (including +/- formatting), even though pdf is such a poor format when it comes to page structure | ||
| + | * various web-programs/diff's: including mediawiki/wikipedia and many more | ||
| + | * various text-editors | ||
| + | * the BLAST-program: see [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/bl2seq/wblast2.cgi the ncbi BLAST page] | ||
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| + | === Usability === | ||
| + | See [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=81526 issue 81526] for further details. | ||
== Context sensitivity == | == Context sensitivity == | ||
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[[Category:To-Do|Usability]] | [[Category:To-Do|Usability]] | ||
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Contents
Intro
The aim of this page is to provide an analysis of useful features from competitor software.
Competitor Software
- Adobe InDesign CS3
- Adobe Acrobat Professional
- Apple iWorks
- Microsoft Office
- various web-pages
- specific controls:
- Adobe Type Manager: group fonts
- ... please expand
Useful Features
Table Styles
Virtually every table on the net uses the following specific design:
Design
- header row: a background color is set
- table-rows:
- two alternating backgrounds
- usually NO hard-borders, but usually light borders
- highlight current row: interactive programs (aka web) implement this feature, too
- slightly rounded corners: sometimes a pretty cheap but visually pleasing effect
Competitor Software
- virtually every web table, including the OOo and Mozilla issue-lists use these web-proven designs.
- Adobe InDesign CS3:
- Be more productive -> Full featured tables paragraph:
- flash demo: see the whole demo
Usability
- Writer: implement such a table style (NO issue yet filed)
- Calc: implement a Spreadsheet-Table View, see issue 78181
- including different header style, alternating background for data-rows and highlight current row
- Impress: highlight current row/ current area, see issue 79882
Styles & Themes
- iWorks: professional looking styles & themes out of the box
- MS Office 2007: also professional looking styles & themes out of the box
- Using these two products you have to almost struggle to create ugly documents
- No confusion caused by multiple simultaneous pragmas (strong manual editing support vs styles based)
- Themes format styles automatically, which means extremely easy switching of the whole look
- OOo is very poor on this area!
Side-by-Side Difference between 2 Documents
Many web-programs allow displaying side-by-side differences for 2 text-streams.
Design
- compute differences between 2 versions of a document (or even 2 completely different documents)
- choose difference-sensitivity: text-only, other-objects, formats, ...
- display the 2 pages side-by-side, when issue 1598 gets implemented.
Competitor Software
- Adobe Acrobat Professional implements this feature
- it does a great job (including +/- formatting), even though pdf is such a poor format when it comes to page structure
- various web-programs/diff's: including mediawiki/wikipedia and many more
- various text-editors
- the BLAST-program: see the ncbi BLAST page
Usability
See issue 81526 for further details.
Context sensitivity
- Please add... !
