Introduction

This page shows the planning and progress of the Multi Page Layout feature,see i1598.

Background/Short Description

With the availability of wider screens, users expect to use the extra space to view additional pages.
Professional designers need often to adjust elements on facing pages and fine tune these various elements depending on a different element on the opposite page.

MS Word XP: implemented inside the 'Print Layout'
- upon zooming out, as many pages are displayed within the same row as will fit on the row
- does NOT pair facing pages
- only active page displays a horizontal ruler
NeoOffice: implemented, see example image
- upon zooming out, as many pages are displayed within the same row as will fit on the row
- does NOT pair facing pages
- all pages have distinct horizontal rulers
Adobe Acrobat 7.0: implemented as 'Page Layout' -> 'Facing' and 'Continous Facing'
- the 2 facing pages will be displayed adjacent
- first page is displayed single: TRUE facing
- there is a space between the adjacent pages
- ZOOM: 'fit width' will adapt the zoom level so that the 2 adjacent pages will span the whole width of the window

These still need to be solved and agreed on before starting the implementation.

Hebrew and Arabic pages should be tiled RTL/TTB

where do we position notes:
- always right vs 'left & right' depending on even/odd page
always right
- disadvantage: notes for left pages will overlap right pages
- need to plan for additional space between pages
right & left side:
- there will be some empty space both on the right and the left of the screen
- need possibly more extensive changes to 'Notes'-code
- for variable-pages-per-row: IF one changes the zoom-level, the number of pages that are displayed will change resulting also in a change in the position of the notes (can be distracting)