Issue 15635 - request for possibility to easier change font width
Summary: request for possibility to easier change font width
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.3
Hardware: All All
: P5 (lowest) Trivial (vote)
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Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: oooqa
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Reported: 2003-06-15 16:33 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:34 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: FEATURE
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Description Unknown 2003-06-15 16:33:18 UTC 
(hope i'm right here with this request; my apologies if i'm misled...) 
some hundred years ago (...), i used to work with a dtp-software on an amiga 500 
(can't remember the name, unfortunately...). it had a very nice feature to alter the font 
width ("laufweite" in ooo's german translation): when you marked the text you wish to 
change, you simply could use the cursor-keys (left and right) to make the particular 
font wider or narrower, that is, alter the space between letters. this was highly useful 
for working on layout, and open office would benefit from it as well, i think, since i 
haven't found an option for "absolute justify" yet ("justify" now just fills the spaces 
between words, but doesn't stretch the words itself until they fit to the given width, 
right?). maybe a combination of [alt]+[cursor-right/left] could be used to change font 
width by +-0.1?
Comment 1 stefan.baltzer 2003-09-08 17:29:46 UTC 
SBA: Reassigned to Bettina from the User Experience team for consideration.
Comment 2 guido.pinkernell 2004-02-14 11:59:45 UTC 
OOo 1.1.0 does have a feature like this:
> Format > Character > Position > Spacing.

Will close as invalid. If you find your problem hasn't been solved please reopen.
Comment 3 guido.pinkernell 2004-02-14 11:59:56 UTC 
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Comment 4 Mechtilde 2008-08-03 20:07:45 UTC 
I had a personal talk with the reporter last week.

the problem is that you need several test to find out the right font width.

The reporter wish to use the funktion via keyboard and can see the result directly.

He suggests to use "a combination of [alt]+[cursor-right/left] could be used to
change font width by +-0.1"

Can this be an option?
Comment 5 Mechtilde 2008-08-03 20:13:43 UTC 
set NEW
Comment 6 bettina.haberer 2010-05-21 14:50:55 UTC 
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements".