Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 28936
Preview the formatting and style.
Last modified: 2014-05-14 19:20:05 UTC
Preview the formatting and style. in the style pane we did not see the preview of what is the style looking. in MS Office we can see the formatting preview, so we know it before apply it. and it will make it easier to use. In Font we already have the preview, so it become easy to use.
Created attachment 15082 [details] in word 2003 we can see the preview how it look like
Created attachment 15083 [details] in OOo we just see the text with same style/formatting
Created attachment 15084 [details] another word view
reassigned to bh
I agree with utomo99. This shouldn't be too difficult to implement to the UI (suggestion follows [jpg]). The applying logic can be left intact as single click highlights the style and shows preview (if selected) and double-click applies the style. Suggested feature actually outstrips the Word's 'Style and Formatting' menu's functionality: You can move up and down the style list with arrow keys and show only preview to the highlighted style (I assume this is more computationally friendly than showing them all). Combined with the ability to apply the style with <enter>, this is going to add hugely to the usability and programs 'feel'.
Created attachment 17415 [details] Suggested new UI to the Stylist
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Nice mockup! I (personally) like the idea of a preview-box and not a preview in the window itself.. setting keywords, reassigning
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Very good idea! One more use case: coloring cells in Calc. If i use styles for this operation, i need to name each style by it purpose: NoteBene, VIP-client, Good, Closed. So, if i see a small square from left|right of style name (or in stylename string itself), with actual colors of fill and border - it perfect! Like "diagram legend" for hole document. The name of style should preview: font name, font style (normal, bold, italic), font color. Preview of styles - very important step for best usability!
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