Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 39364
Remove unnecesary grey border around page in writer
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:43:05 UTC
When viewing a document in OOo Writer, OOo always displays the page with a border, just over the width of a toolbar, all the way round the document. The colour is specified by the "Application Background". I really can not see any purpose for this border and, since it is a waste of screen space and adds cluter to the interface, it would greatly enhance OOo if it were removed. At least an option to get rid of it would be useful. I don't mean what the "Web Layout" option does, scaling the document to fit the screen. I just mean use the application background where it IS necessary to fill space to the right and/or below the document if it doesn't fill the area, just don't put superfluous borders where they are not needed, and get in the way.
This can be done in the Zoom options. Go to View.Zoom and selet "optimal". this should solve your problem.
Closed.
While the grey border is not on the screen when the zoom level is set to optimal, it should be possible to view a document AT ANY ZOOM LEVEL, without being forced to view superfluous borders. The "Optimal Zoom" option does not provide this.
Do you mean smething like the "Normal" view in MS Word, where the text is displayed without being shown on different pages; just on a plain white (or other color) area? That should be a duplicate to issue 3959... Otherwise, if I got you wrong, please describe a little more precise what this should look like. Thanks for supporting us!
What I meant was a similar view to what we have now, with each page visible as a separate area, but without the superfluous borders round each page. The borders between the page and the toolbar area are completely unnecessary and, while it is necessary to have something to separate pages, a much thinnner division, or even a single line, will do the job. In short, basically the same as how pages are displayed in KWord.
Desired is a view mode, where no page borders/spacngs are displayed at all.
duplicate. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 8006 ***
closing duplicate.
Issue 8006 refers only to hiding spaces between pages, and does not mention the spaces round the edges of the document. Solving 8006 may or may not solve this one, depending on the nature of the solution. This is related, but since it does not ask for exactly the same thing, it is not a duplicate. reopening (not duplicate!)
Then please take the time and describe why your proposal is different from the normal view in word that mru mentioned before (issue 4914)
From what I can work out (I very rarely use MS Word), the "Normal View" the shape of the page is not shown clearely, and margins are not shown correctly. What I'm looking for is a view similar to the default view, with pages shown corectly, and everything shown in the correct place on the page. The only difference I would like to see is the removal of the superfluous grey borders round the page, ie. the top and left edges of the page meet up with the toolbar areas, and the bottom of one page meets up with the top of the next one. The grey background would still be used to fill in spaces between the right and bottom edges of the page ant the toolbar areas where necessary, so the shape of the page would still be easily distinguished. Much like the default view in KWord of TeXMacs.
Please explain how your statement "it should be possible to view a document AT ANY ZOOM LEVEL, without being forced to view superfluous borders." and "with pages shown corectly, and everything shown in the correct place on the page." can match each other. Please provide a set of screenshots to make it clear. If you simply don't like the grey, you can change the color in the Options. But maybe it is not the grey border that bothers you but how zooming is done. Will the request of issue 1761 do the trick?
Created attachment 22261 [details] Mock-up of how Writer should look, without superfluous borders
Hope this picture makes it a bit clearer.
*** Issue 65933 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Well - I still don't know what this should be useful for - furthermore it conflics with the wish of another ("loud") part of users who want the page to be centered, not left-aligned....
*** Issue 67713 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
I agree with this requirement of "Normal View". I would like to see it implemented. Thanks for your attention.