Subject: Re: Normal mode nitpick
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Wed Oct 31 2001 - 07:45:57 CST
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> According to Sam TH <sam@uchicago.edu>:
> > Just one thing about Normal mode -
> >
> > On MS Word, when you enable normal mode, the entire background of the
> > window is white. In Abi, the right side is gray, where there is no
> > page. Not only is this not consistent with the industry standard
> > product ( ;-) but it looks wrong.
>
> In normal mode there should be no page frame, not multiple column either.
>
> Time to try it in Abi.
>
Hi Hub,
What are you suggesting? That columns should should not be layed
out across the page? I don't think that makes sense. The main advantage of
normal mode is to get more text on the screen. Turning off column layout
stops abiword from being a WYSIWYG word processor.
There is no page frame in abi's "Normal" mode, just a light grey line to
show where one page ends and the next begins. What are you suggesting
here?
Regarding editing header/footers in normal mode, I really don't see that
we need to do anything other than what Dom has done. If you want to edit
them, switch to print view and edit them in place. That way you can see
them and their effects directly. Switch back to normal mode to get more
screen real-estate afterwards.
BTW, Dom what is "Web view" meant to look like? Is it "Normal
mode" without the grey line and top ruler?
Cheers
Martin
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