From koffice  Mon Sep 23 10:55:39 2002
From: Charles de Miramon <cmiramon () kde-france ! org>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:55:39 +0000
To: koffice
Subject: Re: Fwd: KWord menu layout
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice&m=103277760416366

Le Lundi 23 Septembre 2002 10:18, David Faure a =E9crit :
> Forwarding suggestions for the KWord menus - for the UI experts out the=
re
> ;)
>
> a) File. Document information would be ok near Statistics.
I agree. I would also put there Create Document fromTemplate because it i=
s an=20
option you seldom use. The top part of the menu should be reserved for=20
options you use the most

> b) Format. Show header/footer should be put in View (or, at
> least, in Insert), like many other programs do.
That is what MsWord does. But, in  KWord philosophy Headers and Footers s=
hould=20
be considered as Frames. And maybe we should think more about the ui of=20
Frames before making a decision about Headers and Footers. Also, what to =
do=20
of headers and footers in text mode ?


> c) When a table is not selected in the document, shouldn't it be
> put *all* greyed (and not only the inner menu items)?
Yes, it would be better

> d) Insert is the most "confused" menu, IMHO.
> Special character
> Hard frame break
> - ---
> Textframe
> Table (or is it better to put it in the Table menu?)
> Formula
> Object frame
> Picture > from file... / Clipart... / Scan image
> - ---
> File
> - ---
> Footnote
> Comments
> Link
> Variable
> Expression
> - ---
> Bookmark
> Table of contents
>

For me, the Insert menu is not so illogical. First what you can insert in=
 a=20
frame and second creating new frames.
Special character
Hard frame break
- ---
Footnote
Comments
Link
Variable
Expression
Bookmark
------
Textframe
Table > in a new frame / inline in the current frame
 Formula
 Object frame
 Picture > from file... / Clipart... / Scan image

For the Table of Contents, I'm wondering if it should not be created=20
automatically in a  new frame. Generally Table of Contents or Indexes hav=
e=20
special formatting options (fonts, margins, page numbers) that could be m=
ore=20
easily controlled in a special frame.

My own ui shopping list :
- Double clicking on a frame open the the frameset manager for the frame
- The title of the windows is not Frame Properties - KWord but Frame=20
Properties for MyFoobarframe
- In the Edit Menu an option 'select all text in the current frame'

Cheers,
Charles
--=20
cmiramon@kde-france.org
http://www.kde-france.org

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