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Subject:    [Bug 128657] New: Wish: Formatting Palette and "Font Handler" for
From:       "Clifford J.Thompson" <thompson.clifford () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-06-05 4:43:35
Message-ID: 20060605064333.128657.thompson.clifford () gmail ! com
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           Summary: Wish: Formatting Palette and "Font Handler" for KOffice
           Product: koffice
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Debian testing
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: koffice kde org
        ReportedBy: thompson.clifford gmail com


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.3)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

I believe KOffice (especially KWord) should have what Microsoft calls a Formatting Palette. It is a \
feature in the OSX version of Microsoft Word and I have found it to be extremely useful (I don't know if \
the PC version has the Formatting Palette or not, but I think it doesn't). To give a general idea for \
those that don't know what it is, think of it as a toolbox that contains all or most of the toolbar \
shortcuts. This toolbox has sections (instead of being called toolbars) and each section can be minimized \
or maximized by an arrow on the left side (kind of like in KControl Center with the list). Here is a link \
for a perfect example: \
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office2004/using.aspx?pid=usingoffice2004&type=howto&article=/MAC/LIBRARY/how_to_articles/office2004/of_formattingpalette.xml


The reason I think it should have this feature? Mainly, convenience.

In addition to the Formatting Palette, I think there should be something added to it to not just make it \
more convenient for people, but also to improve and be a little different than Microsoft. I'll call this \
feature the "Font Handler". What the Font Handler does is collect your different fonts in the \
document(s)/project(s) you're viewing and if there are multiple documents/projects open, the user can \
navigate to the other documents/projects fonts through tabs. That way it would be easy transfer of a font \
from one document/project to the other. The easiest way that I know of currently is to take the text from \
the other document/project, copy and paste it, then change the text to what I want, otherwise I'd have to \
go to the Font Manager and change it each time through a list whenever I want a different fonts.

What reasons for this feature?
Summed Up: Convenience.
Expanded Upon: Do you have a project you are working on in KWord and want the same font(s) in KPresenter \
or vise versa? With this feature you can. Also this is very helpful especially for KWord. A great example \
is a story (fiction) I'm currently writing and I'm using over five different fonts and it is very tedious \
to do the process that I noted above each time I want to change fonts; it is just as tedious to use the \
tool bar or the Font Manager each time, but if there was a simple list to select from it would be \
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