![]() PS, MS Wrd does a bad job of this last time I checked…mainly due to…Ī lack of any format control in outline view.2.2.3.2.3.2.-3.3. (similar to MS Word, folding capability of text) Native-Lang Projects LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Based on OpenOffice - Compatible with Microsoft Improve it / Native-Lang Projects Native-Lang Projects Native-Language projects are the worldwide communities of LibreOffice volunteers contributing to the project in their own, native language. Right clicking the summary item will give the additional option to open the document. The option to make any portion of the embeded/linked document the summary item, NOT allow any change to that summary item (except formatting), BUT update the summary item when the linked document/embedded document changes. But Writer should also give an additional option in the case of embedding or linking a document: Explanation of text folding: Text folding allows a user to collapse one or more characters, sentences, paragraphs, etc, so that (though still existing in the document) it is not visisble, but is instead represented by a simple symbol (like a “+” or a “", a long or brief description, a bullet, or image), as in previous cases. ![]() Wikipedia claims it is used in many modern “text ediotrs”, but those are like word pad and notepad++ and are not anything like a word processor/desktop publisher.Wikipedia uses text folding on their mobile site, notice it at.For folding text examples and explanation see: Please add folding text functionality to the next release or give advice on how to make add-on. These are the mechanisms for communicating the quality of the Q&A on this site.For brain storming, outlining, studying, code writing, drafting documents, or helping the reader brief documents quickly, Folding text seems like a must! It makes those tasks (just for starters) a breeze. To show the community your question has been answered, click the ✓ next to the correct answer, and “upvote” by clicking on the ^ arrow of any helpful answers. You need training and acceptance of the concepts which are not always the same as the competition. But this has a cost: learn how to use the tool for one’s needs and configure it accordingly. Once the tools are ready (styles and templates), you only concentrate on the content and let Writer do the formatting. To answer your question, I already wrote several technical and scientific books with very complex structure. I recommend the Writer Guide as an initiation and then the excellent Bruce Byfield’s Designing with LibreOffice. However going beyond dumb typewriter usage is not immediate. In this job (markup with styles), LO Writer is superior to M$ Word because it has finer distinctions in markup (more categories than Word). You will define typographic attributes for the styles: font face, size, colour, indents and spacing above and below, language, alignment, … Magically your book will gain personality. If your markup is consistently done, formatting the book is just child play. Your role as an author is to transfer this structure along what you write. ![]() This markup translates into paragraph styles for the major components and into character styles for the secondary components (such as emphasis of a word, quoted group of words, foreign insertions, etc.). This skeleton must be reflected in some kind of semantic markup. Independent of the actual content, these abstract components constitute the skeleton upon which you will put flesh. ![]() There are headings, arguments, developments of ideas, assertions, comments, etc. Anyway, what you write is not a sequence of unrelated tasteless bits. You didn’t say is the book is fiction, art or technical. But this separation should not prevent a somewhat automatic and easing formatting of your work. You should try to completely separate these two aspects. Now if you intend to review what you write, you’d better think about the structure and the content of your book.Īs an author, you concentrate on the content and meaning, leaving aside the appearance. As a starter, a pen and a sheet of paper are excellent tools.
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