Issue 84099 - Encourage separation of form from content
Summary: Encourage separation of form from content
Status: CONFIRMED
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Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.0
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2007-11-29 21:29 UTC by smonnier
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:34 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description smonnier 2007-11-29 21:29:12 UTC 
All the users I've seen of OOo (and Word as well) suffer from the problem that
they tend not to use styles properly.  One of the reason is that the UI
encourages them to "use 48pt font" instead of "use Header1 style".  So even if
the user knows about styles, she has to consciously discipline herself.

I suggest that the Writer's UI should be changed to make it harder for the user
to mix up form and content.  I understand this may make the UI a bit less
friendly to beginners and that "it's for their own good" might not be a good
enough argument, so maybe this "discipline" UI should be an option.
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2007-11-30 11:07:15 UTC 
Reassigned to requirements.