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(First draft proposal for Better master page editing by dhan0)
 
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I would like to work on the idea improving the master pages for allowing editable tezt frames.I feel that editing the masterpages should be made more flexible.
I would like to work on the idea improving the master pages for allowing editable tezt frames as a student for GSoC 2009.I feel that editing the masterpages should be made more flexible.
We had talked on the IRC channel about the same and you had left a message to me to mail you regarding the ideas.


These are the ideas I would like to work upon :
These are the ideas I feel should help to have better master pages :


1) I feel that it is an added advantage if a preview is available -how a particular page would look if a selected masterpage is applied ,in the "Apply Master Page" dialogue box that appears on doing
1) I feel that it is an added advantage if a 'preview' is available in the "Apply Master Page" dialogue box that appears on doing
Page-> Apply Master Page
Page -> Apply Master Page which will show  how the current page would look if a selected masterpage is applied or either the masterpage that one tries to apply on it.


2) If the available masterpages are listed under the Page option,its easy to select the same.
2) If the available masterpages are listed under the Page option,its easy to select the same.


3)Moreover,if there is a listing of the masterpage(s) used in the current page(s) and an option to edit the objects in the masterpage applied on the current page as and when required and revert back to the original masterpage whenever needed should be incorporated.
3) Moreover,if there is a listing of the masterpage(s) used in the current page (or the set of pages in the present work), as the case maybe and an option to edit the objects in the masterpage applied on the current page as and when required as well as  revert back to the original masterpage whenever needed should be incorporated.
For that,there should be a dialogue box,which would appear on clicking the applied masterpage one wishes to edit, which will be containing the objects on the masterpage with options to edit/remove them temporarily and apply it to the current page without modifying the actual masterpage.

Revision as of 18:38, 24 March 2009

I would like to work on the idea improving the master pages for allowing editable tezt frames as a student for GSoC 2009.I feel that editing the masterpages should be made more flexible.

These are the ideas I feel should help to have better master pages :

1) I feel that it is an added advantage if a 'preview' is available in the "Apply Master Page" dialogue box that appears on doing Page -> Apply Master Page which will show how the current page would look if a selected masterpage is applied or either the masterpage that one tries to apply on it.

2) If the available masterpages are listed under the Page option,its easy to select the same.

3) Moreover,if there is a listing of the masterpage(s) used in the current page (or the set of pages in the present work), as the case maybe and an option to edit the objects in the masterpage applied on the current page as and when required as well as revert back to the original masterpage whenever needed should be incorporated. For that,there should be a dialogue box,which would appear on clicking the applied masterpage one wishes to edit, which will be containing the objects on the masterpage with options to edit/remove them temporarily and apply it to the current page without modifying the actual masterpage.