GSoC 2009 Better Masterpages by dhan0

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 would help to have better master pages :

1.Preview of Masterpage being applied

   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.Masterpage Listing

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

3.Options for Editing Masterpages efficiently

  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.