OO3 is more and more like 'More'

[Dick Rucker]

on 12/5/04 8:00 AM, Bruce Lewis at lewisbruce at rogers.com wrote:

> Yes. I too agree that the programme is closer to "More".
> 
> A key for me is the inline notes. This is a great advantage. A few
> "constructive criticisms" about them.

As a long-time MORE fan with lots of MORE documents still on file and
occasionally referenced (using MORE in Classic), I agree with your
observations.

For about a decade, I used MORE as a word processor to create all sorts of
documents, including a couple of book-length works.  In doing so, I took
full advantage of its powerful outlining structure and features,

For example, MORE's ability to display, and to print, the contents of just
those branches of the document's tree whose branch windows I had
intentionally opened using the Enter command, and then used window-sizing
and scrolling to view just the contents in each branch that are of current
interest.

For me, branch windows in most documents usually ended up containing much
more that just notes; they contained all the paragraphs and graphics that
belonged to that branch.

All or any part of a branch windows contents in MORE were viewable simply by
toggling the Enter key and making a few adjustments. When a branch window
was opened it could be resized and scrolled to display all or any part of
its contents. It was all very intuitive to use, and MORE, even on my old
68030 machine, was very quick to respond.

A valuable printing option is the ability to print the outline along with
any open windows and just their selected in-window contents, just as they
currently appear on the screen.  This I have often used as a means of
quick-editing a document to copy or print for forwarding to someone to whom
I am trying to convey particular idea or concept.

Since my reason for opening any particular branch window may or may NOT
involve making a change, it would really annoy me if the default upon
opening any branch window is to select its contents.  That's making a very
dangerous assumption about why I opened the window in the first place
(shades of Microsoft's intrusive assumptions in MS Word!).

It's dangerous because the window's contents are in danger of being replaced
if I inadvertently hit any character key on my keyboard.

Dick