Re: [tdf-discuss] Better defaults

Le 2010-10-26 03:06, Xi Embalsado a écrit :
> Can you make the defaults:
> - 1 inch margin around the document rather than .79
> - Smoother dragging buttons for shapes and images
> - White fill in shapes rather than light blue
> - Can you change the color palette to a more streamlined set of colors. (Like GoogleDocs and MSO)?
>                                         
Actually, it brings a comment on true internationalization:
Default margins should be based on the units one use. It could be 
programmed, for instance, by programming 4 or 5 default documents and 
selecting the proper default one according to the units chosen by the 
installer. So one would get the question: "What units do you want to 
use?" and then proper defaults would be chosen. For example:
- Inches : 1-inch margins and default tabs every 1/4 inch
- Picas : 6-picas margins and default tabs every 1 pica (i.e. 1/6 inch)
- Centimetres : 2-cm margins and default tabs every 1 cm...
- When one clicks on the ruler to define a tab, they should, by default, 
cling to default tabs, with freely-set tabs available by clicking on 
control or alt (or the other way around).


Other comments:
- Colours: I actually like the colour palette used in Ms Office 2003, 
but not the one used in MsOffice 2007. Default colours should be vibrant 
colours, not half-dead ones. More importantly, I like an easy selection 
of custom colours.
- Hard spaces should be displayed -- or not -- according to the setting 
made with "show hidden characters".

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Michel Gagnon
Montréal (Québec, Canada) -- http://mgagnon.net

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