[TriLUG] OO.org track changes feature

[Andrew Perrin]

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Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
Assistant Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
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On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, J.C. Jones wrote:

> Andy,
>
> The last windows word I used was 2000. The balloon type and the OO type both 
> seemed cluttered to me, but my writings are more simplistic and not 
> colabrative..
>
> I will continue to look around for any OO enhancements for you.
>
> jcj
>
> Andrew Perrin wrote:
>
>> Well, yes, that's what I'm using (the track changes feature). But what I 
>> would like is a display of track changes similar to the one Word 2003 gives 
>> (see picture at http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu/stuff/word2003.jpg) instead of 
>> the one OO seems to use, at least by default 
>> (http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu/stuff/oo2.jpg).
>> 
>> Thanks-
>> Andy
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
>> Assistant Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
>> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
>> New Book: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/178592.ctl
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, J.C. Jones wrote:
>> 
>>> Andrew,
>>> 
>>> Sounds like you are looking for some sort of version control. Please check 
>>> out this article about version control features in Open Office:
>>> 
>>> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8911
>>> 
>>> jcj
>>> 
>>> Andrew Perrin wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I'm collaborating with colleagues on a project, and ahve been overruled 
>>>> on my preference to use LaTeX in emacs. We'll be using word/OO to swap 
>>>> and track changes.
>>>> 
>>>> My question is this: Word has a very nice layout for track changes in 
>>>> which deleted text gets put in the margin in a little "balloon," then a 
>>>> dotted line points to the point in the text where the deletion was made. 
>>>> This makes the text a lot easier to read than the old version -- which 
>>>> seems to be OO's version -- in which the deleted text is redlined but 
>>>> kept within the document.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there any way to get a similar view in OO?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - 
>>>> http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
>>>> Assistant Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
>>>> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
>>>> New Book: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/178592.ctl
>>>> 
>>>> 
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