Full width, no margins

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#1

I often need to place two documents side by side in two Writer
windows. The problem with this is that the text becomes too small, so
if possible I zoom, remove rulers, and use Web Layout.

Is there a way to leave the page in Print Layout but have it display
without page margins? I'd like the print area of the page to be as
wide as possible however playing with the zoom and the horizontal
scrollbar is frustrating.

Thanks.

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
How do you get the 2 documents side-by-side? Is that a KDE thing? or do you
just arrange the windows 'by-hand'?
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

In KDE >=4.4 one can drag the window title bar to the sides of the
screen and the window manager automatically sizes the window at full
screen height (minus DE panels) and half-screen width (minus DE
panels), aligned to the side of the screen to which the window title
bar was dragged (or next to DE panels on that side). I believe that
Windows 7 has a similar feature, as does Compiz.

#4

Hi :slight_smile:

I have heard good reports of the KDE implementation but haven't heard from Win7
users about it. In Gnome i switch compiz off if possible, certainly on the
machine at work.

When i eventually got both documents side-by-side filling nearly half the screen
each (ratio 4:3, not wide-screen) i was able to use Printer view but even at the
recommended (but rarely used) font size 12 in Times New Roman the characters
were fairly tiny, not quite microscopic but heading that way! In the cc to
Dotan i have included a screen-shot to show what i get. Afaik there are some
fairly sophisticated tools to compare different documents if you are just
looking for revisions or minor differences.

The Help file suggests
"
Open the reviewer's document and then choose
Edit - Compare Document
Note that you should always start with opening the newer document and compare
it with the older document.
" (well, slightly edited but almost word-for-word)

This is about the first time i have seen a good reason for having wide-screen
rather than tilting it to make it tall-screen which is usually unsupported and
'weird'.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#5

Hi :slight_smile:

Hello there!

I have heard good reports of the KDE implementation but haven't heard from
Win7 users about it.  In Gnome i switch compiz off if possible, certainly on
the machine at work.

It has been a long time since Compiz was just eyecandy. It is great
for accessibility and usability now.

When i eventually got both documents side-by-side filling nearly half the
screen each (ratio 4:3, not wide-screen) i was able to use Printer view but
even at the recommended (but rarely used) font size 12 in Times New Roman
the characters were fairly tiny, not quite microscopic but heading that
way!  In the cc to Dotan i have included a screen-shot to show what i get.
Afaik there are some fairly sophisticated tools to compare different
documents if you are just looking for revisions or minor differences.

Thanks. I'm not diffing but rather translating. From your screenshot I
created a mockup idea for the "feature" that I'm looking for, on the
left-hand window only, were it to exist:
http://dotancohen.com/images/proposed.png

Thanks!

#6

Dotan Cohen wrote:

In KDE >=4.4 one can drag the window title bar to the sides of the
screen and the window manager automatically sizes the window at full
screen height (minus DE panels) and half-screen width (minus DE
panels), aligned to the side of the screen to which the window title
bar was dragged (or next to DE panels on that side). I believe that
Windows 7 has a similar feature, as does Compiz.

I can confirm that Win7 has the same behaviour. I believe Ubuntu 11.04 also
has this (in the default installation).

Regards
Jack

#7

Thanks, I'll file a bug.

#8

Good idea, I posted the RFE to both LO and to OOo:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37817
http://openoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118120

Thanks.

#9

Dotan Cohen wrote:

I can confirm that Win7 has the same behaviour.  I believe Ubuntu 11.04
also
has this (in the default installation).

Thanks, I'll file a bug.

I think my statement was misunderstood (I see now that it may be ambiguous).
What I meant to say, was that Win7 and Ubuntu 11.04 have the same
functionality of dragging a window to the side and making it fill half the
screen. Sorry for not being clear.

Regards
Jack

#10

I understood what you meant, I was just in a silly mood. I was in the
middle of filing the feature request anyway, so I took the opportunity
to be confusing. Ask my daughters, they are used to that!