[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 131182] New: new menu item: DOCUMENT, or a new sub-menu item FILES / Outline (enhancement, development)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131182

            Bug ID: 131182
           Summary: new menu item: DOCUMENT, or a new sub-menu item FILES
                    / Outline   (enhancement, development)
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.4.1.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: jepe at cspv.hu

hi, 

I think I'm aware how complex Writer and its menus already are...
and how problematic it could be to even TOUCH any pert of it :)

but.. it can't hurt to think about it :)

a new menu item, DOCUMENT seems as a logical next step...
(I hope it's not a past step, I mean, I hope that a menu item like that has not
been dropped  during the evolution of LO Writer)

because there are actions (functionalities) which handle the document as a
whole... I mean, not character, not paragraph, not section, but DOCUMENT :)

- - -
in that "master document" related menu items could be placed...
as well as OUTLINE-related ones...

and from TOOLS, "chapter numbering" could also come here...

also, from FILE, "export" and "export as", and most parts of "send", too, could
come..

//-- in any case, I'm sure you knew what I meant the moment you read "new menu
item"... :) :) cause, I'm sure, this is something you're all the time giving
thoughts during any step of development  --//

- - -
as ONE huge step of the LEAP I just referred to above could be 
a new SUB-menu item, under FILE, named: OUTLINE...

"Outline" could swallow "send outline to ..." and "create abstract" from
"send"...

and, optionally, also chapter numbering, from under TOOLS... 
with footnotes / endnotes and line numbering....

and for these, for some time, like  a year... DUMMY menu items could be left
there..

with an option in OPTIONS to show or hide dummy menu items :) :) 
(which, when set to "hide", could be sent back to the dev HQ, 
giving a pretty good picture on how much the users have adopted it, or need it
still..)

- - -
PS:
properties can "also" go under DOCUMENT...
and track changes, too...

and navigator and styles also could have their entries there...

bibliography database

and

word count   likewise...

OKAY, sorry! :) 
this is an iceberg, doubtlessly! 
but it might be able to think about it, which I don't assume you don't (!),
but wanted to contribute to it...
and allowing others to do so too...



- - - thank you for developing LO Writer - - -

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