[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 34355] Option to show track changes in margin is missing

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34355

--- Comment #98 from gaon <lohatiya420 at gmail.com> ---
I appreciate sharing that a balloon view is not your preference. However, many
have a completely different preference. I suppose that further suggests that
this should be a changeable setting. 

I personally agree with many, many in this thread that the balloon
visualization of changes is a "must-have" feature. I spend the majority of my
day writing, and I professionally depend on it. For me this feature is so
critical and important that I simply cannot use LibreOffice for collaborative
writing with my entire team. 

I use the mode in MS Word where it shows the final version of the document, but
highlights the deleted text in balloons on the border. Personally, I think that
having the cross-out text in the middle of the remaining text makes it visually
very challenging, and in many cases unreadable. The other disadvantage of
keeping the deleted text and showing it in "cross-out" letters is that it
bloats the length of the document. What I find so beautiful about the "balloon
mode" is that the document looks very similar to the final version, but the
deleted stuff is still visible on the sidelines. For many things we write, the
length of the document is very critical. If you keep the deleted text in there
(cross-out), the document will appear to get longer and longer, the more
changes there are (and it becomes less readable). This will mess up a lot of
things in the document, for instance how text flows around figures, etc. 

A few years ago, someone maintained a "wish list" web page with the Top 10 most
desired features for LibreOffice/OpenOffice. This particular request was solid
#1 pretty much the entire time. So there are A LOT of people who really, really
want and need this feature. I think some of the comments on this thread also
reflect this. Based on this background, commenting that this is simply a "bad
idea" is not helpful. I understand that people have different preferences, and
FOSS is all about choice. Telling users that there need and wish of having this
feature is a bad idea is not really appreciative of their feedback.

https://www.lyricsgaon.com

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