Don't hide menus

Daniel xracoonx at gmx.de
Sat Oct 14 10:26:53 UTC 2023


On 2023-10-14 09:08, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Am Freitag, dem 13.10.2023 um 18:07 +0200 schrieb Daniel:
>> I meant the group of "References" as in "Citation", "Cross-
>> References", "Label", "Caption", etc. These are typically subsumed
>> under "References" in other word processors.
> 
> Ah, that. Yes, this is a very good example for Word's failed user
> interface (LibreOffice doesn't do that).
> 
> Every time I use word, I am losing time in searching elements I'd
> expect in Insert which they put in References. For instance, if I want
> to insert a footnote, I need to find it in that References menu. Why?
> 
> Thanks, but no, thanks.

Not sure what you are referring to. Word does not have such a menu. And 
if you are referring to the "References" category of the ribbon then 
both Word and Writer have it. I think it's just a matter of getting 
used. But I understand that it's hard at the beginning as with every new 
interface.

Daniel




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