looking for Word 2000 "Review Toolbar" equivalent in OpenOffice

[Ted Roche]

The Reviewing toolbar, on the View menu and not the edit menu in my copy of
Word (2002), combines the reviewing functions of the "Track Changes" menu
(replacing a modal operation with a non-modal one) and the separate
commenting facility that lets you stick little yellow sticky notes (aren't
they patented <g>?) in the document. There's a bunch of other stuff the
toolbar does, too, including letting you change which elements are visible
and displaying a "Revision Pane." For the comments, when reviewed in OO.o,
floating the mouse over the much smaller yellow rectangle displays the
comment. The equivalent command in OO.o is Insert | Note, and to edit it,
place your cursor inside the note and select the unintuitive Insert | Note
again. 

If you really, really want to create a similar toolbar in OO.o, I think you
could start with the Tools | Customize option and create your own
user-defined toolbar that maps equivalent functionality. I've done a touch
of StarBasic macro work, up to creating simple toolbar buttons, but I don't
want to spend too much time answering a question you didn't ask.

If the question is "Is there a matching Reviewers Toolbar in OpenOffice.org"
the answer is no. If the question is "how can I do the equivalent, with a
little work on my part," well, I'll let you ask that question if you're
really interested <s>.

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[mailto:gnhlug-discuss-admin at mail.gnhlug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin D. Clark
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Subject: looking for Word 2000 "Review Toolbar" equivalent in OpenOffice



In Word 2000 if I navigate thusly:

  Edit -> Toolbars -> Reviewing

I get a toolbar that allows me to see a reviewer's comments on a
document.

Is there equivalent functionality in OpenOffice 1.1?  I checked but
nothing obvious presented itself.

Note: this functionality is different than the "track changes"
feature.  I know about this.  I guess that I'm asking about something
else.  BTW, I have confirmed that "show changes" in OpenOffice doesn't
show me the reviewer's changes.

Thanks for your help,

--kevin
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