Strictly enforced writer templates
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:07 pm
Hi,
I have a general question about the possibilities of templates in writer.
Is it possible to create and enforce a template in OO writer, so that the user cannot (easily) add content that is formatted differently.
I am thinking of the problems of sending around documents by email where several authors add their part. The people I collaborate with usually copy-paste stuff into the documents, but strange formatting usually follow. From this follows also that the template should not permit more than the predefined styles, text sizes and fonts.
I know that advanced tools exist for collaboration on-line, but it is not easy to convince people to use them.
Note that this is not to deal with people doing bad things intentionally, but only the mistakes non-tech people do.
/bjorn
I have a general question about the possibilities of templates in writer.
Is it possible to create and enforce a template in OO writer, so that the user cannot (easily) add content that is formatted differently.
I am thinking of the problems of sending around documents by email where several authors add their part. The people I collaborate with usually copy-paste stuff into the documents, but strange formatting usually follow. From this follows also that the template should not permit more than the predefined styles, text sizes and fonts.
I know that advanced tools exist for collaboration on-line, but it is not easy to convince people to use them.
Note that this is not to deal with people doing bad things intentionally, but only the mistakes non-tech people do.
/bjorn