Linked by Christian Paratschek on Fri 10th Sep 2004 05:18 UTC
Before I start, let me tell you the little story, how I got the idea for writing this article. When I wrote my first article for OSNews, one of the screenshots I included showed my diploma thesis. I merely wanted to show that OpenOffice.org in Fedora Core 2 features native icons, nothing more.
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I actually forgot to talk about styles. Darn!
Styles have existed for quite some time, however most users never notice or thought they would be of any use. I think most people would benefit from a basic type setting class in their education careers.
However, styles have their cross platform limitations:
1) styles are not always translated between competeing office suits. However, it will help new users create better looking documents. That is providing your into the cookie cutter thing.
2) Basic formatting works cross plaform. You can almost mirror a style with out using a style and have the same formatting work cross platform. However that is more work in the end.
Yes, this is the result of proprietary formats: Frustration. I do find OO more usable than their commercial counterparts.