Bug 156204 - I would like multiple documents in Writer, the same as having multiple sheets in Calc
Summary: I would like multiple documents in Writer, the same as having multiple sheets...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 33173
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2023-07-08 17:30 UTC by Toby
Modified: 2023-07-09 01:20 UTC (History)
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Description Toby 2023-07-08 17:30:24 UTC 
Description:
In Calc, I can have several spreadsheets in the same file, by adding a new sheet with the + at the bottom of the screen.
I would like to be able to do the same thing in Writer, so I can hold a stack of documents in the same file.

Steps to Reproduce:
I am applying for jobs, so I'm writing multiple motivation letters.
I would like to hold them all in the same file, so I can move between them.

Actual Results:
There is no way to hold two or more documents in the same file in Writer.

Expected Results:
NA


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
It would be great if there was a + at the bottom of the screen, just as in Calc, so I could start writing on a fresh page, but in the same file.
Comment 1 Dieter 2023-07-08 20:53:07 UTC 
Tobias, please explain why Master document doesn't work for YouTube
=> NEEDINFO
Comment 2 Toby 2023-07-08 21:41:47 UTC 
Hi Dieter, I'm sorry, I don't understand your comment, was it supposed to go on a different bug report?
Comment 3 Dieter 2023-07-08 22:24:30 UTC 
Tobias, are you familiar with master documents in Writer? If not, please read help about IT, because perhaps this could solve your problem. 
NEEDINFO
Comment 4 Eyal Rozenberg 2023-07-08 22:37:55 UTC 
A Calc 'document' has multiple independent sheets. A Writer document is a sequence of content that may make up multiple sheets or pages, but they're not independent. If anything, one might consider dropping Calc's support for multiple sheets in the same file (and perhaps also Draw's support for that), rather than adding the same to Writer.
Comment 5 Toby 2023-07-09 00:00:12 UTC 
Eval said "If anything, one might consider dropping Calc's support for multiple sheets in the same file"

I have many Calc documents with multiple sheets.
Why on earth would you want to remove such a useful, nay necessary, feature?
Comment 6 V Stuart Foote 2023-07-09 00:22:21 UTC 
There are two related requests, one is bug 37134 for a Document-per-tab UI as implemented for Calc with sheets.

The other is bug 33173 for single document with its sections/parts separated onto tabs, ala Word Pro.

Both require similar work on the sw edit engine. But this is clearly the dupe of the first.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 37134 ***
Comment 7 Toby 2023-07-09 01:20:48 UTC 
Bug 37134 is for having multiple FILES open in one window, on tabs. This is NOT what is implemented in Calc.

Bug 33173 uses different language than me, taking about document 'sections' on tabs, but I think it's functionally the same as what I'm asking for, so I'm making this as a dupe of 33173 instead.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 33173 ***