Bug 163925 - Having multiple Tabs within Writer - Each for a different Chapter - as do Spreadsheets work
Summary: Having multiple Tabs within Writer - Each for a different Chapter - as do Spr...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 33173
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2024-11-16 11:16 UTC by Senna-sport
Modified: 2024-11-17 14:34 UTC (History)
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Description Senna-sport 2024-11-16 11:16:25 UTC
Hi, this is not a bug but a very coool - and highly useful! - Feature proposition!

Here we go:
Does LibreOffice Writer have the possibility to open multiple tabs within a single file, similar to how spreadsheets allow you to create new sheets via single tabs displayed at the lower bottom of the screen?

The idea is, for example, while writing a book or a report, to create and be able to switch between chapters using tabs within a single Writer file. That would be really amazingly cool!!!!!! :)

Cheers to the Community and thank you for your great contributions!
Comment 1 Bryan Zanoli 2024-11-16 19:02:00 UTC
There is a feature that may offer similar functionality. While it doesn't use tabs, if you organize your document by headings or sections, you can use navigator to jump to different places within your document. See the link here for more information: https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/how-do-i-view-the-heading-and-subheadings-on-the-left-pane-like-in-mswords/32070

Does this address your ask?
Comment 2 Senna-sport 2024-11-16 22:24:17 UTC
Thank you very much for your response and suggestion. This can help, but the feature I described (and that is simple and straightforward for users as a standalone feature) would be an amazing added-value for anyone needing to write a report, an essay or a book, and it could be a differentiator with the other major similar softwares.

IBM Lotus Symphony Doc had something close as it was displaying tabs on a row in the top, each tab representing a file (text, calc or ppt) ==> see on this link the mentioned upper row: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7FoVQ8_6sg&t=875s

==> Taking the same but the tab representing instead a Chapter within a Writer file would be great.

Note: IBM Lotus Symphony was merged with Open Office when IBM stopped its development in 2012, if I am right.
Comment 3 m_a_riosv 2024-11-16 22:24:56 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 37134 ***
Comment 4 V Stuart Foote 2024-11-17 14:34:57 UTC

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