In 2002, at the time of OpenOffice 1.0,
problem 4914 was discovered in the bug tracker - “we need a normal document view”. The user asks OpenOffice Writer to enter a new editing mode, similar to the “Normal” mode of Microsoft Word, that is: hide the top and bottom page margins.

After thirteen years, 11 duplicates and 162 comments are hanging from this query. Resolution: closed, rediscovered. For the publication of the decision
, a prize of $ 100
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Currently, Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice have only two modes of editing and viewing documents: standard (“Print Markup”) and “Web Page”. In the layout mode, the program shows the entire document as it will look after printing; in webpage mode, it throws out the numbers and margins of the pages, leaving only the text. In addition, footnotes in the text of web pages are displayed not at the end of the page, but at the end of the entire document, which can occupy more than one screen.
Since 2002, OpenOffice managed to change owners twice: first, it got to Oracle, then to the Apache foundation. Borderless editing mode between pages already entered Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, QuarkXPress, Adobe PageMaker, Scribus and Google Docs.
On February 10 of this year, the bug was
closed as resolved by the user Kay, who stated that the current interface fully meets the requirements. After discussion, the task was reopened. In the Apache OpenOffice project, no work is being done on the solution. The corresponding problem in the Libreoffice project
hangs from the opening of the bugtracker.If the Apache and Libreoffice funds still do not listen to their users, then at least the users have the means to do the necessary action themselves. The simplest solution that is available to all readers is to
raise the premium for strong, but not yet busy programmers. The fastest solution for those who know C is to take and write this necessary option. In the end, someone has to do it.
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