Writer - Question about multiple documents in one window

[boomark]

Hello community.

I have only recently started using the LibreOffice package more and more. My current version is the

Version: 24.8.6.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community

I have a general question about Writer. Is there a function in Writer that allows you to display several pages in one window and then switch through a tab like in Calc?

[Lupp]

@boomark

Is there a function in Writer that allows you to display several pages in one window and then switch through a tab like in Calc?

If you actually mean “multiple documents” as the subject of the question tells: No.
As compared to Calc sheets there is the fundamental difference that the sheets you can choose using the tab are content (“members”) of the same document while you want to handle many documents.
If you actually mean several pages of the same Writer document as told in the full text of your question, you can use the Go to Page tool or (better) bookmarks to rapidly switch the parts you are working on. The pages themselves are no objects of the Writer document.

[EarnestAl]

Do you mean Window > New Window so you have two (or more) different views of the same document but in different windows?

Maybe you mean Bug 37134 - Tabbed UI: Document-per-tab (similar to Firefox, Opera, gedit) MDI

[boomark]

@Lupp

As compared to Calc sheets there is the fundamental difference that the sheets you can choose using the tab are content (“members”) of the same document while you want to handle many documents.

@Lupp Of course. You’re right. I made a mistake in my thinking. Something like that would be nice, of course. The suggestion with Go to Page is good. But it’s not what I need for my application. But my question has been answered in principle. Thank you very much.

@EarnestAl Thanks too. The reference to the bug hits the topic.

Maybe there will be something like that in the future.

Thanks again.

[Lupp]

Not sure if everybody here knows that the original ancestor of LibreOffice was “StarOffice by StarDivision”. It had MDI, and my “millennia” old version of it (V 5.2) was cleanly programmed, and is still working under Win 10.
See the pasted image with one very old document (from 2005) and one created just now:

I don’t think it was dropped because it was “bad”:
Outdated?
Too difficult to be implemented on all the target platforms?

[jfn]

Hi!

the MDI was adopted by Microsoft at some time, then they dropped it. As other developers would follow the MS lead for UIs, many a company did drop MDIs at the time as well.

The SDI vs MDI thing is explained in this Wikipedia page.

[SarahJones]

Writer doesn’t use tabs like Calc, but view options help!