I don't disagree with your jist. I simple clicked on the link for feedback and provided some. I only referenced MS because I have some experience with that through a past employer, and it seems to function as I suspect this was supposed to. But apparently that link was just in fun, because I have been barraged with emails telling me that I should not have sent it, some of them extremely demeaning and even vulgar.
On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 10:25 PM, larry phillips < phillipslar...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > I find it slightly amusing that people get something for free and then > choose to complain > that it doesn't have all the bells and whistles that they want or they > might have to take an extra step to > do a function. I find Microsquish every complicated and expensive. Every > time they come out with a new > verson it is a sales tool for the office suite Larry Phillips > -------------------------------------------- > On Sat, 6/17/17, Dayvid Artman <drart...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Subject: Open Office Writer Critique > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Date: Saturday, June 17, 2017, 5:09 PM > > First of all, it is annoying and seems a bit > arrogant to force me to open > my email in your browser to send this > message when I already have my email > open in a different browser. I also > don't like the fact that said browser > removes (or at least hides from me) my > signature stored in the email > service. But those are not the reason > for the message. > > You have a function for working with > tables that seems to have no useful > purpose, but the title given to it > would be quite useful, and there doesn't > seem to be any way to actually do what > the name of the function implies. > Microsoft Word has a function with > nearly the exact same name, and it > functions as the name suggests and is > very handy. > > The function in question is > “Distribute Rows Equally”, and it is found > under the “Table” menu in the > “Autofit” sub-menu. I read the Help on that > topic, and it functions exactly as > described, but for no benefit that I can > imagine. The similar “Distribute > Columns Evenly” operates nearly identical, > different only in that it is limited by > the page size, while rows are not. > > What the function does in make every > column (or row) match the largest one > in the selection. I can do that in > several different ways without using > this function, and the name does not > suggest that such will be the outcome. > It isn't “distributing” anything, > it is simply expanding each row to the > size of the largest. What I want to do > (and what the name implies what and > Microsoft does) is distribute the rows > equally or evenly within the area of > the rows selected. The final table > would occupy no more, no less, but > exactly the same space as the original, > but the spacing of the rows would > all be the same. > > This supports providing as much space > or as large a font as practical while > keeping a consistent look and staying > (for example) on one page. There is > no easy way to do this that I know of > without a command such as this. I > must somehow measure the total space > that I want the finished table to > occupy, then manually divide that by > the number of rows I want, and then > size each one to that size. Given > certain scenarios, one could do that last > step en mass, but the first two steps > are cumbersome and tedious. The > computer could do that in a moment, > just as quickly as it does what it does > now, but with far more benefit. > > I strongly urge the team at Apache to > consider making this design change. > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_ > source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_ > source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#m_2364816453849307028_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > >
