To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=99794 Issue #|99794 Summary|Improve file open dialog, filter file types by applica |tion Component|Spreadsheet Version|OOO300m9 Platform|All URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|open-import Assigned to|spreadsheet Reported by|mfurlotti
------- Additional comments from [email protected] Mon Mar 2 20:15:49 +0000 2009 ------- Opening text files into the spreadsheet application can be made easier. More generally, the file open dialog can be made easier to use. Because there are many supported file types, a filter should be added to limit this list by the application the user is expecting to use. Additionally, the first 8 lines in the file type menu contain application names rather than file types. This misleads the user to think the selected file will be opened by the selected application. One solution would be to change the behavior of the file type pull-down menu in the open dialog box so that it selects which application will be used to open the file if one of the first 8 entries is selected. Additionally, if the user selects the open dialog from the spreadsheet application, this menu could be pre-set to the spreadsheet application. The existing behavior can remain if the user selects one of the many file types further down the menu. An alternate solution would be to add a third filter to the open dialog selecting which application will be used to open the document. This could filter the contents of the file type pull-down menu to a more reasonable length. In order to open a text file as a spreadsheet, I must select the Text/CSV file type which is the 52nd entry on the list of file types. The addition of lines to group file types by applications was helpful but not a complete solution -- scrolling down two line breaks then an additional 15 entries is similarly cumbersome. For comparison, when using another spreadsheet program, one can select a text file in the file open dialog and the import process begins without having to select any additional options. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
