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------- Additional comments from [email protected] Sat Sep 11 16:58:03 +0000 2010 ------- I'd like to second this motion. Just like the author of this bug report, I can see that Impress does not provide the same level of date/time format customization as Writer. This is my setup (although this issue clearly pertains to the design of Impress): OOo-dev 3.4.0 DEV300m87 (Build:9522) Windows Vista Home Premium - SP2 AMD Turion Dual-Core RM-75 2.20 GHz 3GB RAM 32-bit The way I see it, two related issues are being identified: 1. Impress does not support user-specified date/time formats (Writer does). 2. Impress does not provide ISO date/time format (YYYY-MM-DD) (Writer does) Attached you will find screenshots comparing the functionalities in each program. In case you need them, these are the steps to follow in Impress: 1. Create a new document in Impress. 2. From the main menu, select Insert->Fields…->"Date(fixed)". Note: any date/time format will suffice. 3. Select the newly added textbox and select the date field. (An easy way to accomplish is to do a "Select All"). You'll see that the field, which normally is shown with a light gray color, now appears with a darker gray color, because it's selected. 4. Right click on the selected field and you'll see that the available formats don't include the ISO format. Because Impress doesn’t support user-specified date/time formats, the only work- around I see for the ISO issue is that the “fixed” option is used by using the date manually (Note that Impress won’t automatically update it when the document is opened on a different date). As a follow-up test, I looked up what type of custom date/time formats are supported by MS PowerPoint and found that it lacks the same functionality that Impress lacks. (used MS PowerPoint 2007 SP2) I would venture to infer that this is the reason that Impress lacks this functionality, which is understandable. In my opinion though, this would be a good opportunity for Impress to add a unique feature that will help OpenOffice users and provide more customization than MS PowerPoint. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
