** Summary changed: - [upstream] OpenOffice.org "filter selection" dialog is confusing + "filter selection" dialog is confusing
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/81815 Title: "filter selection" dialog is confusing Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: New Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org Sometimes when I try to open a file, OpenOffice.org does not recognise the file type automatically. It displays a "Filter Selection" dialog box. The dialog box displays dozens of different file formats, apparently in no particular order. Just to give a sample of what is shown when I tried to open a PowerPoint file from a web site: OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document PSD - Adobe PhotoShop Web Page Query (OpenOffice.org Calc) StarWriter 4.0 OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet Template OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet OpenOffice.org 1.0 Master Document Lotus WordPro Document ... [approx. 93 (!) lines omitted] ... Text Ichitaro 8/9/10/11 Template CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile StarChart 5.0 Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP [finally!] ... At the very least, the entries should be in an alphabetic order. Ideally, most frequently used ones would be shown first. Oh, and even better, OpenOffice.org should have been able to guess the file type. After all, the web server provided "Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint" and, furthermore, the last component of the URL was "xxx.ppt". (I had clicked a link in Konqueror. As far as I can see, in the default configuration Konqueror simply passes the URL to OO.org and lets OO.org to do downloading. Thus, OO.org should have a complete information on the file type.) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openoffice/+bug/81815/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
