On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 23:42 -0400, RBL wrote:
> Cristian Driga wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Whenever I managed to make someone try OOo, after a short while I got
> > the same question:
> >
> > How do you insert page numbers ?
> >
> > And when I showed the "quick way" of: Insert Header/Footer +
> > Insert->Fields-> Page number... I got the same response: "ah.. it's too
> > hard for me to remember".
> >
> > Shouldn't we solve this thing once and for all and have one Insert Page
> > Numbering window asking - {top or bottom} ?
> >
> > MSO made users expect this to be a one step task with options. The
> > current way of doing it should be kept there...as it allows inserting
> > other important fields as page count, etc, but we should definitely have
> > a shortcut for making it easy for the user.
> >
> >
> > Best,
> > Cristian
>
> The most wanted OOo function is actually keyboard remapping. OOo would
> find adoption rates go way, way up if the app supported standard MSO
> shortcuts and keyboarding behaviors. Wordperfect does this. MSO does
> this. OOo doesn't.
>
> Having to relearn all the hotkeys kills productivity, especially in
> professional writing/editing/publishing departments and orgs.
>
> There should also be some sort of macro converter, so that a good
> percentage of VBA logic could be migrated over.
>
> Wordperfect X not only emulates MSO; it also emulates classic
> Wordperfect for DOS. All it takes is a click to switch WPX between one
> of three different keyboard/menu handlers.
>
> MSO has a degree of this type of support for Wordperfect users, but it
> hasn't been updated in years. It was useful in the early days when MSFT
> was aggressively working to kill off WP, and made it easier for WP shops
> to migrate.
>
> I like OOo, but I gotta' say, it's a bear to move to when you have every
> MSO keystroke memorized, and your hands jump to them like a pianist's
> hands jumping to a chord.
Oh! I feel your pain, because I have exactly the same problem, but in
reverse. I am occasionally obligated to use a Windows box running MSO
or WP and I wish MS and Corel would add an OOo keyboard handler ;)
Dave
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