Mark wrote:
(Currently Using: Open Office Version 2.3.0)
Hi,
I've been using Open Office (abb. OO from now on) for a while now (I'ts my main
Office software) and I'd like to congratulate you on just how good its become.
Its a replacement for MS office in many ways, but one area where is still lacks
is Impress. I've been eagarly waiting for every new version of OO, but no
mention of the ideas below...
Impress as publishing software
As OO doesn't have a direct equivalent of Publisher, Impress works really well
as a substitute. Perhaps it would be an idea to market it as such, though I
would add something into the start-up wizard to auto-setup the page to
A4-portrait if users want a poster and another option (screen, landscape) for
presentations. This would be a nice time saving feature.
<snip >
Use scribus (http://www.scribus.net/). This is a TOP CLASS publishing
application; and designed for the job. Impress is NOT and should never
aim to be a "proper" desktop publishing programme.
Impress as a presentation creator. (My main annoyance in OO)
The one area where this is program is lacking is in animation. While most of
the useful animations from PowerPoint are there, the actual interface is very
out-dated (equivalent PowerPoint 97 and earlier). This area needs focusing on
to catch up with MS as the best presentation software.
File a bug report for enhancements. If you can (I don't use Impress much
but it is fine for what I need), it would be helpful to give some ideas
where it could be better and "different" to Office2007 rather than just
a clone...
Cheers
Alan
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