Graham Lauder wrote:
On Wednesday 10 Nov 2010 23:42:29 Joshua Zambrano wrote:
Hello, I just wanted to drop off some recommendations for OpenOffice, as a
user of office suites.
-CALC
- Merge Cells. No capability to merge cells that I can see, a very
valuable feature.
Format > Merge Cells, been there since day one
- Turn Off Auto Complete. Keeps turning everything it can into date
format, very annoying. Should be able to turn this off, but option not
visible that I can see.
Tools> Cell Contents ..uncheck autoinput
- Remove Hyperlinks. Hyperlinks shown can't be easily deleted. Going
to the hyperlink window does not show an address there. Should be able to
hit backspace to remove hyperlink like with MS Excel, but does not work.
This forces you to delete hyperlinks and type in the whole link text over
again, also time-consuming.
Um, not sure what you're doing here but it all works as expected in my
version. Highlight cell, content appears in the formula bar, edit as
required.
- Mass Format Change. Highlighting many cells and trying to change the
format (number/date/text/currency) does not work, you must change each
individually, a time-consuming issue.
Um select all the cells you want, right click on the selected area, choose
format cells. Works every time on mine
- Optimize Rows/Columns: Going to optimize row heights or column widths
does not work. It does not set them to ideal settings, merely makes
them even wider. Let alone the shortcut of clicking upper left cell and
then a row/column boundary to instantly optimize size like in MS Excel.
Um again, what are you doing? Format>Row(or Column) >optimal height(width)
the dialog opens and allows you to pad the cell to your requirements or use
the default.
-WRITER
- Can't Open MS Word 2010 .doc Files. Crashes just trying to open them.
That's an MS problem with their file format, however the latest version of OOo
handles docx without problems
I will add that OOo is not a free version of MS office and if that's the way
you think of it, then you are missing out on a lot of features in OOo that MSO
doesn't have. Don't expect OOo to work exactly the same as MSO, it's not
designed that way.
These sort of posts often draw a RTFM (Read The F**king Manual) response,
because you don't come in asking for some assistance, you come in demanding
that the software do things your way when it already does those things but
using a slightly different method. Take some time to do some discovery.
The real problem here is that there is no manual to read! I think that
its about time that the download package came with a good users manual
that explains where all the features and controls are, tells about all
the great features that it has that MS Office lacks, and has a section
that mentions things that people do with MS Office, and then tells you
how to do them with OOo.
MS even though they are the best known software vendor is often sorely
lacking in the area of user support particularly manuals, I remember
when MS-DOS came with a nice 1/2 inch thick manual, as did Win-95, today
Win-7 comes with at best a leaflet. One way for OOo to distinguish
itself would be to come with a good manual, especially a version
formatted for 8.5x11 so it could be printed out without the horrible
paper waste that comes with manuals formatted 5x7.
