Hello Rafael I have my eyes on this Fontwork problem and will incorporate any changes when I know that it is all fixed.
Please keep me posted. Regards Peter Schofield [email protected] Technical Writer, LO Documentation Team > On 12 May 2021, at 19:22, Rafael Lima <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Regina, > > Thanks for your prompt response. > > I agree with you that this feature shouldn't be hidden from users in LO > Impress/Draw. I'll open a bug report suggesting to enable it by default in > the Format Menu. > > I also agree that it should have a different name: "Text along path" seems > a good idea. > > If it becomes enabled by default, then the Draw Guide needs to be updated > to describe this feature. > > Kind regards, > Rafael > > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 1:18 PM Regina Henschel <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Rafael, >> >> Rafael Lima schrieb am 12.05.2021 um 16:29: >> [..] >>> So my question is: Is there a reason for this feature to have been >> removed >>> from the default Menubar in Impress and Draw? >> >> As far as I remember it was removed from the Format menu in OOo2, when >> the Fontwork Gallery has been introduced. >> >> This feature is especially >>> useful in presentations and drawings, so I don't see why to not have this >>> feature in Impress/Draw and add a note to the help page about it. >> >> It is especially useful to label connectors. >> >>> >>> I also noticed that the Draw Guide (version 6.4) and the Writer Guide >> (7.1) >>> focus mainly on the Fontwork gallery and do not describe the features in >>> the aforementioned help page. >> >> For a Writer Guide it is not really needed, but the Draw Guide should >> describe it. >> >>> >>> I would appreciate it if anyone could provide some background on why >> these >>> decisions were made, so I can update the help pages. >> >> I don't know, why this was done, and I see no good reason to make is so >> hard for the user to use it. I think the feature should be available in >> a menu in Draw/Impress. >> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94535 >> >> Only the name "Fontwork" is not suitable for the UI, because it is >> totally different from the "Fontwork Gallery". It would be better to use >> a name known from other applications, like "Text along path" or "Text on >> a path". "Other applications" are e.g. Inkscape, Gimp, Illustrator, >> CorelDraw. >> >> The feature is not available in MS Office. Perhaps Sun has therefore >> hidden it? >> And the feature is only usable in "extended" file format. But that is no >> reason to hide it. We have a lot of features, which are only usable in >> "extended" file format. >> >> Kind regards >> Regina >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >> > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
