https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65911

V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
         Whiteboard|BSA                         |BSA, UX
           Severity|normal                      |enhancement
                 CC|                            |[email protected],
                   |                            |[email protected],
                   |                            |[email protected],
                   |                            |[email protected]
            Summary|FORMATTING: Accessibility   |Keyboard accelerator &
                   |Problem                     |shortcut assignments --
                   |                            |review divergence from MS
                   |                            |Word for reasonable common
                   |                            |use cases [accessibility]
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #1 from V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> ---
Confirming the reported behavior, but the actual Microsoft Word keyboard
accelerator is <Ctrl>+D followed by <Alt>+S

However, the same keyboard accelerator function is also provided in LibreOffice
with <Alt>+O followed by <Alt>+H to launch the Character dialog, and then
<TAB>, <TAB> & <TAB> to position into the Size tool (LODev 4.2.0 is missing
accelerators for each attribute on the panel). But, should it have an alias of
<Ctrl>+D and <Alt>+S?

So not really a bug, but I am marking this an enhancement issue, and setting
UX-Advise whiteboard. LibreOffice already provides a robust set of keyboard
accelerators distinct from those provided by the Microsoft Office products, and
expanded with its cumbersome Ribbon GUI implementation from Office 2007 onward.

Keyboard accelerators are not agreed to or set by any standard, but reasonable
accommodations in interest of interoperability/common use are certainly
possible to adopt for LibreOffice UX.

But how far to take it and for what use case? Obviously we are not under any
obligation to replicate Microsoft's choices, but we do have to be consistent in
the keyboard user interface, and ensure that we provide needed
capabilities--both for efficient keyboard input, and for support to Assistive
Technologies.

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These help articles cover state of LibreOffice keyboard accelerators.

https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Shortcut_Keys_for_Writer

https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Using_Shortcut_Keys_Writer_Accessibility

https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Shortcuts_Accessibility

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And these MS help articles cover the keyboard shortcuts for the Office products

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290938

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/keyboard-shortcuts-for-microsoft-word-HA102748895.aspx

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