https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170807
Bug ID: 170807
Summary: Inconsistent language choice options are inconvenient
and time wasting
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Windows (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
As I understand from read already posted reports, it is by design that in Calc
there is a convenient entry for just one language on a per-document basis e.g.
Calc > Tools > Language > For All Text > English
This approach forces multi-lingual users to select particular cells and then
choose e.g.
Format > Cells > Fonts > Western > Language > Polish
in order to apply different spellchecking - while at the same time in Writer
there is a convenient coexistence of e.g.
Writer > Tools > Language > For Selection > English
Writer > Tools > Language > For Selection > Polish
Writer > Tools > Language > For Paragraph > English
Writer > Tools > Language > For Paragraph > Polish
Writer > Tools > Language > For All Text > English
Writer > Tools > Language > For All Text > Polish
nested options that are easily findable even for newcomers
This dichotomy is example of inconsistency that makes users waste their time
figuring out the differences between two programs of the same suite. I
personally if I see
Writer > Tools > Language > For Selection > English
Writer > Tools > Language > For Selection > Polish
I expect to see also
Calc > Tools > Language > For Selection > English
Calc > Tools > Language > For Selection > Polish
because it is a logical assumption, especially due to fact that LibreOffice
does not allow to install some of it programs, but is only installed as a
suite. Thus seeing merely
Calc > Tools > Language > For All Text > English
made me automatically think that either something has installed wrongly and /
or I miss-configured my Calc in comparison to my Writer. And I reckon the same
must have happened for tens of thousands of users before me and will continue
to frustrate people if behavior of Calc is not unified towards that of Writer
Steps to Reproduce:
Just compare these menus in Calc and Writer
Actual Results:
Confusing inconsistency
Expected Results:
Unified nested menus
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
It is a common thing for a user to interchangeably use own native language and
a English - the Writer easily accommodated for that, while Calc does not
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