https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149018
--- Comment #3 from Mike Kaganski <[email protected]> --- (In reply to sdc.blanco from comment #2) > (In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #1) > > Which specific ambiguity is meant? > The meaning of "Object" If we want to disambiguate, look at Navigator, where textbox is under "Drawing objects". But there is a generic term for any "thing" that may be anchored to the text flow; and that generic term is "object". It allows to use sentences like "select objects and drag using mouse to position ...", or the like, without monsters like "select OLE objects, or images, or drawing objects, or frames, and drag ...". The disambiguation is only needed when there is some confusion that disallows user to see some important distinction. In the case of the dialog, I do not see such a problem. The dialog is shown for the selected objects. The user knows and even *sees* what is selected. > i. How should one refer generically to objects (as in case 2)? When one really needs to *disambiguate* drawing objects from other kinds of objects, one needs to use "drawing objects" term, aligned with Navigator. > ii. How should Navigator align with the title of the Properties dialog for > "Object"? (interaction between case 1 and 3)? There is no such requirement. > iii. How should help pages refer to "object" so that the meaning is clear > (e.g., see "Content vertical alignment" in [1] where object also seems to > mean shape, textbox) See i). Note that the change is in fact trivial; and changing "Object" to "OLE Object" is not a problem (and I don't actually oppose that change). What I ask for is that the issues describe the problems, which hasn't happened here. The real problem may be inconsistent use of some term throughout the program and help, with specific case that *creates confusion*. When there's such a description, it's OK to *also* change some less problematic cases (or completely innocent, like this) *along with problematic cases* for consistency. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
