From Dan Chudnov (library hacker):
http://onebiglibrary.net/story/open-office-rant-of-the-day
Does anybody know why OpenOffice ships with a bibliography database
that's *already* filled out with a bunch of records? Do they assume we
all want to write papers about OpenOffice?
And why, please
On Oct 23, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Andre Schnabel wrote:
There is really no need to rand a prefilled database. You could use
this databes to by some really usefull books about OOo that would have
explained how to delete those records.
Thanks for the explanation, but I hope you're joking here.
I feel their pain, however. A schema utility for the native DB would
make them feel much better about leaving out the test data I think.
--Gannon
--- Bruce D'Arcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Oct 23, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Andre Schnabel wrote:
There is really no need to rand a prefilled
DC is extensive but they do not directly recommend a minimum. Not sure
about vCard, the problem with Creative Commons is that some corporate
users will want to handle rights the old fashioned way; high priced
help. You would want to be careful you did not default to CC language.
As far as I
The more I think about it, my half-hearted suggestion for a feature
prohibiting saving a document with (recommended core) meta data blanks
might not be so harsh. It sounds like the French could use it, Meta
Data Alert could be optional and many include disclaimers
automatically on email.
It
On Tuesday 24 October 2006 3:44 am, you wrote:
But if it is really disturbing, we have some protocols for changing a
feature in OOo .. this usually start by reporting an issue. (So that the
change is trackable)
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70760 Remove the sample
content
On Tuesday 24 October 2006 4:43 am, you wrote:
The more I think about it, my half-hearted suggestion for a feature
prohibiting saving a document with (recommended core) meta data blanks
might not be so harsh.
It is partly there already - the option Edit document properties before
saving in
On 10/23/06, David Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Organisations could add macros to the document save process to force you to
add text. But I have see the results of such policies - long lists of swear
words in the catalogues and lots of aaa, bbb, acd etc. You can force people
to type it is
When collecting metadata from users a couple of things are important:
1. It has to be worthwhile for them, eg they can't get document onto the web
unless they supply a title.
2. A quick, tight feedback loop so they get to see their document on the web
with the title they chose within a few
