Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-09 Thread FR web forum
2) Add the extension LanguageTool to the package so that people have access to grammar checking Not sure that's a good idea. For example, french end-users prefer to install another extension like Grammalecte. - To

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-09 Thread Marco A.G.Pinto
So? Just disable LanguageTool and install the Grammalecte. LanguageTool supports dozens of languages. On 09/09/2014 08:24, FR web forum wrote: 2) Add the extension LanguageTool to the package so that people have access to grammar checking Not sure that's a good idea. For example, french

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-09 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 11:54:47PM +0200, Vladislav Stevanovic wrote: - Oracle Report builder should be integrated inside AOO, like in LO The code of the extension (and the related core code, modules reportbuilder and reportdesign, respectively) was included in Oracle's Software Grant, but the

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-09 Thread Vladislav Stevanovic
Hi Ariel, but the extension depends on libraries with Category X license, so it cannot be included within an Apache product, whether in source or binary form Well, does somebody know who made this libraries? Are this libraries existing separately? I mean, does can help if someone ask this

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-08 Thread FR web forum
support for font embedding in documents See: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124040 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-08 Thread Marco A.G.Pinto
Here are some of my suggestions: 1) Add a 64-bit version for Windows 2) Add the extension LanguageTool to the package so that people have access to grammar checking 3) Images resize in the edges should proportionally resize images without the need of pressing CAPS (more user friendly)

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-08 Thread Vladislav Stevanovic
Hello, I checked LO and its list of spreadsheet functions. I find list of function which does not exist in AOO. Large amount of this new spreadsheet functions (77) in LO are old functions but redesign in that way that they are now compatible with Excel 2010. Again: if we want that AOO be

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-08 Thread Alexandro Colorado
There are two big fronts where there has been no change in AOO for a good while and would be rather simple and quite significant if some developers can put behind it. Presentations: 2 big problems with presentation: - We still do it like it's 1993 - We still do it like it's 1963 We still trying

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-07 Thread Vladislav Stevanovic
Hello, I checked LO and its list of spreadsheet functions. I find list of function which does not exist in AOO. Take a look attached odt file. Because this list is not small, logical conclusion is: is it smart to wait that someone finally work on this (and to have situation what we have now), or

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-06 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 05/09/2014 Vladislav Stevanovic wrote: - Word Count to view the word count at any given time in Status bar Ariel maintains an extension for that at http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/word-count-statusbar-controller - Good features (for non-English country) is ability to download

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-06 Thread Vladislav Stevanovic
On 05/09/2014 Vladislav Stevanovic wrote: - Word Count to view the word count at any given time in Status bar Ariel maintains an extension for that at http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/word-count-statusbar-controller

OpenFormula Alignment (was RE: Forward planning for OO 5.0)

2014-09-06 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
...@apache.org] Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 02:55 To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0 On 05/09/2014 Vladislav Stevanovic wrote: [ ... ] - Calc has not support Iferror function. Maybe also another function is there out what Calc do not support. If we want to offer

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-06 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Vladislav, 2014-09-06 15:12 GMT+02:00 Vladislav Stevanovic stevanovicvladis...@gmail.com: On 05/09/2014 Vladislav Stevanovic wrote: All languages should be in installation file. Then, when process of installation starts, application will ask user what languages want to using (if they

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-06 Thread Vladislav Stevanovic
Hi Guy, LO already integrated this solution. I do not see that they have some big problem with this solution. In the end, we can offer two version: one with all languages (preferable option), and one version what we have now, to be sure that someone with poor internet speed can download lighter

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-05 Thread Vladislav Stevanovic
Hello, Some suggests for new features? Well: - support for font embedding in documents - Word Count to view the word count at any given time in Status bar - Oracle Report builder should be integrated inside AOO, like in LO - Good features (for non-English country) is ability to download more than

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-03 Thread Mathias Röllig
Am 06.05.2014 um 10:49 schrieb Rory O'Farrell: Now that OO 4.1 is released (and the tidy up of loose ends is in progress), perhaps it is time to start discussion on proposals for improvements and additions to OO 5.0. Where should this best be done? After 4 month I ask if there is a place

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-09-03 Thread Kay Schenk
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:04 AM, Mathias Röllig mroellig.n...@gmx.net wrote: Am 06.05.2014 um 10:49 schrieb Rory O'Farrell: Now that OO 4.1 is released (and the tidy up of loose ends is in progress), perhaps it is time to start discussion on proposals for improvements and additions to OO

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-20 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 20/05/14 00:59, Kay Schenk wrote: On 05/17/2014 04:54 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 17/05/2014 Juergen Schmidt wrote: Anybody can propose things and we can discuss it. ... nobody should expect that others do the work. This is an excellent summary indeed. On one hand we can discuss and

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-20 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Tue, 20 May 2014 09:04:04 +0200 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/05/14 00:59, Kay Schenk wrote: On 05/17/2014 04:54 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 17/05/2014 Juergen Schmidt wrote: Anybody can propose things and we can discuss it. ... nobody should expect that

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-20 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 20/05/14 17:51, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 20 May 2014 09:04:04 +0200 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/05/14 00:59, Kay Schenk wrote: On 05/17/2014 04:54 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 17/05/2014 Juergen Schmidt wrote: Anybody can propose things and we can discuss

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-20 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/05/14 17:51, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 20 May 2014 09:04:04 +0200 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/05/14 00:59, Kay Schenk wrote: On 05/17/2014 04:54 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: On

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-20 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Tue, 20 May 2014 18:25:52 +0200 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/05/14 17:51, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 20 May 2014 09:04:04 +0200 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/05/14 00:59, Kay Schenk wrote: On 05/17/2014 04:54 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-20 Thread Kay Schenk
On 05/20/2014 10:38 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 20 May 2014 18:25:52 +0200 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/05/14 17:51, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 20 May 2014 09:04:04 +0200 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/05/14 00:59, Kay Schenk

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-19 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 18/05/14 23:04, Guy Waterval wrote: Hi all, 2014-05-18 22:17 GMT+02:00 Marcus (OOo) marcus.m...@wtnet.de: Am 05/18/2014 09:40 PM, schrieb Max Merbald: I think it's a very good idea that ideas for AOO Next can be collected here. I have a few myself. One is that the user interface

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-19 Thread Rory O'Farrell
My suggestion for OO 5.0 would be improvement and extension of OO's Navigator. If one refers to Bugzilla 3959 at https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=3959 one can see that there is a long standing call for OO to have an Outlining system similar to MS Word. Such an outliner might

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-19 Thread Rory O'Farrell
Another suggestion for OO 5.0 - Parallel columns. In OO at present (=OO 4.1) columns fill from the bottom on the first column to the top of the second column on the same page (Newspaper column fashion). Users doing textual analysis often need parallel columns, where several columns can be

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-19 Thread Kay Schenk
On 05/17/2014 04:54 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 17/05/2014 Juergen Schmidt wrote: Anybody can propose things and we can discuss it. ... nobody should expect that others do the work. This is an excellent summary indeed. On one hand we can discuss and collect ideas, but on the other hand

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-18 Thread Max Merbald
Hello, I think it's a very good idea that ideas for AOO Next can be collected here. I have a few myself. One is that the user interface has not been changed/modernised significantly since OO2, with the exception of the sidebar which is very useful and which I like to use. Thus I it seems to

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-18 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 05/18/2014 09:40 PM, schrieb Max Merbald: I think it's a very good idea that ideas for AOO Next can be collected here. I have a few myself. One is that the user interface has not been changed/modernised significantly since OO2, with the exception of the sidebar which is very useful and which

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-18 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Draw and Impress really need some major improvements. The way presentations are done are not as structured the way Impress view them. Many high impact presentation have a better use of graphics and more stylish use of fonts, colors etc. AOO unfortunately hasn't really make this easier, and a lot

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-18 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, 2014-05-18 22:17 GMT+02:00 Marcus (OOo) marcus.m...@wtnet.de: Am 05/18/2014 09:40 PM, schrieb Max Merbald: I think it's a very good idea that ideas for AOO Next can be collected here. I have a few myself. One is that the user interface has not been changed/modernised significantly

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-17 Thread Juergen Schmidt
Am Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2014 um 13:55 schrieb Mathias Röllig: Hello Rory! No answer till now!? Now that OO 4.1 is released (and the tidy up of loose ends is in progress), perhaps it is time to start discussion on proposals for improvements and additions to OO 5.0. Where should

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-17 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Jürgen, Hi all, 2014-05-17 16:57 GMT+02:00 Juergen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com: Anybody can propose things and we can discuss it. For IBM we have clear priority for the future and that is OOXML and we will propose and discuss details soon. But I hope others have ideas as well ... By

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-17 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 17/05/2014 Juergen Schmidt wrote: Anybody can propose things and we can discuss it. ... nobody should expect that others do the work. This is an excellent summary indeed. On one hand we can discuss and collect ideas, but on the other hand these ideas need to be concretely supported by

Re: Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-16 Thread Mathias Röllig
Hello Rory! No answer till now!? Now that OO 4.1 is released (and the tidy up of loose ends is in progress), perhaps it is time to start discussion on proposals for improvements and additions to OO 5.0. Where should this best be done? Is here the best place? And how should it be discussed -

Forward planning for OO 5.0

2014-05-06 Thread Rory O'Farrell
Now that OO 4.1 is released (and the tidy up of loose ends is in progress), perhaps it is time to start discussion on proposals for improvements and additions to OO 5.0. Where should this best be done? -- Rory O'Farrell ofarr...@iol.ie