Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-13 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 12/04/2020 Peter Kovacs wrote: I feel attacked by your negativeness and I feel I have to defend myself for my action. The main topic in this discussion is about "renaming something that is not quite right but that has been the same for many years". This is always a complex discussion, an

Re: [OT]Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-12 Thread Peter Kovacs
Am 12.04.20 um 20:33 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: -Original Message- From: Peter Kovacs [mailto:pe...@apache.org] Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 7:40 PM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: [OT]Re: Nameing in Calc Am 12.04.20 um 12:56 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: -Original Message

RE: [OT]Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-12 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Peter Kovacs [mailto:pe...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 7:40 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: [OT]Re: Nameing in Calc > > > Am 12.04.20 um 12:56 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: > > > > > >>

[OT]Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-12 Thread Peter Kovacs
Am 12.04.20 um 12:56 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: -Original Message- From: Peter Kovacs [mailto:pe...@apache.org] Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 11:24 AM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: RE: Nameing in Calc Can you please take a moment and think on the content and said, please

RE: RE: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-12 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Peter Kovacs [mailto:pe...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 11:24 AM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: RE: Nameing in Calc > > Can you please take a moment and think on the content and > said, please? >

Re: RE: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-12 Thread Peter Kovacs
2020/04/11 20:25:13, Jörg Schmidt wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 10:49 PM > > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Nameing in Calc > > > > Am 10.04.20 u

RE: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-11 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 10:49 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Nameing in Calc > > Am 10.04.20 um 15:35 schrieb Patricia Shanahan: > > I hope you are not seriously conside

RE: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-11 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Matthias Seidel [mailto:matthias.sei...@hamburg.de] > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 1:25 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Nameing in Calc > > I would disagree with Pedro's assertion that "developers > don&#

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Marcus
Am 10.04.20 um 15:35 schrieb Patricia Shanahan: I hope you are not seriously considering changing names that have been the same as long as I can remember (well, maybe not quite back to Visicalc, the first spread sheet I used). right, there is absolute no need to change this. Just a kind of no

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Marcus
Am 10.04.20 um 13:02 schrieb Dave: My response is in-line with your original post. On 10/04/2020 10:02, Peter Kovacs wrote: I do some user help stuff on Facebook, and learn by that more about using OpenOffice. (I do not have much Office needs in my private live.) However there is in Calc the o

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Peter Kovacs
Despite I am irritated by numbers, I am not proposing a change. Naming is difficult and largely depends on background. Am 10.04.20 um 15:35 schrieb Patricia Shanahan: I hope you are not seriously considering changing names that have been the same as long as I can remember (well, maybe not quite

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Patricia Shanahan
Thanks. On 4/10/2020 6:52 AM, BMCS wrote: NO. I am not proposing or considering anything of the kind. I was simply replying to a question that was raised. My post said *_IF_* we were looking for an alternative name, NOT that we should be changing anything. BTW. Congratulations on your election.

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread BMCS
NO. I am not proposing or considering anything of the kind. I was simply replying to a question that was raised. My post said *_IF_* we were looking for an alternative name, NOT that we should be changing anything. BTW. Congratulations on your election. Regards Dave On 10/04/2020 14:35, Patricia

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Patricia Shanahan
I hope you are not seriously considering changing names that have been the same as long as I can remember (well, maybe not quite back to Visicalc, the first spread sheet I used). On 4/10/2020 6:03 AM, BMCS wrote: On 10/04/2020 13:03, Peter Kovacs wrote: Am 10.04.20 um 13:02 schrieb Dave: M

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread BMCS
On 10/04/2020 13:03, Peter Kovacs wrote: > > Am 10.04.20 um 13:02 schrieb Dave: >> My response is in-line with your original post. >> >> On 10/04/2020 10:02, Peter Kovacs wrote: >>> Does anyone remeber the thinking behind this or has it been always like >>> this and I just never knew. >> To the be

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Peter Kovacs
Am 10.04.20 um 13:02 schrieb Dave: My response is in-line with your original post. On 10/04/2020 10:02, Peter Kovacs wrote: Does anyone remeber the thinking behind this or has it been always like this and I just never knew. To the best of my recollection it has been this way since Sun open s

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Czesław Wolański
Hi, That is one of the problems with OpenOffice (and many other programs): the developers don't actually use it and the users are not developers... Long ago I used to be developer (DBMS, Paradox), since then I have been trying to develop my user-behaviour. ;‑) But take a look at AOO Base. In any

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi Dave, Am 10.04.20 um 13:02 schrieb Dave: > My response is in-line with your original post. > > On 10/04/2020 10:02, Peter Kovacs wrote: >> I do some user help stuff on Facebook, and learn by that more about >> using OpenOffice. (I do not have much Office needs in my private live.) >> >> However

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Dave
My response is in-line with your original post. On 10/04/2020 10:02, Peter Kovacs wrote: > I do some user help stuff on Facebook, and learn by that more about > using OpenOffice. (I do not have much Office needs in my private live.) > > However there is in Calc the option to Format a cell. For in

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Peter Kovacs
Am 10.04.20 um 11:24 schrieb Pedro Lino: Hi Peter I do some user help stuff on Facebook, and learn by that more about using OpenOffice. (I do not have much Office needs in my private live.) That is one of the problems with OpenOffice (and many other programs): the developers don't actually us

Re: Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Pedro Lino
Hi Peter > I do some user help stuff on Facebook, and learn by that more about > using OpenOffice. (I do not have much Office needs in my private live.) That is one of the problems with OpenOffice (and many other programs): the developers don't actually use it and the users are not developers..

Nameing in Calc

2020-04-10 Thread Peter Kovacs
I do some user help stuff on Facebook, and learn by that more about using OpenOffice. (I do not have much Office needs in my private live.) However there is in Calc the option to Format a cell. For instance if I want to set a Cell to be of text Format I do: 1) Right click the cell 2) select