Public bug reported:
The "Create Document" right-click option has only "Empty file" as an
option and a rather puzzling "No templates installed" second option.
I expected to find templates for the most common Openoffice file types.
This is confusing for non-expert users and can lead to problems.
Particularly to those used to the windows behaviour.
I suggest creating a group of templates (openoffice word processor,
spreadsheet, presentation) as the default set to ease the newcomers
difficulties.
As a matter of fact, a friend I introduced to Linux just realized all the
documents she created using that method didn't have any format. She used a
simple (although wrong) method to create Openoffice files.
#1 Right Click inside folder - Create document - Empty File (Just as any
windows user could do)
#2 Rename document to whatever she wanted - Ex: Doc1.odt (this is a somehow
advanced behaviour but still common for windows users).
#3 Open file and ignore ASCII Filter Option message (whatever - OK)
#4 Write in the document.
#5 Save - Ignore warning about formating and Click on "Keep Current Format"
instead of "Save in ODF format" (this could be seen as a huge mistake, and it
is, but also a common behaviour if you are used to open DOC files with
Openoffice. You end up ignoring those warnings).
What I am proposing is to put template files for the most common
document formats (at least openoffice ones) into the Templates folder by
default. This way, the windows newcomers would find a Create Openoffice
Word file option and avoid very damaging mistakes as the one explained
before. Also, this would fill an usability gap between linux and
windows.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Create Document Templates
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372132
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