John wrote:

> All it takes to give OO the same capabilities of a page layout program

At one point, _all_ enhancement requests that would make OOo more akin
to Desktop Publishing was being rejected purely because "OOo is not,
and never will be a Desktop Publisher"

> How hard is this to do from a code standpoint? It is incredibly easy to do. 
> It probably wouldn't even result in MORE code. It would probably require the 
> change of a variable somewhere that determines the number of decimal places.

My suggestion is to:
i) File an issue;
ii) Sign the JCA;
iii) Submit a patch that incorporates the change;
iv) Open a duplicate issue with the patch.  [The first one being
closed because of the "OOo is never going to be a desktop publisher'
mentality"]

> that OO CANNOT be as good as a page layout program.

More that historically, the gatekeepers have point blank refused to
even consider enhancement requests that could even remotely construed
as providing any desktop publisher capability to OOo.

xan

jonathon
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