On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 07:29 -0600, Rod Engelsman wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > > > In what way? Both Jonathon and I tried to point the OP in the right > > direction and I think we did. What we cannot do is do the work. > > Furthermore, the list archives have the solution time and time again and > > it takes little time and effort to do a search of these. > > > > So you tell us what would have been better. > > Gerry, I don't thing Frank or Jonathon are criticizing your assistance, > but rather the way the program is set up vis-a-vis languages and styles. >
No jonathon's reply was criticized too. The knowledgebase is an important tool for users. So much so it is listed at http://documentation.openoffice.org/thirdparty.html > A lot of people seem to have problems with this as evidenced by the > number of questions this list sees on the topic. Well I like the ability to switch languages midstream with a style and having spellcheck work in my two languages, Canadian French and English. Very useful. Even Help is not bad on the subject. > > There was a discussion some time back about perhaps separating the > language property from the general Styles framework or in some other way > making this stuff more intuitive and user-friendly. Is there an RFE? > > I don't know whether the paradigm needs to be changed or how exactly it > should be changed, but I do think it is an unfortunate design choice to > make the user select the language in multiple locations in order to > affect the desired results. > > Just my $0.02 worth. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
