On Tue May 23 2006 02:52, NoOp wrote:
> Is there anyway to alpha sort the "load" filter selections either by
> program or file extention?
>
> Example: if you attempt to load a file that
> OOo isn't familiar with it brings up a Filter Selection window with
> choices for all OOo filters. The problem is that the filter selection
> starts with:
>
> OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document,
> next is: PSD - Adobe Photoshop
> next is: Web Page Query (OpenOffice.org Calc)
> next is: StarWriter 4.0
> etc.
>
> The result is that you end up having to sometimes scroll the entire list
> to find the filter you are looking for.
Normally if the file extension is known you will not see this filter screen.
But unless you want to change the programming code, and rebuild
OpenOffice.org you cannot change this ordering.
> And speaking of filters; are there any plans to eventually support MS
> Publisher and/or Adobe PageMaker files? [Yes I know you can export those
> to something else and import into Writer, but it would be a significant
> boost to OOo if the program could do this directly]
There is no plan to support these file formats as there is no documentation on
the formats.
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