> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:14:56 -0500
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [users] Two questions on open office
>
> Jason Wexler wrote:
> > The first question is how do I report a minor mistake/problem in the
> > program to OpenOffice.org?
> Go here:
>
> http://qa.openoffice.org/
>
> Note that there is a link titled "Reporting Bugs"
> > Specifically the sort function in Writer does not correctly sort
> > alphanumerics, the correct way to sort alpha numeric lists in English is to
> > ignore both indefinite and definite articles ("A" and "THE").
>
> In general, I disagree with this statement. There are specific instances
> when this is desired (Library of Congress listings, for example), but in
> General, sort should not automatically choose to drop certain words and
> letters during a sort.
>
I was trained as a Librarian, so I cannot think of a scenario when I would sort
a list of phrases or sentences, where I would want to take into consideration
of the articles, nor since I am a linguist can I think of a language which uses
its articles as a searchable perameter. If you have a scenario where keeping
the articles searchable would be of value, I would most definitely like to
learn (thats the problem with being a librarian/scientist, must always learn
something new LOL).
> I also believe that it does not consider "a 01" equal to "a
> 000000000000000001", but I have written numerous sort functions that do
> consider these equal.
They are equal in a pure numeric sort, however the nature of their alphanumeric
sort for numbers confuses me, I've determined algorithm but again I am not sure
what use it would be to someone to use it. Although I am not sure why based on
the algorithm, they start with 1 and not 8.
>
> > My second question also relates to Open Office 2.3 running on Windows XP
> > and relates back to Open Office 2.1 running on both Windows XP and Fedora
> > Core 5, Open Office 2.1 had a maximum document size of 47.6" x 47.6", Open
> > Office 2.3 Writer allows me to also create documents that big with no
> > problem, however Open Office 2.3 Writer seems to indicate the ability to
> > create documents up to a size of 300" x 300", but when one tries to make
> > documents greater then 47.6" in width (only), it reduces the active/usable
> > horizontal space to between 1 inch and 25 inches. Does anyone know how
> > make full use of the 300 inch width? It would certainly improve my online
> > family trees.Jason Wexler
> >
> Interesting observation/question.
>
Thank you, I hope there is a way to use that extra space especially since it
allows a page of 300" in length.
Jason
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