On Jan 8, 2008 5:02 PM, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using the latest version of Openoffice.org (downloaded today), mainly > because I wanted to use Impress instead of Powerpoint. > > I am very impressed with the product, but have found one major drawback, and > this concerns the ability to go back during a slide show. In Powerpoint, > using the mouse wheel, you can go back one step e.g. if you have just faded > in a picture on a slide, the mousewheel will take you back to the slide as it > was before the picture was inserted. With Impress, however, it takes you back > to the previous slide. the same occurs even if you use mouse right click and > select previous - you get the previous slide, and not the previous state of > the current slide. This is a major drawback when giving a presentation - > important enough to make me stick to Powerpoint 2000 even though that version > of Powerpoint lacks many of the features of Impress e.g. exit effects etc. > > One other thing I have noticed which seems to apply to all OpenOffice > documents, is that there is no keyboard shortcut to alter font size. IN MS > documents, you can increase the font size simply by doing CTRL-] and decrease > it by doing CTRL-[ while highlighting the text. This facility makes it very > much us easier to alter font size, and I can't imagine it would be too > difficult to implement. > > In Write, I was disappointed to find that it is not possible to insert a > picture into a text box - though that is not an insurmountable obstacle. > > I hope that these features can be implemented in a future upgrade. > > Sincerely > > David Siddons > 88 Grange Road > WIGSTON FIELDS > Leicestershire > LE18 1JJ > > Tel (0116) 2887457 > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 9637 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len >
Hello David, Since this mailing list is archived on the internet, please avoid putting in the signature address and telephone numbers. Regarding the lack of features you mention, the best thing to do is to file a request for enhancement. Go to qa.openoffice.org, search to see if the feature has been already requested and if not fire away. Developers do not monitor this list, but they certainly monitor the issues filed by the users. On the issues themselves: - Impress issue: you are right - Writer's lack of shortcuts to increase/decrease fonts: you are right - Cannot insert picture in text box in Writer: why do you need to do that? if you use a frame you can insert any picture you like. Cheers, Michele --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
