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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 2 07:54:30 +0000 2007 ------- mba wrote: "I hope it gives you some understanding why such a feature is quite some work to do and what must be done in Writer before we could even start." While it does give some insight, I'm afraid it does little to alleviate meaningful concern. Every time I show OpenOffice to someone, their response upon learning that it lacks a Normal/Draft View is virtually identical: "Yuck." Whenever I setup a new computer (like the one I'm working on now), I'll think to myself: "Okay, let's install OpenOffice." And then I'll use it for a few days (like I've been doing with the current installation), and then I'll hit a point where my composition is being actively hindered by the lack of the Normal/Draft view. And I'll think to myself, "Geez, this is ridiculous. There must be a fix for this by now." And I'll go poking around and discover that, no, there still isn't a fix. And, as far as anyone can tell, there will never be a fix for this egregious shortcoming in the program. Eventually I'll hit enough of these snags that I'll uninstall the crippleware which appears to be OpenOffice's perpetual fate and dig out the Microsoft Office discs. I have tried to convert dozens of people to OpenOffice. None of them have ever done so. And the dealbreaker every single time? The lack of a Normal/Draft View in Writer. To be clear: We have been waiting more than half a decade for this absolutely essential feature. The failure to provide it has turned OpenOffice into a joke. Unfortunately, it's not a particularly funny joke. One can only hope that, at some point, the development team will resolve to fix their program so that it's no longer a laughable excuse for a word processing program that's being outperformed by 20 year old software. I'll check back in around May 15, 2012. Although I'm not holding out much hope... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
