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------- Additional comments from j...@openoffice.org Wed May 26 17:36:44 +0000 2010 ------- I would like to highlight this request. Maybe it could be expanded to an enhancement/feature request, something like: Add a master option to enable/disable automatic input changes It is important for Calc to have a single, convenient place to disable all automatic changes to the user's input. Strangely enough, it seems that people often want to use a spreadsheet as a simple typing grid. In this situation, Calc's automatic changes to their typing are very frustrating and it is difficult and confusing to explain how to prevent Calc from changing what they type. As far as I know, there are at least three steps necessary to disable all automatic changes: 1) Format all cells (or change the Default cell style) to number format "Text" 2) Tools > Cell Contents > AutoInput: NO 3) Tools > AutoCorrect Options > Options > (all off) #1 is complicated by the fact that the cell format only affects input on entry. By the time a user knows something is wrong, there are already entries in the sheet and changing the number format after the fact will have complex and surprising behavior depending on exactly what is in the cell. E.g. The user types: May 26 Calc converts this to a date and displays: 05/26/10 The user applies the "Text" number format, and now Calc displays: 40324 The input is now lost and the user has to re-enter the date. #2 seems unlikely to be found by the user looking for an option (Issue 8268 deals with simplifying access to the necessary options). #3 is complicated by the fact that (at least some of) these options are shared by Writer, and the user may want the corrections for text documents. (This is Issue 6493) #2 & #3 are application-level options and may need to be changed again if the document is used on different computers. I know this problem stems from a misunderstanding that the purpose of a spreadsheet is to do calculations, but it's apparently a widespread misunderstanding. If Calc can make it easy for these people to do what they want, it would be a significant improvement. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: issues-unsubscr...@sc.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sc.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
