To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=112122 Issue #|112122 Summary|compare and tracking Component|Word processor Version|1.0.0 Platform|All URL| OS/Version|Windows 7 Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|viewing Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm Reported by|tomcroke
------- Additional comments from tomcr...@openoffice.org Fri Jun 4 15:48:16 +0000 2010 ------- I have just discovered Open office, and have been using MS Word 2007, which serves me well, but I will be using OO on one of my computers rather than MSW and maybe eventually on all. One of my tasks is editing for a writer who uses OO exclusively. I use the compare feature extensively to find out what he has changed since my last edit. I am finding your compare feature less user friendly than Bill Gates' version, although some of that is simply my need to get used to yours. But I see some specific issues that I think are built into your system and are not just about my inexperience. When I open a base document (original) and compare to a revised document (update) the markup comes out reversed. in other words what was in the update and not in the original shows as deletion. It should show as and addition. That happened to me once. I need to experiment some more to be sure that was not just a problem with how I set it up, but I don't think so. Second, I have found that if there are significant punctuation, formatting, and spacing differences but text differences are only occasional, one version appears in its entirety first,then the other in its entirety, showing the corrections to spacing and format, but really defeating the purpose of text comparison. The only way to fix this is to correct the formatting prior to doing the compare, which is tedious and time consuming. The compare feature in Bill's version aligns text differences throughout even when formatting is different throughout. This is a real time saver in Word 2007. It is a little awkward for me because I need to move everything from OO to MSW, edit, then put it back in OO. Other than that, I like OO better and I've only been using it for a few days. I am not a programmer so I can't help with the fix directly – even if you decide my concern has merit. If you send me some situations you want me to experiment with to check this out in greater depth, I'd be happy to help that way. Tom Croke tcr...@familylight.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
