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Frequently Asked Questions
• General Questions
• Installing OpenOffice.org
• Working with Text Documents (Writer)
• Working with Spreadsheets (Calc)
• Working with Drawings (Draw)
• Working with Presentations (Impress)
• Working with Formulae (Math)
• Working with Databases (Base)
• Macros
> On Nov 17, 2020, at 11:37 AM, Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> wrote:
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>> On Nov 17, 2020, at 11:26 AM, Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de>
>> wrote:
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>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Am 17.11.20 um 20:21 schrieb Dave Fisher:
>>>
>>>> On Nov 17, 2020, at 11:14 AM, Jörg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Dave Fisher [mailto:w...@apache.org]
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:48 PM
>>>>> To: dev
>>>>> Subject: Application Start Page Question
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve always wondered why the Start page of the Application
>>>>> does not match our names for the various components of the Suite?
>>>>>
>>>>> Writer is Text Document
>>>>> Calc is Spreadsheet
>>>>> Impress is Presentation
>>>>> Draw is Drawing
>>>>> Base is Database
>>>>> Math is Formula
>>>>>
>>>>> The “New” menu has the same on the drop down.
>>>>> I’m not suggestion change.
>>>> But as far as "New" is concerned, the menu is completely called File-New
>>>> (and not Window-New) and I find a new file is e.g. a text document.
>>>> "Writer" would be the term for a new Writer window, but that would not
>>>> correspond to the name of the menu.
>>>> This is a possible explanation of the menu, not an explicit defense of the
>>>> menu.
>>> Application Window vs. Document type is a good explanation. Thank you.
>>
>> That's also the reason why you see icons for the document type and not
>> for the application.
>>
>> I always found it logical to choose "Text Document", when I wanted to
>> create a text document. ;-)
>
> And on www.openoffice.org/product we have icons next to:
> - [Writer](writer.html "Wordprocessor") a word processor you can use for
> anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
> - [Calc](calc.html "Spreadsheet") a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools
> you need to calculate, analyze, and present your data in numerical reports
> or sizzling graphics.
> - [Impress](impress.html "Presentation program") the fastest, most powerful
> way to create effective multimedia presentations.
> - [Draw](draw.html "Vector drawing tool") lets you produce everything from
> simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
> - [Base](base.html "Database") lets you manipulate databases seamlessly.
> Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within
> Apache OpenOffice.
> - [Math](math.html "Mathematical function creator") lets you create
> mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing
> your formulas into the equation editor.
> It looks like these descriptions need some editing to more consistently tie
> the document type with the window type.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Matthias
>>
>>>
>>>> I've read that you don't suggest any changes, but I'd like to point out:
>>>> please let's not spend time on menu changes, in LibreOffice the menu
>>>> changes are an absolute nuisance, because you have to search all the time.
>>> Exactly! Such changes are Downgrades and certainly not an update or upgrade!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jörg
>>>>
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