"whinging" "insults" look, there's nothing personal in the comments I made; i simply expressed frustration, admittedly when i was tired and approaching a deadline, but I did try to be specific about the problems I was having. my experience is that pleasant suggestions are less likely to be taken notice of.
I certainly don't see the point in "asking" whether changes coul be made, I just state specifically what is crap about it, and its up to someone else whether they can be arsed to act upon it. I have no vested interest in the success of the software and/or the company that makes it, I as a consumer will choose whatever works, the manufacturer is in fact privileged to receive any feedback from anyone at all, so i think the phraseology of the point is inappropriate. I think it is legitimate to belittle the software because in view of the quantity of (occasionally irrelevent) features, the lack of user-friendliness in it's basic function as a word processor is really unimpressive, and deserves to be slammed. end of rant. On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:06:01 +0000, CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 22 March 2005 02:20, Jack & Naree wrote: > > [ MODERATED ] *********************** > > I hate the automatic formatting in Openoffice, it's so annoying, MS > > Word is such a refreshing respite from the restrictiveness of OO. > > It's a prime example of a software made un-userfriendly by loading it > > with too many functions and features. Should just have a basic > > wordprocessor with all the bells and whistles in categories with their > > own menus and toolboxes. Most people don't use them anyway, only anal > > office staff with time on their hands! > > > > problems I'm currently having in simple word processing: > > - inability to do wordcount on selected text (a basic, basic requirement!) > > - when you copy and paste the autoformatting means you can't even > > delete to rearrange the text to where you want it! > > - ...plus it pastes it with all the rubbish from the website or source > > you pasted it from instead of just the raw text. > > - ...plus you get it in a range of gay colours, and just changing it > > back to black is a fiddly process. > > - paragraphs and indentations are a waste of time, there's no rhyme or > > reason, they just appear when and where you don't want them, and you > > have to fiddle, fiddle, fiddle to get them anywhere near, total > > dissatisfaction > > - I hate "Times New Roman"! I want to set my own default text! > > - speaking of text, I can't paste in funny alphbets like Japanese and > > Thai, this is the 21st century for feck's sake! > > - takes an age to load compared to MSword > > > > in short, it's just crap. it needs redesigning from a user POV rather > > than a coder's POV. > > Hi Jack, > Thanks for the comments. However you may find it more productive to > actually ask whether it is possible to change any of these features instead > of whinning and flinging insults. > > For example you can change the autocompletion by using Tools -> > Autocomplete/Autoformat -> Options. > > Almost al of your other points are also possible to change. > > Please reply to users@openoffice.org only > > -- > CPH : openoffice.org contributor > > Maybe your question has been answered already? > http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
