On Wednesday 10 Nov 2010 23:42:29 Joshua Zambrano wrote: > Hello, I just wanted to drop off some recommendations for OpenOffice, as a > user of office suites. > > -CALC > > - Merge Cells. No capability to merge cells that I can see, a very > valuable feature.
Format > Merge Cells, been there since day one > - Turn Off Auto Complete. Keeps turning everything it can into date > format, very annoying. Should be able to turn this off, but option not > visible that I can see. Tools> Cell Contents ..uncheck autoinput > - Remove Hyperlinks. Hyperlinks shown can't be easily deleted. Going > to the hyperlink window does not show an address there. Should be able to > hit backspace to remove hyperlink like with MS Excel, but does not work. > This forces you to delete hyperlinks and type in the whole link text over > again, also time-consuming. Um, not sure what you're doing here but it all works as expected in my version. Highlight cell, content appears in the formula bar, edit as required. > - Mass Format Change. Highlighting many cells and trying to change the > format (number/date/text/currency) does not work, you must change each > individually, a time-consuming issue. Um select all the cells you want, right click on the selected area, choose format cells. Works every time on mine > - Optimize Rows/Columns: Going to optimize row heights or column widths > does not work. It does not set them to ideal settings, merely makes > them even wider. Let alone the shortcut of clicking upper left cell and > then a row/column boundary to instantly optimize size like in MS Excel. Um again, what are you doing? Format>Row(or Column) >optimal height(width) the dialog opens and allows you to pad the cell to your requirements or use the default. > > -WRITER > > - Can't Open MS Word 2010 .doc Files. Crashes just trying to open them. That's an MS problem with their file format, however the latest version of OOo handles docx without problems I will add that OOo is not a free version of MS office and if that's the way you think of it, then you are missing out on a lot of features in OOo that MSO doesn't have. Don't expect OOo to work exactly the same as MSO, it's not designed that way. These sort of posts often draw a RTFM (Read The F**king Manual) response, because you don't come in asking for some assistance, you come in demanding that the software do things your way when it already does those things but using a slightly different method. Take some time to do some discovery. Cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant. INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Open Technologies) www.theingots.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org
