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Issue #|82036
Summary|Charts are woefully inadequate
Component|Spreadsheet
Version|OOo 2.3
Platform|All
URL|
OS/Version|Linux
Status|UNCONFIRMED
Status whiteboard|
Keywords|
Resolution|
Issue type|DEFECT
Priority|P3
Subcomponent|ui
Assigned to|spreadsheet
Reported by|sasthana
--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Sep 27 20:03:52 +
2007 ---
I realize that it is generally bad form to post general rants to bug trackers,
but it's been a long time that I've been waiting for this to improve, and it
simply hasn't happened.
Charts in openoffice Calc are simply dreadful, and they seriously cripple my
ability to use the application. Charts are probably one of THE most useful
things a spreadsheet application can produce, indispensable for people working
in science (at the least) and probably most other technical professions as well.
Your charts are abysmal. The level of customization allowed is miniscule; as a
simple illustration, I am unable to even specify the scale and formatting of
axes in all chart types. I cannot export charts to other formats. Even if I
could, I'm not sure I would want to - the rendering is frankly ugly. They are
also poorly-designed - charts which I can easily render on competing products
(e.g. gnumeric) will cause openoffice to bind and crash.
In version 2.3 you finally gave some attention to these deficits, giving me some
hope that you were finally making some needed improvements. But, alas, I find
they are still inadequate. Your input mechanisms are confusingly labeled and do
not include basic conventions that every other spreadsheet application's charts
allow (e.g. selecting ranges with the mouse).
I find this simply intolerable. Please, please, do your users a favor and devote
some real energy to fixing these glaring failures. In the meanwhile, I'll
continue to rely on other applications for my spreadsheet needs.
Yours truly,
Saurabh Asthana
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