Re: OPEN OFFICE DRAW - PLEASE CONTACT \ME ASAP
We save the cost for a toll free technical support number in order to ship the Product for free. May I ask where you got your copy of Open office from? Which version of Open Office do you use? I do not understand the Problem you have. I can open Apache Open Office Draw and set the ruler as I whish. Why the pressure. ASAP sounds very urgend. Why is that. A=I am trying to start a business of my own and using Open Office Draw. I need everything to work properly and effectively Even the AVG technician(s) were having problems with the ruler measurements. Why is it that sometimes you click Open-Open Office-Draw and every once in a while a draw window opens without the side panel, to view the content(s) on each page in the individual Draw windows? How do you correct this? What buttons on the keyboard do you press, to correct this? ASAP as it is important to me and I want to complete all contents within the Open Office Draw window(s), so each looks impressive and I can correct the error(s) being made by using specific keys on the keyboard, instead of becoming flustered, and/or frustrated; without any simplistic steps provided to resolve the problem(s) at hand. To me it is an urgent matter which needs immediate attention. When I couldn't get a hold of you, open office by phone I called AVG techs. The AVG techs were even bewildered as to how to resolve the problem(s) presented. Why is Cross Fading, Fields, Links, Object and Hyperlink grayed out in Edit? Why is crop picture grayed out in Format? Why is Distribution,Group, Ungroup, Enter Group, Exit Group, Combine, Split, Connect and Break grayed out in Modify? Why aren't all option selections made available to be used? Not all computer users are computer technicians or programmers and need to know the simplified steps of what keyboard keys are needing to be pressed, to resolve the issue(s) and, or problem(s) which have occurred at the present time(s); otherwise the unresolved issue(s) may become very frustrating and/or blood pressure elevating.. In the help selections, could all the methods/steps of using the keyboard buttons for each problem which may arise, be simply stated in the Help selection. Such as: Draw-Side Panel window display- press ? key+?key+?key (Shift+ F3, Ctrl+S, CTRL+Shift+S, etc.) instead of all the technical jibberish that is unable to be understood by many. Thank you for replying, I just got impatient of waiting for reply and called the AVG techs. As I said, all problems which I have faced are urgent to correct, as I am trying to do impressive work in starting a business of my own and Open Office Draw was the option which suited my needs beat at the time. Patti C. Patti C. Please note this is going over a puplic free for all readable channel. A copy of every message is released on the Web. all the best Peter On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:46 AM, Peter Kovacs wrote: > Hello Patti C., > > We save the cost for a toll free technical support number in order to ship > the Product for free. > May I ask where you got your copy of Open office from? > Which version of Open Office do you use? > > I do not understand the Problem you have. I can open Apache Open Office > Draw and set the ruler as I whish. > > Why the pressure. ASAP sounds very urgend. Why is that. > > Please note this is going over a puplic free for all readable channel. > > A copy of every message is released on the Web. > > all the best > > Peter > > On 15.05.2017 02:13, Patti C. wrote: > >> Why is there not a toll free number to call for technical Support? >> >> Why aren't all the proper tools provided which are needed for rulers? at >> the top of Draw and on the left hand side of Draw? >> >> Where are the normal measure scale(s) for all rulers provided >> which measures 01-25, 01-50, 01-75 0r 01-100 from the left to the right, >> for millimeters, centimeters, inches, etc..?! >> >> Why does it seem the ruler correction(s) are so impossible to make? Do you >> want to discourage user(s) so each no longer uses Open Office? >> >> Why are *6* *options* grayed out and made unusable in *Edit*? >> >> Why is it that in* View*-*Input* *Method* *Status* grayed out and made >> unusable? >> >> Why is *Special* *Character* grayed out and made unusable in *Insert*? >> >> *Tools*- Why aren't all *proper* *tools* *provided* to be used, that are >> *needed* to *correct* any *error*(*s*)? This *needs* to become a >> *priority* >> to be *corrected* *immediately*. >> >> *Format* - Why is *Default Formatting* grayed out and not made available >> to >> be used? >> Why is *Position* and *Size* grayed out and made >> unavailable to be used? >> Why is *Crop* *Picture* grayed
Re: OPEN OFFICE DRAW - PLEASE CONTACT \ME ASAP
Hello Patti C., We save the cost for a toll free technical support number in order to ship the Product for free. May I ask where you got your copy of Open office from? Which version of Open Office do you use? I do not understand the Problem you have. I can open Apache Open Office Draw and set the ruler as I whish. Why the pressure. ASAP sounds very urgend. Why is that. Please note this is going over a puplic free for all readable channel. A copy of every message is released on the Web. all the best Peter On 15.05.2017 02:13, Patti C. wrote: Why is there not a toll free number to call for technical Support? Why aren't all the proper tools provided which are needed for rulers? at the top of Draw and on the left hand side of Draw? Where are the normal measure scale(s) for all rulers provided which measures 01-25, 01-50, 01-75 0r 01-100 from the left to the right, for millimeters, centimeters, inches, etc..?! Why does it seem the ruler correction(s) are so impossible to make? Do you want to discourage user(s) so each no longer uses Open Office? Why are *6* *options* grayed out and made unusable in *Edit*? Why is it that in* View*-*Input* *Method* *Status* grayed out and made unusable? Why is *Special* *Character* grayed out and made unusable in *Insert*? *Tools*- Why aren't all *proper* *tools* *provided* to be used, that are *needed* to *correct* any *error*(*s*)? This *needs* to become a *priority* to be *corrected* *immediately*. *Format* - Why is *Default Formatting* grayed out and not made available to be used? Why is *Position* and *Size* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Crop* *Picture* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? *Insert* - Why is Formatting Mark grayed out and made unavailable to be used? *Modify* - Why is *Convert* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Arrange* options grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Distribution* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Name* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Group* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Enter* *Group* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Exit* *Group* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Combine* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Split* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Connect* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? These need to be made a priority to be made available to all user(s) to use. Why isn't there a *download* *bar* on every *Open* *Office* *download* to let you know when the download(s) have *started*, *downloading* and when *finished*? This would be greatly *appreciated* by all Open Office users, I'm sure. One feature I am appreciative of is the document recovery. Time to make a lot of improvements to Open Office so it is much more effective and simple to use, as well as meeting professional standards. Do you have a remote screen capability? Patti C. 902-989-5582 Call Me Please. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
OPEN OFFICE DRAW - PLEASE CONTACT \ME ASAP
Why is there not a toll free number to call for technical Support? Why aren't all the proper tools provided which are needed for rulers? at the top of Draw and on the left hand side of Draw? Where are the normal measure scale(s) for all rulers provided which measures 01-25, 01-50, 01-75 0r 01-100 from the left to the right, for millimeters, centimeters, inches, etc..?! Why does it seem the ruler correction(s) are so impossible to make? Do you want to discourage user(s) so each no longer uses Open Office? Why are *6* *options* grayed out and made unusable in *Edit*? Why is it that in* View*-*Input* *Method* *Status* grayed out and made unusable? Why is *Special* *Character* grayed out and made unusable in *Insert*? *Tools*- Why aren't all *proper* *tools* *provided* to be used, that are *needed* to *correct* any *error*(*s*)? This *needs* to become a *priority* to be *corrected* *immediately*. *Format* - Why is *Default Formatting* grayed out and not made available to be used? Why is *Position* and *Size* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Crop* *Picture* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? *Insert* - Why is Formatting Mark grayed out and made unavailable to be used? *Modify* - Why is *Convert* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Arrange* options grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Distribution* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Name* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Group* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Enter* *Group* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Exit* *Group* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Combine* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Split* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? Why is *Connect* grayed out and made unavailable to be used? These need to be made a priority to be made available to all user(s) to use. Why isn't there a *download* *bar* on every *Open* *Office* *download* to let you know when the download(s) have *started*, *downloading* and when *finished*? This would be greatly *appreciated* by all Open Office users, I'm sure. One feature I am appreciative of is the document recovery. Time to make a lot of improvements to Open Office so it is much more effective and simple to use, as well as meeting professional standards. Do you have a remote screen capability? Patti C. 902-989-5582 Call Me Please.
Re: Suggested modifications to Open Office Draw
regards, Ian Ian, thanks go back to you for these useful suggestions! If you have more, bring them on... Could you possibly take the time and write enhancement tasks in our bugzilla system, please (https://issues.apache.org/ooo/) ? Sincerely, Armin On Saturday, 18 January 2014 3:10 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Forwarding Armin's answer (below) to Ian who is not subscribed. Andrea On 16/01/2014 Armin Le Grand wrote: > Hi Ian, > > thanks for your suggestions, much appreciated. Some are pretty > interesting. Comments inline... > > On 15.01.2014 20:27, Ian Symons wrote: >> Ian >> Symons >> ian.sym...@yahoo.com.au <mailto:ian.sym...@yahoo.com.au> >> >> 15 >> Jan 2014 >> >> dev@openoffice.apache.org <mailto:dev@openoffice.apache.org> >> >> RE: >> Suggested modifications to Open Office Draw >> >> Hello, >> >> The >> following suggestions generally have work around solutions, however >> performing such is a real pain when these are common actions. >> >> 1. >> Re >> the ruler on the left side, please orientate the numbers >> horizontally. >> The >> vertical numbering blends together and is unreadable. > > I have not seen it blend togethter, but I agree that these would be less > irritating when done horizontally. > >> >> 2. >> Re >> Snap Lines, Snap Points and Grid >> a. >> It >> is a common error that when positioning lines and shapes that the >> Snap Line or Snap Point is accidentally moved slightly. >> This >> is often not noticed immediately. >> Please >> provide an option to lock these Snaps into their set position. > > Doy you talk about > - objects that get placed or > - objects which help positioning (HelpLines, Grid, edges of existing > objects, ...) > here? If you have cases where there is a misplacement in snapping, > please provide a reproducable example, this would be an error. Please > note that snapping can be influenced while in action by pressing > qualifiers (shift, ctrl, tab) and by changing snap features (see > view/toolbars/options in draw). > Note that you can create helplines with start to drag on the rulers, > they even have an UI for setting them to precise positions. > >> >> b. >> It >> would also be nice when dragging such Snaps that the X-Y co-ordinates >> are displayed during the dragging, > > This is in the last line of the app at the left; a text and measurements > dependent of the type of action is displayed. > The idea to keep this after MouseUp for a defined time is nice, > especially since the reason is very good. >> and displayed for say 1 second >> after the mouse button is released. >> It >> provides confirmation to the user that the setting was not altered >> upon releasing the mouse button. >> >> c. >> It >> would be very good if the Snaps could be grouped with an object and: > > I do not understand if "Snaps" are the graphic objects or snap helper > pobjects; of course graphic objects can be grouped. > >> >> d. >> that >> upon copying and pasting onto another page that those Snaps are also >> retained (the position would be relative to where you placed the >> group on the page). > > Also not clear. The grid on the destinatopnmay be defined dofferent, do > you want that to be changed when pasting? > >> >> e. >> I >> do not know if there is already a way to do this, but it would be a >> big help if when dragging Snaps that they would snap to the selected >> grid. > > They do depending on the settings > >> >> f. >> And >> I do not see any way to specify the grid divisions. >> Again, >> this would be a help. > > See tools/options/draw/grid >> >> 3. >> Please >> provide a line circular arc tool that lets you: >> a. Specify the origin >> (point of rotation) >> b. Specify the radius >> c. Specify the arc >> begin angle >> d. Specify the arc end >> angle >> e. Allows an option to >> close the curve at the origin to create a segment > > In the drawing toolbar, use the rightmost dropdown from the toolbar > itself, choose customize. Use "add", Seelct "drawing" left, add what you > need. Best is to add "Ellipse", there are two, use the general one which > adds another drop-down toolbox to the menu. > >> >> 4. >> Please >> provide a line arc
Re: Suggested modifications to Open Office Draw
Forwarding to the list. Ian, I don't have any merit for the answers, I was forwarding a message from Armin. Please always include dev@openoffice.apache.org in your responses. If you need more details on how our mailing lists work, see http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html ; if you don't receive an answer, make sure you check the archives: http://markmail.org/message/jvt6q5vslflz6u35 or subscribe to the list as explained above. Ian's comments below. Regards, Andrea. Ian Symons wrote: Hello Andrea Thank you for the response. RE 1. Left side ruler. Depending upon the zoom level, numbers from 100 up often form a continuous numeric stream. They can be interpreted, but it is so much easier if you can read it at a glance. RE: 2a. Snap Lines, Snap Points and Grid I am talking about objects that help positioning. For example you might set a guide line at Y=100. Then when positioning / modifying shapes, the guide may be clicked on instead of the shape. This is particularly troublesome when a line or point lies on or close to the guideline. When this happens the tiniest movement of the mouse will shift the guide line. This problem would be solved if the guides (or snap point) can be locked preferably via their existing UI dialog box. This would then operate in the same manner as shapes that can be locked in position via their Position & Size UI dialog box. RE: 2b. My apologies, I phrased my question badly. Yes, you do have X-Y co-ordinates displayed. Perhaps it is just on my computer (a fairly new 64 bit 2.4GHz Toshiba Qosmio X870 laptop, Windows 8), but the X-Y co-ordinates do not update when slowly and continuously dragging a shape. Also when the movement of the shapes stops for a moment, the X-Y co-ordinates take about one quarter to one third of a second to update. A good update speed would be about a tenth of a second. RE: 2c and 2d. I am referring to the ability to select shapes AND to also select guides THEN group the guides with the shapes. This facility has always existed in Visio. It has several important advantages: (i) When the shapes and selected guidelines are grouped, then the guides are visually removed as unnecessary clutter from other object shapes on the screen. (ii) The grouping can be copied and then placed elsewhere upon the screen. This is a common function. Note that the guidelines will have different co-ordinates when the grouping of shapes and guidelines is ungrouped. (iii) I have often done this just to copy a group of guidelines, so that after positioning my copied group, I would then ungroup it and then delete the shape object. (iv) A very common action is to copy a shape with its guides and then paste it onto a different page. RE: 2e and 2f. Ah, thank you. I had in fact set this up when I first started using Draw. Now I do not know if it is the default setting, but Snap to Grid is best selected rather than Visible grid. My error was that I had it set to Visible grid. I use Snap to Grid with a 1 mm resolution with 10 subdivisions. The reason for this is that whatever resolution that you select as default, most of your drawing will use that setting. In the case where you do want an off-grid point, you either use a UI dialog box, set guidelines via a UI dialog box, or zoom into the view you want. When zooming, the visible grid is very handy as a reference, but not if objects snap to it as changing the zoom level is a constant process during drawing. Having said all this it would be great if direct access to this UI was made possible via an additional icon it the View-Toolbars-Options bar. Again, thanks for the great response. Best regards, Ian On Saturday, 18 January 2014 3:10 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Forwarding Armin's answer (below) to Ian who is not subscribed. Andrea On 16/01/2014 Armin Le Grand wrote: > Hi Ian, > > thanks for your suggestions, much appreciated. Some are pretty > interesting. Comments inline... > > On 15.01.2014 20:27, Ian Symons wrote: >> Ian >> Symons >> ian.sym...@yahoo.com.au <mailto:ian.sym...@yahoo.com.au> >> >> 15 >> Jan 2014 >> >> dev@openoffice.apache.org <mailto:dev@openoffice.apache.org> >> >> RE: >> Suggested modifications to Open Office Draw >> >> Hello, >> >> The >> following suggestions generally have work around solutions, however >> performing such is a real pain when these are common actions. >> >> 1. >> Re >> the ruler on the left side, please orientate the numbers >> horizontally. >> The >> vertical numbering blends together and is unreadable. > > I have not seen it blend togethter, but I agree that these would be less > irritating when done horizontally. > >> >> 2. >> Re >> Snap Lines, Snap Points and Grid >> a. >> I
Re: Suggested modifications to Open Office Draw
Forwarding Armin's answer (below) to Ian who is not subscribed. Andrea On 16/01/2014 Armin Le Grand wrote: Hi Ian, thanks for your suggestions, much appreciated. Some are pretty interesting. Comments inline... On 15.01.2014 20:27, Ian Symons wrote: Ian Symons ian.sym...@yahoo.com.au 15 Jan 2014 dev@openoffice.apache.org RE: Suggested modifications to Open Office Draw Hello, The following suggestions generally have work around solutions, however performing such is a real pain when these are common actions. 1. Re the ruler on the left side, please orientate the numbers horizontally. The vertical numbering blends together and is unreadable. I have not seen it blend togethter, but I agree that these would be less irritating when done horizontally. 2. Re Snap Lines, Snap Points and Grid a. It is a common error that when positioning lines and shapes that the Snap Line or Snap Point is accidentally moved slightly. This is often not noticed immediately. Please provide an option to lock these Snaps into their set position. Doy you talk about - objects that get placed or - objects which help positioning (HelpLines, Grid, edges of existing objects, ...) here? If you have cases where there is a misplacement in snapping, please provide a reproducable example, this would be an error. Please note that snapping can be influenced while in action by pressing qualifiers (shift, ctrl, tab) and by changing snap features (see view/toolbars/options in draw). Note that you can create helplines with start to drag on the rulers, they even have an UI for setting them to precise positions. b. It would also be nice when dragging such Snaps that the X-Y co-ordinates are displayed during the dragging, This is in the last line of the app at the left; a text and measurements dependent of the type of action is displayed. The idea to keep this after MouseUp for a defined time is nice, especially since the reason is very good. and displayed for say 1 second after the mouse button is released. It provides confirmation to the user that the setting was not altered upon releasing the mouse button. c. It would be very good if the Snaps could be grouped with an object and: I do not understand if "Snaps" are the graphic objects or snap helper pobjects; of course graphic objects can be grouped. d. that upon copying and pasting onto another page that those Snaps are also retained (the position would be relative to where you placed the group on the page). Also not clear. The grid on the destinatopnmay be defined dofferent, do you want that to be changed when pasting? e. I do not know if there is already a way to do this, but it would be a big help if when dragging Snaps that they would snap to the selected grid. They do depending on the settings f. And I do not see any way to specify the grid divisions. Again, this would be a help. See tools/options/draw/grid 3. Please provide a line circular arc tool that lets you: a. Specify the origin (point of rotation) b. Specify the radius c. Specify the arc begin angle d. Specify the arc end angle e. Allows an option to close the curve at the origin to create a segment In the drawing toolbar, use the rightmost dropdown from the toolbar itself, choose customize. Use "add", Seelct "drawing" left, add what you need. Best is to add "Ellipse", there are two, use the general one which adds another drop-down toolbox to the menu. 4. Please provide a line arc tool that lets you click on a line and convert it to a circular arc – the point would appear at the centre of the line and be dragged at a normal to the line So instead of Modify – To Curve you would also have Modify – To Circular Curve You should be able to do that using the Points mode (see icon or press F8 in draw/impress) and using the bezier stuff. 5. Please provide an option to allow a line to be specified in two ways, shown on the one dialog box a. Origin, length and angle b. Begin point and end point This is missing, only pos/size is available for the object, so if it's a line you can define the start/end point exactly. 6. It is a real major pain that intersecting lines cannot be selected and fragmented at their intersecting point(s). Please fix this. Not possible with lines; would need to constuct filled objects including the lines, using substract and extract the results. Good suggestion to offer that with lines directly. 7. Please make it easy to add onto a line by clicking onto a line, selecting an end point, then selecting a line tool (line, arc, polygon) and then just use that line tool to extend the original line. You can add/remove/edit points using the edit points toolbar 8. Lastly, I know this is not intended to be a 3D Cad program. But a few features would help. a. Have the ability to group several shapes before rotation. This is possible, group or just multi-select what you need b. When the 3D view comes up, have butto
Re: Suggested modifications to Open Office Draw
Hi Ian, thanks for your suggestions, much appreciated. Some are pretty interesting. Comments inline... On 15.01.2014 20:27, Ian Symons wrote: Ian Symons ian.sym...@yahoo.com.au 15 Jan 2014 dev@openoffice.apache.org RE: Suggested modifications to Open Office Draw Hello, The following suggestions generally have work around solutions, however performing such is a real pain when these are common actions. 1. Re the ruler on the left side, please orientate the numbers horizontally. The vertical numbering blends together and is unreadable. I have not seen it blend togethter, but I agree that these would be less irritating when done horizontally. 2. Re Snap Lines, Snap Points and Grid a. It is a common error that when positioning lines and shapes that the Snap Line or Snap Point is accidentally moved slightly. This is often not noticed immediately. Please provide an option to lock these Snaps into their set position. Doy you talk about - objects that get placed or - objects which help positioning (HelpLines, Grid, edges of existing objects, ...) here? If you have cases where there is a misplacement in snapping, please provide a reproducable example, this would be an error. Please note that snapping can be influenced while in action by pressing qualifiers (shift, ctrl, tab) and by changing snap features (see view/toolbars/options in draw). Note that you can create helplines with start to drag on the rulers, they even have an UI for setting them to precise positions. b. It would also be nice when dragging such Snaps that the X-Y co-ordinates are displayed during the dragging, This is in the last line of the app at the left; a text and measurements dependent of the type of action is displayed. The idea to keep this after MouseUp for a defined time is nice, especially since the reason is very good. and displayed for say 1 second after the mouse button is released. It provides confirmation to the user that the setting was not altered upon releasing the mouse button. c. It would be very good if the Snaps could be grouped with an object and: I do not understand if "Snaps" are the graphic objects or snap helper pobjects; of course graphic objects can be grouped. d. that upon copying and pasting onto another page that those Snaps are also retained (the position would be relative to where you placed the group on the page). Also not clear. The grid on the destinatopnmay be defined dofferent, do you want that to be changed when pasting? e. I do not know if there is already a way to do this, but it would be a big help if when dragging Snaps that they would snap to the selected grid. They do depending on the settings f. And I do not see any way to specify the grid divisions. Again, this would be a help. See tools/options/draw/grid 3. Please provide a line circular arc tool that lets you: a. Specify the origin (point of rotation) b. Specify the radius c. Specify the arc begin angle d. Specify the arc end angle e. Allows an option to close the curve at the origin to create a segment In the drawing toolbar, use the rightmost dropdown from the toolbar itself, choose customize. Use "add", Seelct "drawing" left, add what you need. Best is to add "Ellipse", there are two, use the general one which adds another drop-down toolbox to the menu. 4. Please provide a line arc tool that lets you click on a line and convert it to a circular arc – the point would appear at the centre of the line and be dragged at a normal to the line So instead of Modify – To Curve you would also have Modify – To Circular Curve You should be able to do that using the Points mode (see icon or press F8 in draw/impress) and using the bezier stuff. 5. Please provide an option to allow a line to be specified in two ways, shown on the one dialog box a. Origin, length and angle b. Begin point and end point This is missing, only pos/size is available for the object, so if it's a line you can define the start/end point exactly. 6. It is a real major pain that intersecting lines cannot be selected and fragmented at their intersecting point(s). Please fix this. Not possible with lines; would need to constuct filled objects including the lines, using substract and extract the results. Good suggestion to offer that with lines directly. 7. Please make it easy to add onto a line by clicking onto a line, selecting an end point, then selecting a line tool (line, arc, polygon) and then just use that line tool to extend the original line. You can add/remove/edit points using the edit points toolbar 8. Lastly, I know this is not intended to be a 3D Cad program. But a few features would help. a. Have the ability to group several shapes before rotation. This is possible, group or just multi-select what you need b. When the 3D view comes up, have buttons to select the front, top, bottom and side views (a total of 6 views). c. This is a big
Suggested modifications to Open Office Draw
Ian Symons ian.sym...@yahoo.com.au 15 Jan 2014 dev@openoffice.apache.org RE: Suggested modifications to Open Office Draw Hello, The following suggestions generally have work around solutions, however performing such is a real pain when these are common actions. 1. Re the ruler on the left side, please orientate the numbers horizontally. The vertical numbering blends together and is unreadable. 2. Re Snap Lines, Snap Points and Grid a. It is a common error that when positioning lines and shapes that the Snap Line or Snap Point is accidentally moved slightly. This is often not noticed immediately. Please provide an option to lock these Snaps into their set position. b. It would also be nice when dragging such Snaps that the X-Y co-ordinates are displayed during the dragging, and displayed for say 1 second after the mouse button is released. It provides confirmation to the user that the setting was not altered upon releasing the mouse button. c. It would be very good if the Snaps could be grouped with an object and: d. that upon copying and pasting onto another page that those Snaps are also retained (the position would be relative to where you placed the group on the page). e. I do not know if there is already a way to do this, but it would be a big help if when dragging Snaps that they would snap to the selected grid. f. And I do not see any way to specify the grid divisions. Again, this would be a help. 3. Please provide a line circular arc tool that lets you: a. Specify the origin (point of rotation) b. Specify the radius c. Specify the arc begin angle d. Specify the arc end angle e. Allows an option to close the curve at the origin to create a segment 4. Please provide a line arc tool that lets you click on a line and convert it to a circular arc – the point would appear at the centre of the line and be dragged at a normal to the line So instead of Modify – To Curve you would also have Modify – To Circular Curve 5. Please provide an option to allow a line to be specified in two ways, shown on the one dialog box a. Origin, length and angle b. Begin point and end point 6. It is a real major pain that intersecting lines cannot be selected and fragmented at their intersecting point(s). Please fix this. 7. Please make it easy to add onto a line by clicking onto a line, selecting an end point, then selecting a line tool (line, arc, polygon) and then just use that line tool to extend the original line. 8. Lastly, I know this is not intended to be a 3D Cad program. But a few features would help. a. Have the ability to group several shapes before rotation. b. When the 3D view comes up, have buttons to select the front, top, bottom and side views (a total of 6 views). c. This is a big one – some ability to edit 3D shapes Thanks everyone. Best regards, Ian
Re: open office draw
Original Message From: Kaili Williamson To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:28:52 -0800 (pst) > to whom it may concern, >i was just wondering if you could please help me...i am making a slideshow > in open office draw. i am trying to insert audio to play through out the > slide show. i was able to insert the audio, but i cant figure out how to get > it to continue past the first slide. please help. > thanks, kaili http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Impress_Guide/Using_slide_transitions#Playing_a_sound_throughout_the_presentation
