[Bug 210690] Re: Sorting in ooffice calc
Hi Stephan Schnitzer! No problem for the delay. Nice idea, may be I will download the source code for ooffice calc and see what I can do. I have some experience with java, and I have a plugin in my IDE for OOffice so I will see what I can come up with ;) Thanks Stephan (Y) -- Sorting in ooffice calc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 210690] Re: Sorting in ooffice calc
Hi Abubakar Gurnah , sorry for the delay. You are right, using your example, MS Office 2003 ask if it should expand the selection and sort the whole sheet. This is a new feature, using MS Office 2000 no popup dialog appears. Summarization: OpenOffice behaves exactly like MS Office 2000. To my experience, almost all users of MS Excel know that they have to select a single cell if they want to sort all columns. So the new feature in MSO 2003 is only interesting to users that are new to Excel. There is no simple answer if this dialog is an improvement, because users that want to select only a single column always have to click this new dialog away. I would not want such a dialog. However I agree that the behaviour of Excel 2000 and oocalc is anything but intuitive and therefore the dialog would be a help for beginners. A compromise would be to add the dialog to oocalc but include a toggle box Never ask again. -- Sorting in ooffice calc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 210690] Re: Sorting in ooffice calc
Hi Stephan Schnitzer! I am using office Excel 2003, Let me put it brief. A B C D a 2 1 4 v 8 6 4 z 3 6 9 f 7 7 4 g 32 78 0 Assume A, B, C, and are the columns. If I sort by Col A, in oocalc only A is sorted and not the other columns, and if let say column B, C and D are data related to A. Then the data wont be consistence to each other, the integrity is gone. I hope you understand what I am saying. In excel if you sort like this, a popup dialog appear asking you to sort the other cell. I have attach the JPEG from excel function in the way I am trying to define, the excel is version 2003 ** Attachment added: check the excel picture attached http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14247722/excelsort.JPG -- Sorting in ooffice calc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 210690] Re: Sorting in ooffice calc
The current behaviour of oocalc is the same as in MS Excel (at least up to version 2003). Calc (and Excel too) is no database and therefore doesn't keep rows together in any circumstances. If you want to sort a single column, click the column (e.g. A) and then the sort button. If you want to sort all columns, you can either select a single cell and click the sort button, or - if you want to sort by more than 1 column - you can select Data-Sort from the menu. Abubakar, you said that Excel asks how to sort. What version of Excel do you use? Is it 2007? I used from 97 up to 2003 and I cannot remember any question about what to sort. I personally would perfer the current behaviour. Maybe it's not very intuitive, but it is what Excel and OOCalc users are used to. -- Sorting in ooffice calc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 210690] Re: Sorting in ooffice calc
Confirmed on upstream's openoffice.org 2.4.0 ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Wishlist Status: Incomplete = Confirmed ** Also affects: openoffice Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Sorting in ooffice calc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 210690] Re: Sorting in ooffice calc
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem, -From the sample I attached, I have two column, I wanted to sort the second column, I highlighter the second column and click sort desc, but only one column get sorted, and not the other. 2. the behavior you expected, and - The behavior i expected from the system, is to ask me if the record have a relation issue with the other columns, If yes all the column get sorted, according to the selected column. Like excel if you sort one column it give you a pop up asking the sorting with expand... something like that. 3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible). -The behavior i encountered is only one column is sorted, and i have to drag or insert another column in the first column (A), just to sort it. I hope you understand. -- Sorting in ooffice calc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 210690] Re: Sorting in ooffice calc
Sorry I am using Kubuntu [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 7.10 Release: 7.10 Codename: gutsy -- Sorting in ooffice calc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 210690] Re: Sorting in ooffice calc
** Attachment added: sample.ods http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13042333/sample.ods -- Sorting in ooffice calc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 210690] Re: Sorting in ooffice calc
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it, because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read How to report bugs effectively [WWW] http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem. We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at [WWW] http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures At a minimum, we need: 1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem, 2. the behavior you expected, and 3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible). Thanks! Which ooffice version are you using? Which ubuntu version do you use? ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- Sorting in ooffice calc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
