NO. I am not proposing or considering anything of the kind. I was simply replying to a question that was raised. My post said *_IF_* we were looking for an alternative name, NOT that we should be changing anything.
BTW. Congratulations on your election. Regards Dave On 10/04/2020 14:35, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > I hope you are not seriously considering changing names that have been > the same as long as I can remember (well, maybe not quite back to > Visicalc, the first spread sheet I used). > > > On 4/10/2020 6:03 AM, BMCS wrote: >> On 10/04/2020 13:03, Peter Kovacs wrote: >>> >>> Am 10.04.20 um 13:02 schrieb Dave: >>>> My response is in-line with your original post. >>>> >>>> On 10/04/2020 10:02, Peter Kovacs wrote: >>>>> Does anyone remeber the thinking behind this or has it been always >>>>> like >>>>> this and I just never knew. >>>> To the best of my recollection it has been this way since Sun open >>>> sourced OOo in 2001. >>> I suspected as much from Pedro's explanation. >>>> >>>>> I mean I would not notice it if I had not to describe it to someone >>>>> else. >>>> Just out of curiosity, what would you consider to be a better >>>> terminology to use for that tab. Obviously the word "Text" would be a >>>> misnomer, since spreadsheet calculations cannot be performed on plain >>>> text, without some form of prior conversion into a numeric format. >>> >>> an interesting question. Hard to answer. >>> >>> My choice would be cell characteristics. >> >> If we were looking for an alternative name for the "Format Cells" dialog >> that might be a suitable candidate, but the tabs (Font, Font Effects, >> Alignment, Borders, Background) are all "Cell Characteristics". We could >> then start debating whether or not "Cell Protection" is a characteristic >> of a cell :) >> >> I am perfectly comfortable with "Number", but if a change of that tab >> name was deemed necessary my vote would go to something like "Type" or >> "Class". >> >> Just my 2c worth. >> >> Regards >> Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
