-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Anthony J. Rudgers wrote: > Greetings All! > > The present "hashtag" problem is is symptomatic of the entire OO > software suite. An ordinary user of OO, doing ordinary things w/ a > word processor or other office-suite software, suddenly gets > something that is really screwy, & doesn't know what to do to fix > it. Much of their production gets lost, or else, they spend a lot > of time attempting to get their WP document or spreadsheet the way > they want it by trying again & again to get around built-in or > default features (or bugs!) of OO that they don't understand or > know how to modify (& OO documentation, as I have found, is meager > & inadequate). Unless you're a long-time & dedicated user, the OO > suite never seems to do quite what you'd like it to do & you > usually can't figure out how to fix things ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER W/ > YOUR EXISTING SOFTWARE. One has to have the ability to fix things > quickly on their own w/o "going to the experts" every time a > problem w/ OO arises! For the casual user, the OO product appears > flawed. People who use any software product want to spend their > time & creativity on what they are developing, rather than spending > time & effort on issues associated w/ the tool they are using to > develop it. OO office software needs much effort to make it more > efficient, largely error-free, & much more user friendly. > > Beat wishes, > > Anthony J. Rudgers Orlando, FL U.S.A. > Mr. Rudgers;
Though your criticism bears much truth I feel it over emphasizes certain aspects. Many of the support questions that are seen here and on the forums are in the ways that AOO differs from other software of the same type. Most of my 20+ years in industry were spent in doing direct support and I know from experience that many "ordinary users" frequntly do not even bother to consult the help resources that are available or just complain that it does not work like xyz did. This particular problem is one that is very difficult to track down because it happens so infrequently that it is difficult for QA and developers to replicate. You say that documentation is meager and inadequate. I would direct you to https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/OOo3.3_User_Guide_Chapters. Though these are for Version 3.3 much of the information they contain is relevant to later versions, including version 4.0.1. Also available is a getting started guide for version 3.4 from http://www.odfauthors.org/apache-openoffice/english/user-guides/getting-started-3.4/published. There is an ongoing documentation effort to create up to date documentation for Version 4 and beyond on the wiki. We are always looking for volunteers to help with this effort and could use your knowledge and skills in this effort. More information can be found at our orientation page at http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-doc.html. All software is imperfect and has bugs. The only way any software product to improve is open and honest dialog between all parties. This is specially true for Open Source Software. Honest discussion on venues such as this and clear reports of possible bugs in the projects Bugzilla tracking system at https://issues.apache.org/ooo/ are ways that all users can help make this a better product. The QA volunteers have provided excellent hints for creating good bug reports in Bugzilla at https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/QA/HowToFileIssue. Regards Keith N. McKenna > -----Original Message----- From: Gary Frost Sent: Saturday, January > 04, 2014 8:26 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: All > essay text turned to hashtags > > Maybe, I'm an anomaly here, but I've never had any of these issues > at all. Generally, I work on a MacBook Air with the current up to > date OS. I do also create PDFs so that I can work on documents on > my iPhone in Pages. Using the iPhone is usefully for last minute > work for me. > > I've thought about good version options for other iOS devices such > as the iPad Air which I intend to purchase. I work scrips and > other technical documents so it is essential for me to use best > practices to prevent loss of work. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 4, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Alan Cliffe >> <drspecta...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> I don't know if it can be retrieved; for whatever it's worth, >> I've had that happen too once or twice so now I always create a >> PDF copy of everything I do in OO. >> >> >> ________________________________ From: natalie guttridge >> <natalieguttri...@hotmail.co.uk> To: >> "users@openoffice.apache.org" <users@openoffice.apache.org> Sent: >> Saturday, January 4, 2014 8:04 AM Subject: All essay text turned >> to hashtags >> >> >> Please help My daughter has written a 2000 word essay. She saved >> it and then when she opened it again the whole text has turned >> into hashtags...can anything be done? Regards Natalie >> >> Sent from my iPad >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSyesjAAoJEH0fu5UhGmBCKF8H/1GltMEK8EWNecstychk65RM kvEYAnl2r7e4LElDJA9c90Rb4fYPbfZeClZ/U7frFWN6fAscTdlY+YQftt+aQbu+ TConKPUdZ3MxvxGMAMFTP3iTfByo8kj1BIzyJNVLBReh2BQVJDj0K2zJzF73nMzC vDas6D8GGrI+JGoe7M4ySqdhOlJkuk+Nfty13RsoIk0kWpo2FFvdqyWjJh3evAl2 KJYNWIsywCoOeMew8ZaVIJTrGXjILjqFwSzPstebOBSEwE8YrNWHm735BRX6IRJH UJBmHZlbjoYCWIOnI5xG27bpU1jCLptaP0m6tvXNUHg7nCrvQW4ITeKwneXoTcU= =DmWo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
