Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening a PPS file in not-presentation mode

Hi, there.
I have known some friends who preffered OOo Impress instead of MS 
Powerpoint just becasue of this issue. Receiving quite number of 
nonsense slide shows in daily basis is annoying by itself. Previous 
versions of Impress was giving the opportunity for a faster look just in 
Thunderbird without any further clicks or actions. I think that this 
functionality should be kept in a way. I understand the neeed for 
compatibility and the reason for targeting MS Powerpoint users but still 
can't we reach a better solution? For instance Impress can start with 
the slide show mode but a magic key can stop it and show the design view 
(may or may not be editing mode). Can't we satisfy all group of users?
Regards,

*Cevad OZTUG*

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On 20/04/11 08:01, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera wrote:
> On 2011-04-19 04:02, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
> > Le 19/04/11 08:14, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera a écrit :
> >
> > Hi Osvaldo,
> >
> >
> > > But why? this makes no sense.  Why does the application run in a
> > > different mode, according to file filename?  Isn't there a 
> > > workaround or
> > > something for this?
> >
> > The workaround is to rename the extension of your file to *.ppt and make
> > it writable if it is currently on a read only mount/share.
>
> A DVD can't be made read-write for renaming, nor read-only shares that 
> contain backup.  If it's RO, it's for a reason :-P :-)
>
> > > I believe this bug was not present in OO; at least not the last version
> > > I used.  Any ideas on when this will be fixed?
> >
> > The automatic slideshow execution of PPS files was a long time request
> > for many MSOffice users who switched to OOo and then found that their
> > slideshow presentations didn't start up automatically in slideshow mode.
> > The PPS extension is just that - a slideshow. The PPT extension is the
> > Powerpoint "editable" file. I doubt that this recently integrated
> > feature in LibO is going to be withdrawn any time soon.
>
> So LO is actually targeted towards former MS Office, rather that ex-OO 
> users.  I don't think that fair on the OO userbase that never used MS 
> Office.
>
> > Alex
>
>
> A context menu to "normal view" or "non-presentation view" would be a 
> great fix.  Or a ~/config/libreoffice config file where one could 
> disable the behaviour would be great to.  It seems unfair that LO is 
> better acomodated to former MS-office-users, instead of OO-users.  
> It's like trying to absorb that userbase, without caring for the OO 
> userbase.
>
> I don't want to actually EDIT the file.  I just want that view then in 
> non-presetation view because I hate animations that take more time 
> than it takes me to read.
>
> Restricting funcionallity from a software acording to what some author 
> chose when distributing is a form of DRM, even if it's really crappy 
> and easily workaroundable.

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