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

On 2011-04-20 05:15, Tom Davies wrote:
> ________________________________
> From: Hugo Osvaldo Barrera<hugo@osvaldobarrera.com.ar>
> To: users@libreoffice.org
> Sent: Wed, 20 April, 2011 6:01:12
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Opening a PPS file in not-presentation mode
>
> 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 feature in LibO is going to be withdrawn any time soon.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.
>
>   Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
>
>
> Hi :)
> If this were changed then how would slide-shows be shown as slide-shows?  Lets
> say i get called into a meeting and have to display management accounts.  Could
> i be confident in the slide-show starting or would i have to worry that it might
> open in design-view?
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)

1) As I said, add a setting, I don't really care if the new behaviour is 
the default, as long as people who want to change it *can* change it.

I don't mind configuring stuff to my linking.  I do dislike a change in 
behaviour to attract a new user base, and not even a checkbox to revert 
to the original one.

2) Your presentation depends on the fact that your users don't see your 
impress' design view?  Are you serious?  How did you survive all these 
years, when the design view was the default behaviour?  This simply 
sound shallow.


Mind you: I don't crying "revert this back", I'm saying, respect your 
previous userbase, and allow them to retain the behaviour OO had, with 
which we were so confortable.  A simple checkbox in preferences will do 
really :-)


Now, every time I get an e-mail with a PPS, I need to save a file to 
disk, navigate to it, rename it, and open it.  Browsing through a dozen 
files in a DVD or RO share is insufferable.

--
Hugo Osvaldo Barrera

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