Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Deleting a Table in Impress

Hi :)
There always seems to be a shed-load more devs working on Writer than any
other module.  I think Calc and Draw are in around 2nd place although i
don't track these things.

There is much better software out there than Impress/Powerpoint for doing
the sorts of things they should be good at.  It might be worth hunting for
a specialist program.

I'm not sure but the issues you mention probably have already been posted
as bug-reports but if you have the time it would be great if you could make
sure;
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugReport
If that doesn't help you find them then please do post your own.


On a side-issue i think most people here recognise that you are a strong
supporter of LO, TDF and the wider OpenSource community and appreciate that
your 'critic' is merely meant to help us find&fix issues.
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)




On 16 May 2014 15:16, CVAlkan <foberle@enteract.com> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> Someone asked me offline (or is that back channel?) to provide examples of
> what I meant by my comments regarding Impress. I think the implication was
> that these were unfair rants. So here are examples that come to mind:
>
> 1) I said Impress is a "Work in Progress": this wasn't a slur, merely an
> observation. One example is that the export to pdf doesn't support anything
> but the slides themselves. I don't even know whether the developers ever
> intended to "complete" this capability for Notes, Handouts and such. I just
> went to utilize a feature that I assumed would be there, and found that it
> didn't exist (or at least I can't find any way to make such a choice). I
> utilized a third-party "printer driver" which worked just fine, although it
> would be nice to have all of the capabilities of LO's own PDF exporter.
>
> 2) I said that Impress has "interface inconsistencies": again, just an
> observation. One example is that if one copies an object on one slide, and
> then pastes it into a different slide, and then uses one of the arrow keys
> to move the object's position (the pasted object is clearly selected -
> handles showing, etc.), the screen display will jump to an earlier or later
> slide rather than moving the object within the slide. If one holds the
> arrow
> down (when, for instance, the object needs to be moved a good distance),
> you
> might end up at the first or last slide of the presentation depending on
> your reaction time to the unexpected screen chaos. This is, of course,
> quite
> simply explained by the fact that pasting an object doesn't seem to give
> that object (and the slide display) focus, but rather leaves it on the
> thumbnails on the left side. I don't believe that is the normally expected
> behavior, and it certainly isn't how Writer, for instance, reacts (although
> I understand that pages are not "independent" as they are in Impress).
> Again, this normally isn't tough to deal with - you just have to remember
> to
> click on the display before attempting to move the pasted object. If you're
> pasting a selection of multiple objects, however, you end up needing to
> re-select them before moving - and this can be quite tricky if they've
> landed on top of other objects.
>
> So, if my comments appeared snooty to anyone else who was too polite to
> call
> me on them publicly, I apologize if the tone seemed offensive. I believe,
> however, that the remarks were factual - I certainly can't imagine anyone
> making the argument that Impress is at the maturity level of Writer. And I
> don't think that should come as a big surprise given the relative
> importance
> (and user interest) of the two. It just 'is what it is' as they say.
>
> Have a great day ...
>
>
>
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