Re: [libreoffice-users] Shortcut changes

> On 18/10/2015, at 08:17, James E. Lang <jim+lou@lang.hm> wrote:
>
> PLEASE, developers, think about the impact your change will have on existing users.  The longer a 
> shortcut has existed the more attention should be given should be given to the impact of changing 
> it with shortcuts that have existed for more than one full major release being ALMOST cast in 
> granite. 

This particular change from F4 to Ctrl-Shift_F4 for data source in Calc but not in Writer is a 
massive problem. The F4 shortcut has been around for YEARS.

I now have to re-write my tutorials and workshop examples.
I now have to go back to the hundreds of users that have been using F4 for YEARS and try to explain 
why there is a difference between Calc & Writer.

A large number of the people (I have trained ) that use LibreOffice use F4 for mail merge in Writer 
and Pivot Tables in Calc. 
Because the usual source is a MySQL database where data is being updated on a regular basis, the 
mail merge and pivot tables need updating regularly.

Why was this change made? 
As far as I can see (from the bugzilla history) it was requested in 2013 because 1 or 2 people, 
that are changing from Lotus 123 to Calc could not make the change from F4 to Shift-F4 for the 
"Absolute cell reference shortcut".

I don't remember any of "my" users having ever found it necessary to change the cell reference from 
absolute to relative once they have formatted a cell.

So I agree with James Lang & Alexander Thurgood when they decry this change.
Who made the change 2 years after it was requested, without discussing it with the people on this 
list?

Developers, please do NOT make changes to existing menu options and shortcuts without FULLY 
consulting the "professional" users of LibreOffice. 
Thank you.

Tony Bray


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