Re: [libreoffice-users] Invitation to participate in an usability test for LibreOffice Writer

Yes, Roberto, there are features in LibreOffice - Writer included - that 
seems complex to me. If you use MS Office's Word, it seems that most of 
their options and functions are very hard or confusing to me.  The may 
be just me.  Of course, I have seen course listings that are dedicated 
to learning the more complex options/functions within Word and other MS 
Office packages.  One regional college offers [or did] a Master Degree 
in the use of MS Office.  To me that means that most users do not use 
most of what MS Office has to offer.

On the LibreOffice side of the market, Writer was designed for the 
"average" Office user.  Sure, there are some complex functions added, 
but to me they are options/functions that the "average" personal and 
business user wants/needs to use sometime.

I use Writer more often as a Poster and Flier developer than use it to 
type multi -age text documents.  I use to do more text with images 
documents, but now it seems to be images with some small amount if text 
involved with adding info based on the image.

Before my strokes, I use to type 10+ pages every day, for both work and 
pleasure needs. Now my fingers have a heard time typing 4 or 5 letters 
in a row correctly.  I am told that my brain "goes" faster than my nerve 
damaged fingers [brain and finger damage issues] can type.

So, I can say correctly that I am not one of the "average" users. I use 
Writer mostly, and some Calc documents.  Impress, Base, Draw, and Math, 
are almost never used for me now.  One day, I will need to relearn 
"frames" like you use in newspapers and magazines breaking the text up 
to be viewed over multiple pages.  I use to know how, after I stopped 
using Adobe's PageMaker 7 - and Windows as well.

I do hope you have success with your thesis.  My last one involved the 
pros and cons of various networking options - i.e. coax vs. twisted pair 
cables vs. optical fiber vs. wireless, and the combined use for very 
large office and manufacturing facility. Mouth-full but after the first 
50 to 60 pages it was easier to continue to the 150 page mark wanted by 
the professor and the one term only creation requirement.  At the end of 
the courses, the 150+ pages per course were combined into one very large 
document explaining, and adding to, what was taught over the several 
years of computer networking and related classes.  I was really glad 
that I had a desktop computer to do the work.  An older friend had to 
retype his 1000+ page thesis several times on a portable typewriter.

On 07/31/2017 01:15 PM, Amazing Doppler wrote:
> Dear Users
>
> My name is Roberto Pizarro Mendoza. I am currently researching for my
> Information Technology graduation project titled “Integration of Adapted
> Usability Techniques in LibreOffice Writer Open Source Software Project” at
> the Autonomous University of Madrid, with the knowing of some experts
> developers and designers from the LibreOffice community, like Samuel
> Mehrbrodt, Michael Stahl or Heiko Tietze.
>
> As users of LibreOffice Writter, you will probably have noticed that some
> features are not easy, fast and accessible to use. This research aims to
> provide empirical evidence to resolve some usability issues with which the
> LibreOffice Writer community is unfamiliar. To be able to do this, we need
> your help. We would like you to respond to a survey in order to identify
> the characteristics of the possible LibreOffice Writer user profiles.
>
> If you would like to collaborate, please send me your e-mail address. At
> the end of the survey, the responses will be analysed. The results of this
> analysis will be shared with the LibreOffice developer community to improve
> the LibreOffice Writer user experience.
>
> The survey is anonymous and will take no longer than 12 minutes to
> complete. We would very much appreciate it if you would take the time to
> complete the survey. Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Survey Link:
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScN0GSHLLViW_kwmaDW7O3GSdKfO6A8jfiOtdGTWOlEEsumCg/viewform?usp=sf_link
>
>
> My email is: robpizarro112@gmail.com
>
>
> Regards
>
> Roberto Pizarro Mendoza

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