https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91820
--- Comment #13 from Eike Rathke <erack@redhat.com> ---
Coming back to this one..
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #12)
* Names Cells
* Was in the Insert menu as Names.
* The new name "Names Cells" doesn't make sense; if we change the
name then to "Named Expressions", but not to Names Cells.
@eike: why 'Named Expressions'?
In the dialog you can name a cell area (range) but also enter a formula
expression. Within the dialog we use "range or formula expression" as
label for the edit field. A reference is a subexpression (can be used as
part of a formula), the unifying term for all you can enter there is
"named expression".
* It is very unfortunate to move the Tools' Protect Document menu
entry that had a submenu with Document and Sheet away from the
Tools menu AND split it up and scatter over two different menus
AND rename the entries. Imagine how confused users will be who
want to use the functionality. Already I was when I wanted to
unprotect a document..
Yes it would be a change for users who have already know where things have
been, but that is the case with any change. Better organized menus help both
old and new users.
I don't consider this situation to be better organized though..
So is it better for a user to find protect sheet under Tools > Protect
Document > Sheet or Sheet > Protect Sheet? Of course i would assume most
users would simply use the sheet tab context menu for this rather than
digging into menus.
You would be surprised how many users don't use context menus at all or
don't even know/recall it does exist and offers different choices for
different, well, contexts..
Should protecting the contents of a spreadsheet from being changed be
considered a tool or simply an edit function similar to tracking the changes
being make to a spreadsheet? The tools menu has been known to be a dumping
ground for functions that didnt seem to go into other menus rather than them
truly being tools.
The big disadvantage, mentioned by Eike too, is that now protecting is split
over Sheet and Edit.
That's my point. It's not only a disadvantage, it makes working with the
UI a bad experience.
For such a situation, using Tools makes sense maybe?
Similar with Pivot Tables...
Now we have Insert > Pivot Table and Data > Pivot Table > ..
Shrug.
Maybe it's better to have that in Data, where it is now.
And also move all Protect actions there. At the end you want to protect
your data.
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