Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 24165
Add configuration as you go feature
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:41:21 UTC
An annoying thing with OpenOffice(and MS Office for that matter) is to figure out how to disable "helpful features" E.g. when I enter a date in a table in OpenOffice Writer, it is converted to a textual date: a) I have to know that there is an option to disable this behaviour b) I have to figure out where to configure the option Idea: The first time OpenOffice tries to "help" in the manner above, show a requester with a text like: "OpenOffice can automatically convert your date in numeric form to textual date. Would you like OO to always to so? Yes (checked by default) No" Here is another one: "Would you like to autocorect 'i' to 'I'? Yes (checked by default) No" "You just entered a bullit point, would you like OO to always format it for you? Yes (checked by default) No" - Possibly add a "never show these configuration as you go requesters" checkbox. Øyvind
reassigned to bh
OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request. The Issue you raised has the status 'New' pending further action, but has not been updated within the last 4 years. Please consider re-testing with one of the latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been addressed. Either use the recent stable version: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing): http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/ Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be Closed or Progressed as necessary - otherwise it may be Resolved as Invalid in the future. You may also wish to search for (and note) any duplicates of this Issue that may have advanced further by checking the Issue Tracker: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/query.cgi Many thanks, Andrew Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of: ~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~ http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".