request a feature

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#1

How is it possible to request a feature?

E.g. I think it would be useful to implement out of the box:
I. simple i.e. MS Word-style page number insertion,
II. shortcuts for line spacing such as CTR-1, CTR-5, CTR-2, CTR-0,
III. change The CASE shortcut: (SHIFT-F3 in MS Word),
IV. return to the recent edit(s) (SHIFT-5)
V. shortcuts for increasing/decreasing indents ( CTR-M, SHIFT/CTR-M)

I often deal with secretarial/office staff and features I, II and V
are the most important to people who saw only MS word at home/at
school.

I know everything can be configured through macros but out-of-the box
functionality they are trying to find instinctively is more important
if we want to encourage people to use libre office.

So, is there any hope that these features will appear / or at least
how can they be requested?

#2

How is it possible to request a feature?

File an RFE.

E.g. I think it would be useful to implement out of the box:
I. simple i.e. MS Word-style page number insertion,

What, specifically, do you think would be simpler than the current
">Insert >Field >Page Number"?

II. shortcuts for line spacing such as CTR-1, CTR-5, CTR-2, CTR-0,

Line spacing is an attribute of the paragraph style. You could use each
of those control keys for a specific style with whatever specific line
spacing you want.

">Tools >Customize >Keyboard >CTRL 1": Add the specific style you want.

III. change The CASE shortcut: (SHIFT-F3 in MS Word),

">Tools >Customize >Keyboard >Shift F3": Add the specific case you want.

And if that isn't what you want to do, state specifically what you do want.

IV. return to the recent edit(s) (SHIFT-5)

That _might_ not be currently available.

V. shortcuts for increasing/decreasing indents ( CTR-M, SHIFT/CTR-M)

Margin width is an attribute of both the page style and paragraph style.
a) Which of those two styles are you wanting to change the indent, or
exdent of;
b) What is the issue with creating a new paragraph style with the
appropriate margin width?

So, is there any hope that these features will appear

You can hope, but Microsoft will distribute MSO under the AGPL, before
they all are part of LO.

jonathon
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If Bing copied Google, there wouldn't be anything new worth requesting.

If Bing did not copy Google, there wouldn't be anything relevant worth
requesting.

                              DaveJakeman 20110207 Groklaw.

#3

(2011/03/24 12:11), toki wrote:"ToolsCustomizeKeyboardCTRL 1": Add the specific style you want.III. change The CASE shortcut: (SHIFT-F3 in MS Word),"ToolsCustomizeKeyboardShift F3": Add the specific case you want.

And if that isn't what you want to do, state specifically what you do want.Yes, you can do THAT. But ...It switches lower case to upper case, but does not TOGGLE between
    those two states.You need to assign "lowercase" (or initial caps for example) to a
    different shortcut.(I hate MS Word, but at least it gives you the toggle between these
    attributes - which is the convenience users (like me) are looking
    for.)I have asked similar questions several times already (that was about
    highlighting)Apparently, this is either technically not possible - or nobody
    knows the answer.(I never got any answer and now have to live with what I perceive as
    awkward workarounds)The stupid thing is, LO (or OO which I used before), comes with a
    DEFAULT function ofTOGGLING between superscript (or subscript) and normal script.:
    Ctrl+Shift+PIf this function **IS** available for superscript (for example), I
    cannot understand why this is NOT available for attributes like
    bold, highlight, upper case etc.Is there any essential difference between one font attribute and
    another???(again: I did ask this question many times already)With all due respect, but I think this is a really stupid/annoying
    behavior.Thomas

#4

Just wondering, why appears my text so scrambled, when I entered it
    in nice, separated paragraphs??(2011/03/24 12:47), Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:(2011/03/24 12:11), toki wrote:"ToolsCustomizeKeyboardCTRL 1": Add the specific style you want.III. change The CASE shortcut: (SHIFT-F3 in MS Word),"ToolsCustomizeKeyboardShift F3": Add the specific case you want.

And if that isn't what you want to do, state specifically what you do want.Yes, you can do THAT. But ...It switches lower case to upper case, but does not TOGGLE between
    those two states.You need to assign "lowercase" (or initial caps for example) to a
    different shortcut.(I hate MS Word, but at least it gives you the toggle between these
    attributes - which is the convenience users (like me) are looking
    for.)I have asked similar questions several times already (that was about
    highlighting)Apparently, this is either technically not possible - or nobody
    knows the answer.(I never got any answer and now have to live with what I perceive as
    awkward workarounds)The stupid thing is, LO (or OO which I used before), comes with a
    DEFAULT function ofTOGGLING between superscript (or subscript) and normal script.:
    Ctrl+Shift+PIf this function **IS** available for superscript (for example), I
    cannot understand why this is NOT available for attributes like
    bold, highlight, upper case etc.Is there any essential difference between one font attribute and
    another???(again: I did ask this question many times already)With all due respect, but I think this is a really stupid/annoying
    behavior.Thomas

#5

First guess -- you are using HTML instead of plain text?

#6

Probably because the first message in the thread and subsequent replies were in "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64" instead of the usual "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit".

Larry

#7

FE.g. I think it would be useful to implement out of the box:
> I. simple i.e. MS Word-style page number insertion,

What, specifically, do you think would be simpler than the current
">Insert >Field >Page Number"?

For myself, ever since I discovered OO, I have found Brunet's pagination

add-on an essential element and it remains so in LO - I can't understand why
it isn't now built in.

Ed Brandon

#8

Sorry to revive an old thread, but in case any dev-minded people are watching...

Yes, you can do THAT. But ...It switches lower case to upper case, but does not TOGGLE between
those two states. You need to assign "lowercase" (or initial caps for example) to a
different shortcut. (I hate MS Word, but at least it gives you the toggle between these
attributes - which is the convenience users (like me) are looking
for.) I have asked similar questions several times already (that was about
highlighting) Apparently, this is either technically not possible - or nobody
knows the answer.

[...]

I cannot understand why this is NOT available for attributes like
bold, highlight, upper case etc. Is there any essential difference between one font attribute and
another??? (again: I did ask this question many times already)

A generalised solution to this would be a ToggleMaker feature / plugin, which would let users assign any two styles to "Toggle1", then assign Toggle1 to a shortcut key. Voila, everything toggleable, everybody happy.

-r

#9

Przemysław Kiliński wrote:

How is it possible to request a feature?

If you feel a feature would be useful, go to https://bugs.freedesktop.org/ and file a request.

As for the ideas, why dumb down better software.

#10

Andy Brown wrote:

As for the ideas, why dumb down better software.

And which is the better one?

I don't know how to request a feature in bugs.freedesktop.org, so I'll write
it here.

My suggestions:

1. tabbed browsing like in Firefox, there was a suitable extension, possibly
a good starting point:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Framework/TabBrowse/Development

2. shortcuts matching those of MS Word, e.g. shrinking, enlarging
selection's font with SHIFT-[, SHIFT-]

Generally speaking, these are the real blockers for ordinary users that keep
them away from using LO.