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#1

Can you make libreoffice's interface more similar to the office 2013 one's?
Another thing... why doesn't artwork work on writer???

#2

Can you make libreoffice's interface more similar to the office 2013 one's?
Another thing... why doesn't artwork work on writer???

#3

If I understand correctly, MS Office 2013 is a copyrighted work. Remember the recent court battle over the similar appearances of cell phones and the billion dollar judgment? Being similar to something that is copyrighted is grounds for legal actions.
       Besides, why should LIbreOffice be a MS Office look alike?

--Dan

#4

If LO gets too similar to MSO's user interface, then MS could take TDF to court for "infringements" to their look and feel of their office packages. Their pocked change is in the millions of dollars for legal fees to push any company away from looking too much like what they do. MS and Apple have patented things like "finger movements". The pinch and page turning movements are patented by Apple so if they wanted, they could take EVERY tablet company to court to prevent them from using it. MS has patents like that. They could claim it and take a small company to court and break that company with legal fees. MS has done that before.

SO
I do not want LO to look like MSO. Actually I do not like MSO's ribbon look and feel. I do not like MS Win8's tablet icon style of desktop, just like I do not like Unity's look and feel for Ubuntu [kept Ubuntu but switched to MATE d.e.].

The user interface designers did a lot of work to make it easy to use and to stay away from anything that might make a different office package company fee like we "stoletheir designs".

#5

Can you make libreoffice's interface more similar to the office 2013
one's?
Another thing... why doesn't artwork work on writer???

<snip>

Besides, why should LIbreOffice be a MS Office look alike?

--Dan

+1

#6

Well, on Windows Vista, 7 and 8, anyone can make their own ribbon apps,
done through an API.

Also, without a ribbon, at least on windows, we will lose people who would
otherwise switch from MSO. Even if it is Optional, it makes sense,
especially when you hear MS's reasons for letting the cluttered toolbars &
menus: see this forum post:
http://en.libreofficeforum.org/node/270?page=1#comment-22151

#7

LibO to look like MS Office - No! I tried MSO 2010 Starter edition? on a netbook that was free with advertising.  No menus!  People who use macs must be fuddy duddys since macs use menus!  If MS want to abolish menus then I don't want to know.  I read a review of Office 2007 I think it was by the RNIB and they were scathing about the ribbon.  You didn't know where you were if you were totally blind.  I think the problems have been sorted out now, but not good.
 
Declan Moriarty

#8

Developing it on your own is one thing; distributing it is quite another,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff799534.aspx. Also, I don't like
that interface; I think it was the worst idea MS came up with until
somebody thought it would be a neat idea to turn a desktop into a mobile
tablet (sans actual touch screen).

#9

I think this thread is missing the details of what a tremendous task this would be to begin with. Our developers are already stretched incredibly thin, doing something like this is unrealistic at any point in the near future. If it's even wanted, is a different discussion, but I think the reality is it's not going to happen because of lack of man power - that's enough to say, no, we will not be looking like Office 2013.

Best Regards,
Joel

#10

Can you make libreoffice's interface more similar to the office 2013
one's?
Another thing... why doesn't artwork work on writer???

Personally I keep wondering: Those people who think LibreOffice should
look like MS Office, why don't they just keep using MS Office instead?
That's what they want anyway, obviously. I don't, so I use
LibreOffice, because I like it better, and it has better features
(such as multi-platform support and more). So where's the problem?

I don't mind a better user interface, but better doesn't automatically
mean more MS Office like.

Johnny Rosenberg

#11

I think that ms is more dealing with marketing then users. maybe somebody find some initial difficulties in getting used to LO when they leave mso, but I have never heard LO users who really miss the mso interface. when I find myself using mso I connot find the voices in the menu, but would never change to that (just ask why do people spend money for complicated things they don't need, instead of turning to LO ??). LO's interface and menus are clear and easy to use, no need to change; the changes in mso will convince people to leave it (as has been told for the last ms oss).

#12

First, I would not want LO to resemble MsFt ... [numerous reasons
:wink: ]
            so going to your second question:

       Any images which you have on your computer, can be added to LO's
IMPRESS and/or writer;
            merely click on add the image -> locate the image on the
machine -> select.

Can you make libreoffice's interface more similar to the office 2013 one's?

#13

from a legal point, being the same, not merely similar, is grounds
for copyright infringement.

#14

It won't be copyright infringement on Windows if we use MS's API, then it
won't be - or we can make an entirely new style, rather than replicate the
ribbon. Maybe something like a combination of the ribbon and the bar that
you get on MSO on OS X?

#15

Can you make libreoffice's interface more similar to the office 2013 one's?

No thank you. Can you stop complaining, open your wallet and buy m$???

Another thing... why doesn't artwork work on writer???

Why doesn't LO draw documents open in visio??? Ask m$!

#16

artwork ? sorry, in case it is a image format, try to convert / export to another format, or try to look for tools, extensions to convert / import it.... if you mean the tool 'wordart' of ms office, you cannot import it in LO at the moment, you need to use the fontwork tool of LO writer (activate the grafic toolbar, then choose the fontwork bottom from there... insert the object, double click it and insert the text). hope this help.

#17

Hi :slight_smile:
Perhaps a couple of people could do this as an Extension/Add-on rather than making LibreOffice dependant on it?
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#18

My observations: about 23 hours ago, Roberta sent the original post. Since that time, she has not answered any of the inquiries about her concerns. Why, I do not know. But it appears that she is not really interested in providing us with any more information. So, it might be time to end this email thread until she does.

--Dan

#19

Hi :slight_smile:
+1
I think we wee a bit too bullying about it.  There was a simple question but somehow we all got a LOT too heated about it.  I think we need to be ready with simple answers that are a lot more professionally considered.  I'm often pretty bad at dealing with that sort of question too.  It is good to feel emotional and "love" things but if that starts turning to hating other things (and the people that use them or like them) then it's all gone a bit wonky somewhere.  I need to watch out for that in myself too, of course. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#20

I suspect you're right.

     My observations: about 23 hours ago, Roberta sent the original post.