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[OT] Experiences using OOo Writer 2.0?
de Kalle Piirainen 04/12/2006 07:48
Craig wrote:
> Have you used OOo Base?
>
> I'm looking for any feedback from people who're using OOo 2.0.x Base. We
> were thinking about using it and have stopped for now. I've written up
> a ditty on our limited experience w/it and am wondering if others have
> had the same issues.
>
> tia,
> -Craig
>
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>
> Data Entry - Problem:
> At record 20, I'm called over. The table is showing record #17 as
> completely blank. No data was lost, the record was just "skipped over."
> Not sure how it happened...entry guy said he was tabbing all the way
> through, no special characters, etc.
>
> I try to "edit" the phantom record. Base crashes.
>
> I try to delete the phantom record. Base crashes.
>
> Both times, OOo regroups well. I relaunch the app, it says it can
> recover the following tables. I say "please do," and it does so. Again,
> no data lost. Phantom record is now gone. We finish up the data input
> together, everything's fine.
>
> Modifying Reports - Problem:
> The reports Wizard was very easy to deal with. Pretty templates, etc.
> After creating a report template, I chose to edit it (fixing certain
> column widths, adding time-stamps & co. logo). On save/exit, Base
> crashed. Base, y.a. recovered gracefully - no loss of data. Since
> then, I've gone through the same motions w/o a problem.
>
> Although everything seems fine at this point, we've gone back to
> spreadsheets. Although OOo's recovery module works like a charm, the
> crashes spike my blood pressure.
>
I haven't really used the Base, but if it's helpful or at least
informative, I've been experiencing some anomalities using Writer.
1) Figures and tables, using .doc format.
There seems to be some inconsistencies how Writer handles .doc
conversions. I really haven't had the chance to fully exploit .odt, 'cos
mostly I do collaborative work and LUT default WP is of course Word.
There's been one instance when I've edited a document at that time about
25 pages long at the time, with multiple tables and .png images. I saved
the doc as .doc and sent it to my colleague and all the figs were gone.
I couldn't get them to show nor could he.
Second inconsistency is the font color of tables. Word seems to
sometimes interpret table font color white when printing, although the
display font is default color. This has been verified with mixture of
OO.o 2.0.x, Word 2003 on WXP SP2 with HP LasetJet network printer.
2) Page numbering in Table of Contents.
Third anomality happened, when I was again working on a document, in
collaboration with a Word-user. This document has ToC on the third page,
and the page number 1 is the fourth page from the start. All went peachy
until one time I updated the ToC and the page numbers bounced up by
three (1. becoming number 3 etc.). Not the actual page numbers but just
the ToC decided to start numbering of it's own.
I tried to fix this by removing ToC and creating a new one, with the
same results. Then I figured it has to be a mix-up with the page styles
and page breaks and I systematically deleted page break and did the
formatting with 8 days a week guide
<http://www.8daysaweek.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34> No improvement,
until I manually corrected page numbering.
There are my findings, and although they're OT in an OT thread, I
decided to report. After all, it's the little annoyances that drive you
off the cliff :)
-K
| [OT] Experiences using OOo Base 2.0? | Craig | |
| Re: Experiences using OOo Base 2.0? | John H. | |
| Re: Experiences using OOo Base 2.0? | Craig | |
| | [OT] Experiences using OOo Writer 2.0? | Kalle Piirainen | |
| Re: [OT] Experiences using OOo Writer 2.0? | Craig |