> On Nov 17, 2020, at 11:26 AM, Matthias Seidel <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Am 17.11.20 um 20:21 schrieb Dave Fisher:
>>
>>> On Nov 17, 2020, at 11:14 AM, Jörg Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Dave Fisher [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:48 PM
>>>> To: dev
>>>> Subject: Application Start Page Question
>>>>
>>>> I’ve always wondered why the Start page of the Application
>>>> does not match our names for the various components of the Suite?
>>>>
>>>> Writer is Text Document
>>>> Calc is Spreadsheet
>>>> Impress is Presentation
>>>> Draw is Drawing
>>>> Base is Database
>>>> Math is Formula
>>>>
>>>> The “New” menu has the same on the drop down.
>>>> I’m not suggestion change.
>>> But as far as "New" is concerned, the menu is completely called File-New
>>> (and not Window-New) and I find a new file is e.g. a text document.
>>> "Writer" would be the term for a new Writer window, but that would not
>>> correspond to the name of the menu.
>>> This is a possible explanation of the menu, not an explicit defense of the
>>> menu.
>> Application Window vs. Document type is a good explanation. Thank you.
>
> That's also the reason why you see icons for the document type and not
> for the application.
>
> I always found it logical to choose "Text Document", when I wanted to
> create a text document. ;-)
And on www.openoffice.org/product we have icons next to:
- [Writer](writer.html "Wordprocessor") a word processor you can use for
anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
- [Calc](calc.html "Spreadsheet") a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools
you need to calculate, analyze, and present your data in numerical reports
or sizzling graphics.
- [Impress](impress.html "Presentation program") the fastest, most powerful
way to create effective multimedia presentations.
- [Draw](draw.html "Vector drawing tool") lets you produce everything from
simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
- [Base](base.html "Database") lets you manipulate databases seamlessly.
Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within
Apache OpenOffice.
- [Math](math.html "Mathematical function creator") lets you create
mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing
your formulas into the equation editor.
It looks like these descriptions need some editing to more consistently tie the
document type with the window type.
Regards,
Dave
>
> Regards,
>
> Matthias
>
>>
>>> I've read that you don't suggest any changes, but I'd like to point out:
>>> please let's not spend time on menu changes, in LibreOffice the menu
>>> changes are an absolute nuisance, because you have to search all the time.
>> Exactly! Such changes are Downgrades and certainly not an update or upgrade!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dave
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jörg
>>>
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