https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167404
Bug ID: 167404
Summary: Document comparison at
unintuitive/insufficiently-discoverable place in menus
Product: LibreOffice
Version: Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: minor
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
The other day I wanted to compare two documents in Writer. I was sure we have
this function, and since I'm a person who thinks he knows what's what and where
to find things, and with a slightly excessive sense of self-confidence, I
immediately decided to go ahead and reach for its location on the menus!
Naturally, this is an action on files, so I opened the File menu looking for
something like "Compare..." or "Compare documents...". Hmm, nothing like that.
Perhaps in some sub-menu? Nope, no relevant submenu. Maybe "Versions..." has
something to do with it? Nope, and it was a long shot anyway. Weird thing,
Versions, I've never seen anybody using or mentioning that feature. I wonder
how that interacts with Track Changes. But - I digress. Ok, so, not on the File
menu. Maybe if I open a file, I could indicate I want to also open another file
for a comparison? Or even, that I want to compare it to the currently-open
document? Again, no such luck.
At this point I decided to give up on the File menu. But where would I put a
"Compare Documents" function? Not under Edit, that's for the current document
only. Insert is not the right kind of action, Format, Style, Table, Form, all
irrelevant. Ok, there's Tools! It must be in Tools, right? I mean, I doubt it's
going to be under Window (compare documents in two open windows? Nah, I don't
see that happening), and certainly not Help. And anything can fit in Tools if
you really want it to, so that must be it. ... except it's not. There _is_ a
mail merge function, and that's about an interaction between documents,
supposedly (you merge pieces of mail); but no document comparison.
WHERE IS IT??!?!?!
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Now, I know what you're going to say: "You can always search for commands under
Help > Search Commands..." - and that's true, you can find it by the command
search. But that's a poor fallback. The placement should be much more
intuitive, and hiding document comparison in a submenu of Edit is just not the
way to go.
I don't mind if we _also_ have it in there, but I say it should be more
discoverable. If anything, Versions belong under Edit much more than "Compare
Document..."
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