Bug#378267: Info received and FILED only (Bug#378267: The 2nd Debian Openoffice.org bug triage - bug #378267)

2008-02-22 Thread Ambrose Li
My comment was too quick. Writer will now disregard CJK text most of the time. However, sometimes (I don't know when and there doesn't seem to be a pattern) it will still attempt to spellcheck CJK words. So the bug is still there, only improved. -- Ambrose Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Bug#466893: openoffice.org: Autofit doesn't work if table contains merged cells

2008-02-21 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1:2.4.0~rc1-2 Severity: normal If a table contains merged cells, any of the Autofit functions produces very bizzare results. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i38

Bug#466891: openoffice.org: Impossible to right-click CJK text without selecting it

2008-02-21 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1:2.4.0~rc1-2 Severity: important Tags: l10n If you need to right-click on some CJK text (e.g., to access the "Edit Paragraph Style" function that is *only* available in the context menu), OOo will highlight the text for no reason. The result is that you can only

Bug#329235: Please update your Debian openoffice.org bug report

2007-07-01 Thread Ambrose Li
The bug still exists in the version on unstable, with identical symptoms. PS: "warning" should be "reminder". The word "warning" gives a very threatening tone to the reminder letter. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Bug#330232: Please update your Debian openoffice.org bug report

2007-07-01 Thread Ambrose Li
The bug still affects the latest Ooo in unstable. As soon as anchor is changed to page, the image is homed to the top-left corner (i.e., not even the horizontal position is reset to zero, the VERTICAL position also changes for no reason). PS: I don't understand this request. I have included a very

Bug#328140: Please update your Debian openoffice.org bug report

2007-07-01 Thread Ambrose Li
This seems to be fixed in the version in unstable. PS: I don't understand this request; this took me one minute to verify, even though I have to take the trouble to log in remotely, through ssh, over a WAN link. PS: I also would have expected that either the severity be changed or a note posted e

Bug#332685: Please update your Debian openoffice.org bug report

2007-07-01 Thread Ambrose Li
Yes, the bug still exists in the latest OpenOffice on unstable, with the same symptoms (no line spacing under 7.1pt or over 283.5pt). And this is not a minor problem. Since Microsoft Office does not have these restrictons, this means that OOo Writer is not compatible with Microsoft Office even if

Bug#418733: openoffice.org: CJK characters shifted in the new Writer

2007-04-12 Thread Ambrose Li
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 06:03:42PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > tag 418733 + moreinfo > thanks > > Ambrose Li wrote: > > After doing an apt-get upgrade, all CJK characters are now shifted upwards > > (or perhaps all non-CJK character are shifted downwards; it's impo

Bug#418733: openoffice.org: CJK characters shifted in the new Writer

2007-04-11 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7 Severity: important Tags: l10n After doing an apt-get upgrade, all CJK characters are now shifted upwards (or perhaps all non-CJK character are shifted downwards; it's impossible to tell), and this affects both on-screen viewing and actual printed o

Bug#416865: Acknowledgement (openoffice.org-writer: Insert Symbol causes oowriter to hang)

2007-04-02 Thread Ambrose Li
I am postulating that this might have to do with the new OpenOffice trying to find fonts to display characters that does not exist in the chosen font. For font that is causing the strange behaviour has only a few characters defined. But in OOo's "Insert symbol" dialog (which takes several minutes

Bug#416865: openoffice.org-writer: Insert Symbol causes oowriter to hang

2007-03-30 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org-writer Version: 2.0.4.dfsg.2-6 Severity: important I have a custom font (made with fontforge) that had been working in previous builds of openoffice.org-writer, and which works in both Windows and OS X, but in the latest build, if I go to Insert Symbol and choose that font

Bug#415860: openoffice.org: Writer does not close its files properly

2007-03-22 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.4.dfsg.2-6 Severity: grave Justification: causes non-serious data loss Scenario 1: 1. Open/create a document 2. Save as Word 3. Close the document 4. Try to copy the document from a Mac (through Samba) 5. The Mac copies some part of the file, then errors out w

Bug#378267: openoffice.org: "Check spelling as you type" should ignore irrelevant words

2006-07-14 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.3-2 Severity: normal Tags: l10n In Writer, enabling "Check spelling as you type" will cause all Chinese words (i.e., words that are completely impossible to be English because they contain no Latin charactersat all) to be highlighted as misspelled. -- System

Bug#378248: closed by Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Re: Bug#378248: openoffice.org: Text overlapping checkboxes in Paragraph Styles dialog)

2006-07-14 Thread Ambrose Li
On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 11:33:27AM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > Version: 2.0.3-2 > > Ambrose Li wrote: > > Name Default [ ][X][AutoUpdate > > Fixed in 2.0.3-2 already... > > > ii openoffice.org-core 2.0.3-1 OpenOffice.org office

Bug#378248: openoffice.org: Text overlapping checkboxes in Paragraph Styles dialog

2006-07-14 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.2.99.2.0.3rc6-1 Severity: important In the Chinese locale, the Organizer tab in the Paragraph Styles dialog in Writer looks like this: Name Default [ ][X][AutoUpdate The third checkbox is covered by the "AutoUpdate" label. If I click the second checkbox

Bug#358841: openoffice.org: Impossible to disable Task Pane in OOo 2.0

2006-03-24 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.2-2 Severity: normal In OOo 2.0's Presentation, there is a Task Pane that is impossible to disable. This makes the effective work area for the slide really small compared to OOo 1.4, and make the screen "jump" (very annoying) if the slide contains an OLE table

Bug#357356: openoffice.org: font replacement broken in latest OpenOffice

2006-03-16 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.2-1 Severity: normal With the latest openoffice.org package, font replacement can be specified but there is no effect. For example, it was possible to set up font replacement so that, for example, "MS Song" is translated to "AR PL SongtiL GB". With the latest

Bug#353350: openoffice.org: Cannot use the mouse to move text frames in OOo 2.0

2006-02-17 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.1-2 Severity: important In OpenOffice 2.0 (not 1.x), it is virtually impossible to move text frames, especially if you use a mouse. In OpenOffice 1.1.4, clicking a text frame edits the text. After that, if you click the pointer tool, it gives you a selected t

Bug#352842: openoffice.org: No way to figure out "User" font color

2006-02-14 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.1-2 Severity: normal In OpenOffice, if a user-specified font colour is used, there is no way for the user to figure out what this colour is. In OOo's "Format|Character" dialog, the font colour is simply listed as "User". If the user tries to use this "user" c

Bug#348898: openoffice.org: Wrong paper size set by new OpenOffice 2.0, causes wrong printouts

2006-02-02 Thread Ambrose Li
The "Legal" paper size is also wrong. When I go to Format|Page and select "Legal" paper size, the page size got set to "612pt x 1008.2 pt", which, again, is both wrong and impossible. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Bug#348898: openoffice.org: Wrong paper size set by new OpenOffice 2.0, causes wrong printouts

2006-02-02 Thread Ambrose Li
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 12:22:33PM -0500, Ambrose Li wrote: > Even worse things happen when such a document is printed: > > 1. When printed, OOo 2.0 causes the printout to use "Letter" size. >This can be confirmed by generating a Postscript file and noting >t

Bug#351099: openoffice.org: Positions other than "to Entire Page" (when anchor is "to page") do not work

2006-02-02 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.1-2 Severity: important 1. Place a picture 2. Change anchor to "Page". Ok 3. Change horizontal position to, say, "centre to Page Text Area", ok Picture is now flush with the left margin 4. Using the mouse, move the picture up a tiny bit without moving i

Bug#351081: openoffice.org: Hanging punctuation wrongly obscured by transparent elements

2006-02-02 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.1-2 Severity: normal 1. Create a 2-column table 2. Type some sentence in the first column with some CJK punctuation (CJK comma, CJK full stop, etc.) 3. Type some short sentence or random characters in the second column 4. Adjust the width of the first co

Bug#351074: openoffice.org: OpenOffice does not quit when X server terminates

2006-02-02 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.1-2 Severity: normal If the X server terminates (e.g., the user log outs without quitting OOo first), OpenOffice stays in the background. Unlike other X programs, such an OOo process does not detect that X has terminated. Usually, an X program will crash aft

Bug#350173: openoffice.org: Cannot copy-and-paste between slides

2006-01-27 Thread Ambrose Li
On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 08:14:11PM -0400, Richard/g wrote: > > I just tried with OOo2.0.1-2 on upgraded Sid and it Works For Me. > What else is different about your system? > > I copied and pasted with Ctrl-V and with middle mouse click with no > problems. Hmm. Not sure. But maybe I should

Bug#350173: openoffice.org: Cannot copy-and-paste between slides

2006-01-27 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.1-2 Severity: important This is a new OOo 2.0 bug; it worked perfectly in OOo 1.1.x 1. Create a new presentation 2. Create a text box and type something on the slide 3. Copy the text box (Edit|Copy) 4. Create a new slide 5. Pull down the Edit menu; note t

Bug#349069: openoffice.org: Bizzare menu placement when using remote X on Apple's Xquartz X server

2006-01-20 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.1-2 Severity: normal When OpenOffice is displayed on Apple's Xquartz X server (remote X), it exhibits the following bizzare behaviours: 1. If the window is maximized, the menu bar is displayed on the windows' title bar. This means that a. The menu bar

Bug#348898: openoffice.org: Wrong paper size set by new OpenOffice 2.0, causes wrong printouts

2006-01-19 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.0-5 Severity: normal This is 3 bugs in one, but they are related so it's probably more useful to file it as one bug. 1. Format|Page 2. Choose "Tabloid" Notice that width is set to 792.5pt and Height is set to 1222.5pt This is impossible, because the US size

Bug#348385: openoffice.org: Wrong font size and font bolding for some fonts when printing

2006-01-16 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.0-5 Severity: normal With some fonts, when printing, OpenOffice 2.0 Writer makes the glyph smaller and artificially bolded, even though the glyphs look fine on the screen and in the PDF. Bolding is NOT applied to the glyphs in question. 1. This is a new probl

Bug#347461: openoffice.org: Wrong point size displayed on tool bar

2006-01-10 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.0-5 Severity: normal In OpenOffice 2.0, the point size shown on the tool bar is wrong. For example, if the user specifies a point size of 15.9, it will display "15". If the user goes to the text box containing the wrong point size and press the Enter key, the

Bug#347454: openoffice.org: Too easy to deselect text when right clicking

2006-01-10 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.0-5 Severity: normal It is too easy to deselect text while right clicking. After selecting some text in Writer, *without moving the mouse*, immediately right click. OpenOffice 2.0 erraneously thinks that the right click should cancel the selection. This make

Bug#346301: openoffice.org: English name of font not recognized

2006-01-06 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.0-5 Severity: normal Tags: l10n In version 2.0 of OpenOffice, if a font has both an English name and a Chinese name, only the Chinese name is recognized as valid; if an old file contains a reference to the font's English name, it is rendered in some randomly-p

Bug#346133: openoffice.org: Cannot see all glyphs in "special characters" context menu

2006-01-05 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.0-5 Severity: wishlist In OOo 2.0, text fields have a "special characters" context menu. However, when the menu is brought up, I found that - The popup uses an apparently-randomly-picked font which contains many missing characters - The user cannot change t

Bug#345835: openoffice.org: Wrong file name shown in warning message when saving as a different name

2006-01-03 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 2.0.0-5 Severity: normal 1. Open the spreadsheet 2. Save as a csv, for example /tmp/1.csv 3. OpenOffice.org issues a warning message: Warning saving the document 1.csv: Only the active sheet was saved. 4. Save as another csv, for example /tmp/2.csv

Bug#335094: openoffice.org: Some options in the PPD file cannot be accessed

2005-10-24 Thread Ambrose Li
Hi On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 04:32:38AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > Why important? Sorry for the miscategorization. It could be important if our device is configured to block colour jobs without a proper password. I will need to spend some time to see if this is the case, though. > An easy

Bug#335094: openoffice.org: Some options in the PPD file cannot be accessed

2005-10-21 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.4-7 Severity: important I am using OpenOffice to print to our "Toshiba e-Studio 3511" device. In the PPD, There is an option to select the "Quality" of the printouts, which, among other things, tags the job as either mono or colour. Under OpenOffice.org, it i

Bug#332685: openoffice.org: cannot set fixed line spacing below 7.1pt or above 283.5pt

2005-10-07 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.4-7 Severity: important OOo Writer cannot set line spacing to fixed if the desired line spacing is less than 7.1pt or larger than 283.5pt. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500,

Bug#330232: openoffice.org: Changing anchor from "to paragraph" to "to page" changes position of graphics

2005-09-26 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.4-7 Severity: important 1. Insert some image 2. Keep image anchored to paragraph 3. Change horizontal position to "from left" and enter a negative number that will place the image between the page border and the left margin 4. Dismiss the window. The left

Bug#329235: openoffice.org: autocomplete makes spreadsheet unusable

2005-09-20 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.4-7 Severity: important Autocomplete makes OOo Spreadsheet practically unusable. For example, if I have previously entered "865GV", trying to enter "8" will make OOo fill in "865GV". I cannot press Delete, left arrow, or right arrow to cancel the autocomple

Bug#328140: openoffice.org: Changed document cannot be saved under some circumstances

2005-09-13 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.4-7 Severity: normal This is quite serious because it could cause data loss. But I'm not familiar with Debian directives to know whether it's considered "serious" for the purpose of reportbug: 1. Create a presentation document with a few sheets 2. Insert a

Bug#308637: openoffice.org: OpenOffice steals focus

2005-05-11 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.3-9 Severity: important OpenOffice.org programs steals focus from other windows. With window managers without active "focus stealing avoidance" mechanisms (e.g., xfce4, as opposed to say KDE) this is a serious usability problem. This is extremely dangerous. F

Bug#296298: openoffice.org: OOo fails to detect itself having crashed

2005-02-21 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.3-4 Severity: normal If the user logs out without having quit OOo first (including cases like X crashed etc.), OOo will remain running, unaware that it should quit itself. When the user logs back in and tries to run OOo, no window appears because OOo finds t

Bug#282136: openoffice.org: [ooimpress] Bizzare pause after last slide is shown

2004-11-19 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.2dfsg1-2 Severity: important When a slide show is set to auto-run, it gives a bizzare pause after the last slide is shown (before it loops back to the first slide). A very ugly countdown timer is shown during this pause, and there does not seem to be any way t

Bug#276724: openoffice.org: Cannot turn off "Fit object to paper format" in Impress page format

2004-10-15 Thread Ambrose Li
Package: openoffice.org Version: 1.1.2-5 Severity: normal 1. Create or open a Presentation 2. Go to Page format. The "Fit object to paper format" option is selected and is not greyed out. 3. Click "Fit object to paper format" to turn it off, press OK. 4. Go to Page format again. The "Fit objec