Impress Organization Charts - Key to replace PowerPoint
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From: RA Brown on 21 Dec 2009 17:45 Wm Stewart wrote: > > > Hi, I've copied below our input on: > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=33825 > since I believe this issue is so important. Feedback greatly > appreciated. Anyone know if this is in the works? > > At http://Eseri.com/ we have integrated a full FOSS organization in a > box to help FOSS compete with Microsoft across the board. However our > experience is that the lack of an Organization Chart capability in > Impress, and compatibility with the PowerPoint version of this feature, > to be the number one issue holding back wide-spread customer embrace of > OpenOffice. More info: > > While Writer and Calc compatibility with MS Office is now very good, > greatly moving it forward as a suite that can interoperate without risk, > Impress compatibility with Powerpoint is much less solid. Business > users of MS Office use PowerPoint a lot, and often create organization > charts with its builtin tool, found under Insert / Picture / > Organization Chart. > > These organization charts do not come across to Impress - the lines get > reformatted all over the place - and they cannot be edited and sent back > to an MS Office user. (I'd be glad to provide example files, and/or > provide any other examples requested on Impress / PPT compatibility in > general.) > > The reasons the Powerpoint Org Chart tool is so useful is mainly two-fold: > > 1. The automated layout capability is an order of magnitude more > convenient than manually creating and then editing a chart in any > drawing package. You can select a branch, and automatically change with > one click the layout of the whole branch or entire chart to right-side, > left-side, or standard layout. All alignment is automatically taken > care of. Very useful. > > 2. You can also select a branch and drag it in entirety to another > node of the org chart, and the entire branch moves with all alignment > against the rest of the chart, and the rest of the chart moved around to > make room, again automatically so everything is equally spaced and aligned. > > I don't downplay the effort to replicate this or make it work seamlessly > with a PowerPoint org chart that has been imported. Our input is simply > that both of these - replication and compatibility - are very > significant issues, and addressing them would go a very, very long way > to enabling the majority of users to move from MS Office to OpenOffice > without any barrier, trouble, or risk on the presentation software > side. Embrace and replace! > > We request that the urgency of this issue be raised and addressed as a > priority issue. > > Cheers, > Bill Stewart > Eseri CEO > > -- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org > > Bill, While this list is a good place to get feedback on this issue getting it on the User Experience mailing list may help to get it done. I will be adding a vote for this issue as I feel that it is needed, in Draw as well as Impress. Andy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org
From: Cor Nouws on 21 Dec 2009 18:29 Hi Bill, Wm Stewart wrote (21-12-09 23:19) > > Hi, I've copied below our input on: > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=33825 > since I believe this issue is so important. Feedback greatly > appreciated. Anyone know if this is in the works? > [...] There was a cool presentation from one of our Chinese developers at the OOoCon in Orvieto. http://conference.services.openoffice.org/index.php/ooocon/2009/paper/view/34 I expect this will make you feel much happier :-) Best regards, Cor -- Cor Nouws - nl.OpenOffice.org marketing contact - Community Contributor Representative in the Community Council Gevoel niet vrij te zijn? Zie www.nieuwsteversie.nl --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org
From: Wm Stewart on 23 Dec 2009 08:02
Thanks Xiaohong, this looks very interesting. My key suggestion is to make sure it is "embrace and replace": - it can read PowerPoint organization charts. - when saving Impress to Powerpoint it saves the organization chart in the Microsoft format so it can be edited in Powerpoint. This will ensure it will be the long term winner! dongxiaohong wrote: > hi bill: > > Hi, I've copied below our input on: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=33825 > since I believe this issue is so important. Feedback greatly appreciated. Anyone know if this is in the works? > > i am very happy to tell that two developers are concentrating on "Intelligent Group" which is similar with SmartArt(MS 2007 new feature). we call it-IG. > > Uer could easily establish all kind of charts or diagram which depends on their request. certainly it will be interoperability with powerpoint fianlly. > > if you need more detail, can contact me. And show you our specification in this project in Redoffice if possible. > > > best regard, > > > 2009-12-22 > > > > Xiaohong Dong > > > System Analyst & Engineering Contact > > > Beijing Redflag Chinese 2000 Software Co., Ltd. > Building No.2, Block A, Huilongsen, 18 Xihuan Nanlu > Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area > 100176 Beijing - P.R.China > > > 北京红旗中文贰仟软件技术有限公司 > 地址：北京经济技术开发区（亦庄）西环南路18号汇龙森A座二层 > 邮编/PostCode：100176 > 电话/Tel: +86-10-51570010 ext.6183 > 邮箱/e-mail： dongxiaohong(a)RedOffice.com > http://www.RedOffice.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscribe(a)openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-help(a)openoffice.org |