Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 10602
Keystroke Compatibility in Writer/Calc
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:34:06 UTC
I strongly urge that OOo reconsider its keyboard shortcuts (especially in Writer and Calc) and simply comport with what Microsoft has already established. Given that MSOffice has over 90% marketshare (and has had it for virtually 10 years), why not simply let users start with the Microsoft keyboard shortcuts, or at the very least, make it an option choice as TextPad (www.textpad.com) does: "Keystroke compatibility": and then there's a dropdown list in which the user can select TextPad's, IBM's, Microsoft's, or other keyboard shortcut schemes. It's so simple it's brilliant. I notice that even though quite a few shortcuts are similar, I can't, for example, navigate using the Ctrl-arrow keys like I can in MS applications. I can't think of a reason why not. Among the biggest reason is that by correlating keyboard shortcuts, users and companies are able to migrate to OOo without the (albeit minor) headache of learning new keystrokes. Adobe, as wonderful a company as they are, does this to aggravation, with seemingly no rhyme or reason to their shortcuts in much of Acrobat, for example. Otherwise, if it's left as it is now, I'm left pining away for the good old days of when I could quickly bound around a document without having to futz with my mouse, thus slowing me down.
Reassigned to BH
Set to "NEW"
*** Issue 11323 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
I agree. Especially the CTRL+arrow up/arrow down
Hear Hear!! You may have no idea how frustrating it is not to have a paragraph up/down navigation once you're used to using it. Or is there some other keystroke for this of which I'm not aware? If there is, please tell me (though I still agree that Ctrl+Up/Down is best). If the whole issue is a big one, can that one keyboard shortcut be prioritized?
OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request. The Issue you raised has the status 'New' pending further action, but has not been updated within the last 4 years. Please consider re-testing with one of the latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been addressed. Either use the recent stable version: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing): http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/ Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be Closed or Progressed as necessary - otherwise it may be Resolved as Invalid in the future. You may also wish to search for (and note) any duplicates of this Issue that may have advanced further by checking the Issue Tracker: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/query.cgi Many thanks, Andrew Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of: ~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~ http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html
Please consider re-testing with one of the latest versions of OOo and providing an update / further information. Cheers. Lowering Issue priority... From: http://qa.openoffice.org/scdocs/ddIssues_EnterModify.html#priority P2 - Marks severe problems which affect a significant number of customers. Issues with this priority must be fixed before the target release ... and should be dealt with as soon as possible. Not fixing them for the target release is not acceptable.
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