Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 16918
Error in File > Properties > character count
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
A line feed, i.e., chr(10) entered with Shift+Enter is being counted as a character.
Non printing characters shouldn't be counted should they?
os->cj: The method SwDoc::UpdateDocStat() simply counts all characters contained in the paragraphs. It doesn't exclude anything. If this should be done please define which characters should be excluded forward the task to dvo. Otherwise close it.
The character count doesn't count paragraph breaks, likewise it should not count line breaks. Both are non-printing and should not be counted by default. It would be nice to have a box where you could specify other none counted characters like spaces and tabs. Such a box was available in SO6 for specifying or altering word seperators but I have not seen it in the OO1.1 series. But I guess this comment is an enhancement request.
confirming. -> NEW
cj->dvo: for counting word it makes sense to ignore tabs, hard line breaks, line breaks & spaces. I also recommend to modify the character count,in the Document Properties Dialog, from "Character" to "Characters (with spaces)" and to add a new property called "Characters (no spaces)" where oo.o ignores spaces, tabs, hard line breaks and line breaks.
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Because of a shortage of resources we have to retarget this issue to OOo later.
Dear developers, please consider this issue for 2.3. Thanks a lot!
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