Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 43249
Inconsistent use of a word for "Measurement unit" in UI
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:27:55 UTC
in Tools -> Options of Writer,Calc,Draw,Impress in the setting for Writer, Writer/Web, and Calc, it use the word "Measurement unit" - OOo Writer: General: Measurement unit - OOo Writer/Web: View: Measurement unit - OOo Calc: General: Measurement unit but in the setting for Draw and Impress, it use the word "Unit of measurement" - OOo Impress: General: Unit of measurement - Ooo Draw: General: Unit of measurement Besides, the location of this setting for Writer/Web is different from others. While other apps has this setting in '<app_name>: General', Writer/Web has it in '<app_name>: View'. Please consider to use the same word for the same thing, either "Measurement unit" or "Unit of measurement". Just one. Also, if possible, the same setting in each app should be at the "same" place. For example, the measurement unit setting for Writer/Web should be found in OOo 'Writer/Web: General' ... just like we found the same setting for Calc in Calc 'OOo: General'
May related to usability. Confirmed.
reassigned to cj mci -> cj: hi cj, please have a look at this and decide about further handling, thanks...
CJ -> EM: Please have a look at this one. Thanks.
Cj/Liz: Reduction of this issue: Only for the wording, not for placement of strings. In order for the wording to be fixed soon, only look at the first aspect. The string placement cannot be dealt with in a product update (minor release), but the string bug can. Targetting to 2.0.2 Both terms "Unit of measurement" and "Measurement unit" are incorrect, according to US English. It should be "Unit of measure" Definition from http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=Unit%20of%20measure: "(as of length, surface, volume, dry measure, liquid measure, money, weight, time, and the like), in general, a determinate quantity or magnitude of the kind designated, taken as a standard of comparison for others of the same kind, in assigning to them numerical values, as 1 foot, 1 yard, 1 mile, 1 square foot, 1 square yard, 1 cubic foot, 1 peck, 1 bushel, 1 gallon, 1 cent, 1 ounce, 1 poun, 1 hour, and the like [...]" Liz->OS: please change English only, as follows... Unit of ~measurement ---> Unit of ~measure KeyId 209670 PRJ sd Filename source\ui\dlg\tpoption.src Build SRC680 GID TP_OPTIONS_MISC LID FT_METRIC Type fixedtext Measurement unit --> Unit of measure KeyId 214871 PRJ sw Filename source\ui\config\optload.src Build SRC680 GID TP_OPTLOAD_PAGE LID FT_METRIC Type fixedtext Measurement unit --> Unit of measure KeyId 214738 PRJ sw Filename source\ui\config\optdlg.src Build SRC680 GID TP_CONTENT_OPT LID FT_METRIC Type fixedtext Measurement ~unit ---> ~Unit of measure KeyId 217576 PRJ sc Filename source\ui\src\optdlg.src Build SRC680 GID RID_SCPAGE_LAYOUT LID FT_UNIT Type fixedtext
Thank you for the fix :) btw, seems like the inconsistency goes deep into the code itself. Look at LID, we have both FT_METRIC and FT_UNIT. (I know that this cannot be fixed anytime soon, or may be will never, but still like to mentioned about it.)
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We will not finish this task in the 2.0.2 time frame -> retargetted to 3.0
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".