Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 92260
Add 'Document Warnings' dialog to tell the user which document features aren't supported
Last modified: 2014-01-19 16:37:52 UTC
The iWork suite of Apple has this wonderful feature called 'Document Warnings'. It is a small dialog that comes up whenever a document (text, spreadsheet, presentation) is opened that uses features that are not or not fully supported in the application. For example (hypothetical situation), if OOo wouldn't support page numbers and I'd open a Word document that does use page numbers, this dialog would tell me that OOo tried to open the document but failed to load the page numbers since that feature is unsupported. If I understand http://www.shallowsky.com/blog/tech/ODT-pseudo-standard.html correctly OOo currently only tells the user that some 'features may not be supported', but that isn't exactly informative to the end user.
Created attachment 55426 [details] Screenshot of the 'Document Warnings' dialog
Good suggestion.