Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 93118
Calc: Page Style - Page - Layout settings "Table alignment Hotizontal / Vertical" is misleading
Last modified: 2013-08-07 15:13:10 UTC
In OOo Calc german localization choose Format|Seite...|Seite. For center alignment of the printout the user has to select the option "Tabellenausrichtung Horizontal" and/or "Tabellenausrichtung Vertikal". (see screenshot attached) The terms "Tabellenausrichtung Horizontal" and "Tabellenausrichtung Vertikal" do *not at all* indicate, that this results in a centering of the printout. Suggestion: Add "zentrieren" so the terms would be "Tabellenausrichtung Horizontal zentrieren" and "Tabellenausrichtung Vertikal zentrieren". (For comparison, you may want to have a look at the main competitor´s dialog in the second screenshot attached.)
Created attachment 56008 [details] Screenshot showing Calc´s dialog
Created attachment 56009 [details] Screenshot showing main competitor´s dialog
Confirm for "2.4.1 Multilingual version German UI WIN XP: [680m17(Build9310)]" and "Ooo-dev 3.0.0 Beta Multilingual version English UI WIN XP: [OOO300m3 (Build9344)]". It's not a [DE] problem, English version shows the same inaccurateness
I agree in expanding this issue to the english version as well. Although, one valid translation of english "alignment" is german "Axialität" which implies centering in some way. So, in english "alignment" can be somehow linked to centering, whereas in german "Ausrichtung" is absolutely neutral. Anyway, we ought to find a better labeling in both (or all) languages.
SBA: Same in OOO300_m4. Changed component to "spreadsheet". SBA->OC: Please proceed.
Hi Daniel, please have a look
DR->FL: best fix is to add "ly centered" to the checkboxes: FixedText: "Table alignment" (unchanged) Checkbox "Hori~zontal" -> "Hori~zontally centered" Checkbox "~Vertical" -> "~Vertically centered"
Adjust target.
Branch-date (feature- and code-freeze) for OOo 3.2 is nearly done. Therefore I change the target of this issue to OOo 3.x. If you think it is a stopper for OOo 3.2 please change the target back.