Feature Freeze Testing 2.4

Feature testing for OOo 2.4

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FEATURE FREEZE IS PLANNED FOR 15th OF NOVEMBER '07

Here are all features and enhancements, which were integrated in 2.4. All the listed issues are announced in the release notes for the developer snapshots since SRC680m226.

What's new ?

Component : Chart

• 24614 : enable reverse scales on axes
  • Description : It is possible now to change the direction of axes. Thus the user can choose where the lower values and where the higher values are displayed at an axis.
  • Feature Announcement : http://graphics.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=196
  • Specification : http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/Chart_Scales_and_Intervals.odt
  • Test case specification : http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/48782/reverse_direction.htm
  • CWS : chart14 integrated in SRC680m235
• 26795 : display bars on different axis next to each other
  • Description : If two axes are shown in a bar chart, and some data series are attached to the first one, while some other data series are attached to the second one, both sets of data series are shown independently , one box overlapping the other. As a result, bars attached to the first y-axis are partly or completely hidden by bars attached to the second y-axis. To avoid this, there is an option to display bars side by side, as if they were attached only to one axis. To enable this setting the option “Show Bars side by side” must be checked in the dialog. See specification control #7 and chapter 1.3 for details. (The other parts of the spec describe no new features)
  • Feature Announcement : http://graphics.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=192
  • Specification : http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/BarChartOptions.odt
  • Test case specification : http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/48996/TCS_Display_Bars.htm
  • CWS : chart14 integrated in SRC680m235
• 37792 : number format for data labels
  • Description : For data labels in charts it will be possible to choose a number format for the display of values and percentage values. Thus the user now can change the precision of the displayed values.
  • Feature Announcement : http://graphics.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=193
  • Specification : http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/ChartDataLabels.odt
  • Test case specification : http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/48936/Data_Labels.htm
  • CWS : chart14 integrated in SRC680m235
• 43489 : Display both value and percentage as data point label
  • Description : For data labels in charts it is now possible to display the value and the percentage value at the same time.
  • Feature Announcement : http://graphics.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=194
  • Specification : http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/ChartDataLabels.odt
  • Test case specification : http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/48769/Combined_Datapointlabel.htm
  • CWS : chart14 integrated in SRC680m235
• 82051 : Allow to display each part of a data label in a separate line
  • Description : The different parts of data label now can be displayed in separate lines
  • Feature Announcement : http://graphics.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=195
  • Specification : http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/ChartDataLabels.odt
  • Test case specification : http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/48744/ChartDataLabel_Separator.htm
  • CWS : chart14 integrated in SRC680m235

Component : Database

• 18907 : wrong default table name in "Copy table"
  • Description : With the integration of CWS dba24a (680m228 or m229, probably), when you paste table-like data (a Calc range, a Writer table, an HTML table, a database table, whatever) to OOo Base, while a table object is currently selected, then this table's name, along with the option "Append data", is pre-selected in the "Copy Table" wizard.
  • Feature Announcement : http://dba.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=212
  • Specification : --
  • Test case specification : --
  • CWS : dba24a integrated in SRC680m231
• 68858 : The relation design is now accessible for MySQL databases as well.
  • Description : The relation design is now accessible for MySQL databases as well
  • Feature Announcement : http://dba.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=214
  • Specification : --
  • Test case specification : --
  • CWS : dba24a integrated in SRC680m231
• 69740 : API: Add ability to find which table(s) or query(s) are currently selected in the main Base window
  • Description : The controller of the database application window now supports the com.sun.star.view.XSelectionSupplier interface. The method getSelection return an Any which contains a Sequence of NamedValue. ...
  • Feature Announcement : http://dba.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=213
  • Specification : --
  • Test case specification : --
  • CWS : dba24a integrated in SRC680m231

Component : Drawing

• 68097 : Author-defined logical navigation of page objects in presentations
  • Description : This enhancement makes the shape navigation order independent from the paint order. Drag and drop in the Navigator can be used to reorder shapes.
  • Feature Announcement : http://graphics.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=191
  • Specification : http://specs.openoffice.org/draw/NavOrder.odt
  • Test case specification : http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/46918/navigator.htm
  • CWS : navorder integrated in SRC680m227

Component : Calc/Spreadsheet (SC)

• 4040 : Convert text to columns
  • Description : Comma separated values (CSV) can already be imported from files and the clipboard, but CSV data inside cells could not be transformed into columns directly. The new Text to Columns feature uses the already existing Text import dialog and transforms CSV data inside cells into multiple columns.
  • Feature Announcement : http://sc.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=243
  • Specification : http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/ease-of-use/Text_to_Columns.odt
  • Test case specification : http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/47570/Text_to_Columns.html
  • Test document : http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/47571/Text_to_Columns.ods
  • CWS : calctextcol integrated in SRC680m226
• 15546 : Enter-Key behaves not as expected
  • Description : Entering data into a spreadsheet is an important but time consuming task. So every keyboard input and mouse click which can be saved makes it faster to accomplish this task. Furthermore it reduces input errors and makes this task much more comfortable for the user. Entering data could be done column or row wise. The row wise method is improved. Therefore the Return key works like a carriage return-line feed on a type writer and allows to return to the column where the input started, but just a row below the current row.
  • Feature Announcement : http://sc.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=246
  • Specification : http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/ease-of-use/Enhanced_Data_Input.odt
  • Test case specification : http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/48773/Calc_Data_Input.html
  • CWS : calcdatainput integrated in SRC680m233
• 20496 : Enhanced formula input
  • Description : Most professional spreadsheet users do use the number pad for inputting data to save time. So it makes sense to allow to enter a formula not just by entering a "=" or hitting the Function button in the Formula tool bar. Therefore "+" and "-" can also be used to start entering a formula. This improves the usability and the speed when creating formulas in a spreadsheet. Furthermore this can be used as a little calculator.
  • Feature Announcement : http://sc.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=features&msgNo=245
  • Specification : http://specs.openoffice.org/calc/ease-of-use/Enhanced_Formula_Input.odt
  • Test case specification : http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/48577/Enhanced_formula_input.html
  • Test document : http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/48576/Enhanced_Formula_Input.ods
  • CWS : calcformula integrated in SRC680m232

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