Specification BetterDefaults Gridhandling
Contents
& Bullets/Colors/Shortcuts
| Specification Status | |
| Author | Christoph Lukasiak (Clu) |
| Last Change | 7. July 2010 |
| Status (Help) | Preliminary |
Abstract
"Better Defaults", as this effort is called for short, aims to collect suggestions for better default settings in OOo. Impress was first (in accordance with the present focus of project Renaissance) . This is a subproject of Project Renaissance and 'Gridhandling' is the first outcome of it. Now also the second part 'Bullets/Colors/Shortcuts' is added.
References
| Reference Document | Check | Location (URL) |
| Prerequisites | [passed/failed] | n/a |
| Product Requirement, RFE, Issue ID (required) | available | gh:i111998,i112000,i112001,i112002,i112004,i112005,i112006,i112008,i113957 |
| Accessibility Check (required) | |
See accessibility section for check list |
| Test case specification (required) | [available/not available] | <PLEASE ENTER LOCATION HERE> |
| IDL Specification | [available/not available] | <PLEASE ENTER LOCATION HERE> |
| Software Specification Rules | n/a | n/a |
| Better Defaults: Gridhandling Suggestion list | available | Gridhandling Workout |
| Better Defaults: OOo Suggestion list | available | Improving OOo Default Settings |
| Project Renaissance | available | Thinning out |
Contacts
| Role | Name | E-Mail Address |
| Developer | Christian Lippka | Christian.Lippka@sun.com |
| Quality Assurance | Wolfram Garten | Wolfram.Garten@sun.com |
| Documentation | Uwe Fischer | Uwe.Fischer@sun.com |
| User Experience | Christoph Lukasiak | Christoph.Lukasiak@sun.com |
| |
Elizabeth Matthis | Elizabeth.Matthis@sun.COM |
| Renaissance i-Team | |
Renaissance i-Team |
Acronyms and Abbreviations
| Acronym / Abbreviation | Definition |
| <WYSIWYG> | <What You See Is What You Get> |
Detailed Specification
Snap to Guides: 'off' by default => should be 'on' by default
Snap to Object Border: 'off' by default => should be 'on' by default
Large Handles: 'off' by default => should be 'on' by default
Allow Quick Editing: 'on' by default => should be 'off' by default
(!attention: change layout text from 'click to add title' to 'doubleclick')
Copy when moving: 'off' by default => should be 'on' by default (tools/option/general)
Snap to Grid shortcut: change shortcut from 'ctrl' to 'alt' key
- also fit ctrl to 'copy when moving'
Rotation Mode: 'off' by default => should be 'on' by default
- Change rotate button (drawing toolbar) in rotate mode button (on/off)
- By clicking another object switch back to selection mode again
- Fit rotation point to every selected object
More fine Grid:
Impress (1inch/9points & 2cm/9point)
- Draw (0,5inch/9points & 1cm/9points)
Spacing vs. Points: grid subdevision (tools/option/impress/grid) changes from point to space
- wording changes from: 'point(s)' to 'space(s)'
- algorithm changed in: space = point +1; starting from 1 (0 not allowed)
Full Width for text in shapes: (menue/format/text/full width) should be 'on' by default
Bullet point Lists:
- insert space between the bullet point and the text
- insert ident for the second line of text under a bullet point
- hide empty bullets in presentation mode
Serial effect as default:
for bullet points, option (text animation): set 'By 1st level paragraphs' as default
Default color of drawing objects: set to CFE7F5 (OOo light blue) framed with 50% oracle grey
Default shadow of shapes: distance to 0,2cm
Default pen color: Oracle red - 0,2cm with 50% transpirancy
Common shortcut for comments: CTRL+Alt+C (in Impress/Writer/Calc)
Accessibility
Accessibility is the responsibility of the I-Team, beginning with UX, DEV and QA, to ensure that the following requirements are fulfilled:
- Is the feature fully keyboard accessible?
(Ex: "I can go everywhere and use every function using the keyboard only"
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<START TYPING HERE> - Are text alternatives for all icons and graphics available?
<Start typing here> - Don't provide important information in colors alone
(Ex: marking important information hard coded in red)
<START TYPING HERE> - Does the specified feature respect system settings for font, size, and color for all windows and user interface elements?
<START TYPING HERE> - Have I ensured that flash rates do not exceed 2 hertz for blinking text, objects, or other elements? In any case, try to avoid flashing UI elements
<START TYPING HERE> - Ensure that assistive technology (AT) (like ZoomText or Orca) is able to read everything.
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QUESTIONS?
If you need help while designing, implementing or testing the accessibility of the UI, ask/visit:
- The accessibility check list at the OpenOffice.org Wiki
- accessibility@ui.openoffice.org (The accessibility mailing lists, preferred)
- For specific implementation details, architecture: mt@openoffice.org (Malte Timmermann)
- For specific UX and testing questions: es@openoffice.org (Éric Savary)
Migration
The Gridhandling default changes belongs to Impress and Draw application.
Configuration
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Help | Configuration Table Template
File Format
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Help | File Format Table Template
Open Issues
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