Revision as of 21:42, 8 December 2009

Background

One of big company is planning to migration to OpenOffice.org so we have researched furniture of OpenOffice.org since 2008 and the Japan OSS Promotion Forum[1] started to joint trial use OpenOffice.org from 3.1.1 which we provide. The enterprise that represents Japan is participating in this trial like a FUJITSU, Ltd,NEC...etc

According to result of research , trial use and result of Seagull Research 2006[2], We found some baggage to migration to OpenOffice.org so we are planning to solver the baggage. We picked up 7 topic which have a high priority for next year.

Could you help us for solver those baggage ?

topic list is blow:

• topic 1 highest priority: Grid layout for Japanese
• topic 2 : Table border(All especially Calc and Writer)
• topic 3 : Japanese Justification and Distribution(Impress,Calc,Writer)
• topic 4 : Issue about Handout Master(Impress)
• topic 5 : Version Manager(Writer)
• topic 6 : Issue about Asian Kerning(All)

[1]http://www.ipa.go.jp/software/open/forum/index-e.html [2]http://ooo-research.good-day.net/?en_top

Quaternion

Writer

Grid Layout

• We would like to solver some issue about grid layout
  • i107471 Alignment fail if checked snap to text grid.
  • and more.

Japanese Justification and Distribution

• We would like to use Distribution furniture by more easy way.
  • like the Specification by Takamichi Akiyama <tora@openoffice.org> : Alignment_Distributed
  • Releated issues
    • i90868 Paragraph alignment 'Distributed' and character alignment 'Fit text'

• We would like to use Japanese Justification and Distribution on everywhere
  • We can not use Japanese Justification on text box.
  • Related issues
    • i53373 Align "Justified" in Draw text box does not work very well for Japanese text
    • i58813 text align justification fails with CJK (Chinese Japanese and Korean) text
    • i71067 Justify Text not for Last Line
    • i71824 Need a paragraph alignment Distributed in addition to Justified

Principles of Arrangement for Japanese

Japanese user basically use spacing furniture for title of document and title of table..etc According to Japanese Industrial Standards,There are three type of spacing. It call "Fixed inter-character spacing","Even inter-character spacing" and "Tsumegumi".

Office software should be able to use it.

• Please see the detail in Requirements for Japanese Text Layout
  • 2.1.3 Principles of Arrangement of Kanji and Kana Characters
  • 3.7.3 Jidori Processing

a.Fixed inter-character spacing: 
Text set with a fixed size space between each character frame (see [Fig.6]).

b. Even inter-character spacing:
Text set with equal inter-character spacing between characters on a given line,
so that each line is aligned to the same line head and line end (see [Fig.7]).

Even inter-character space setting is used in books for unifying the length of table headings with Japanese text (see [Fig.8]). 
There are also examples (e.g. lists of names) in which parts of a person names receive inter-character spacing. 

c.Tsumegumi (kerning / tracking): Text is set with negative inter-character space by arranging characters 
so that a portion of two character frames overlap each other. This is divided further into two types,
depending on the methods used for inter-character space reduction. One method involves reducing by the
same amount of inter-character space (even tsumegumi or tracking, see [Fig.9]) and the other involves
determining the amount of space to reduce based on the distance between the two letter faces of adjacent 
characters (face tsumegumi or letter face kerning, see [Fig.10]).

Japanese Justification

Justification is basically furniture. Japanese Justification is unique. please see some blow Reference.

• Reference
  • CJK Justification
  • i36408 Requirements of Japanese Justification
  • International Layout in CSS
  • Requirements for Japanese Text Layout( more detail)

Situation of Distribution on Writer

OpenOffice.org Writer is supported enough furniture for make spacing except Text box. But it is not easy to use.

• a. Fixed inter-character spacing
• b. Even inter-character spacing
• c. Tsumegumi (kerning / tracking)

Writer can do all of them by blow ways.

1. Set Spacing size by point in Character Dialog->Position/Spacing for all.
2. Select justified in Paragraph dialog->Alignment->Option:Justified/Last line:Justified for "b"
3. limited case,Double line layout(Character -> Asian Layout) for "b".
4. Type and Put the full and half space manually for "a" and "b"

However, There are hard to use "1" for "b" and "c". because user have to mind font size ,calculate themselves and set . of cause, they have to recalculate again if change font size.

also difficult to find "2" furniture.

for example

I made a sample paper.This is common business layout for Japanese.

1)Title:
It have "a. Fixed inter-character spacing" in here.

• Set Font-Size by point in Character Dialog->Position/Spacing.

2)Affiliation:
It have "b.Even inter-character spacing".

• select Double line layout(Character -> Asian Layout) then put a two full-space between "指定社員" and "執行役員社員".

3)Name:
It have "b.Even inter-character spacing" and sometimes this place need "c. Tsumegumi (kerning / tracking)" if the name is long.

• Calculate and Set Font-Size by point in Character Dialog->Position/Spacing each line.

4)stamp place:
this is not about spacing.

• about this isssue i105888 fenced character lost when I use fenced character function on ms-word

Other sample

• • I pick from ministry of finance in Japan.
    • http://www.customs.go.jp/toukei/shinbun/trade-st_e/2009/2009104e.pdf

• • I pick from University(it is common business format)
    • http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/migr/pdf/jp/annai/information/joho/pdf/zaimu/dokuritsukansa(h18).pdf

Case of Microsoft Word

Microsoft Office have a two furniture for solver.

• Fit Text for all

1. Select some character.
2. Push the Distributed icon on the tool bar.
3. Open the "Fit text property dialog"
4. Set the width by number of characters.

(Fit text property dialog)

If they do not have enough space in the font,
They change the font size by scale width furniture.

• c) Distributed Paragraph for "b" ( it is same way as Select justified in Paragraph dialog->Alignment->Option:Justified/Last line:Justified for "b" in OpenOffice.org)

1. High light the Line
2. Push the Distributed icon on the tool bar.

Table

• We would like to use Diagonal like calc.
  • Related Spec form Redflag 2000
    • The Spec by Diagonal_Table_Header
    • i80049 Diagonal_TableHeader

• We would like to use more border style especially dotted and dashed.
  • Related issue
    • i932 Table border style
    • i5929 Make all line styles available everywhere in OO.o
    • i18342 Styles of lines (e.g. around table cells) not imported correctly

Situation of Table on Writer

We usually use Diagonal line on the table and dot line. It mean of diagonal that is same as N/A and also use head of the table.

• currently version of openoffice.org writer can not use Diagonal so we have to draw by my self.
• currently version of openoffice.org writer can not use dot line so we are deception by gray line.

MS-Word file filter

• We would like to improve ms-filter(Ms-word binary file).
  • Character alignment 'Fit text'
    • Character alignment 'Fit text' format does not import.
      • User:Foral/Draft_Issue
  • Diagonal
    • i42606 Microsoft Word diagonal lines in tables not displayed when opened in OOo Writer
  • fenced character
    • i105888 fenced character lost when I use fenced character function on ms-word
  • border style especially dotted and dashed.
    • i18342 Styles of lines (e.g. around table cells) not imported correctly
  • versioning feature

i107533:Does not export old version documents which in versioning feature to Word File i107531:Does not import old version documents which in versioning feature

Calc

Graphics(Draw/Impress)