Calligra Words doesn't "spacebar"!!! WRONG!

[woodsmoke]

This is just such a NON-issue.

I ran across this in a review a few days ago...........

However, I can fault KDE for not having a complete manual for Calligra though.... I offered to do write ups and actually had one person contact me but then acted as if it really was just such a waste of their time. So when one is treated that way...what does one do......go drink a rum 'n coke! lol

Anyway this is a NON-issue and I am going to explain why before I tell you how to "spacebar"...

I would like for you to actually "space bar" across using say........ LO writer. Go ahead, fire up writer and spacebar over.......ummmm just WHERE are you when you are "there"?

99 percent of people never use the spacebar to "go over to the other side of the page"...

They almost always are using........................ "periods"........ to make a line.....

If you DO use the spacebar, and then go back and REformat......... you quite often end up with..... text that was at the end of "spacing over" in the wrong place...

That is why there is a TAB button built INTO the keybaord.

So here is how one .........."spacebars" over in a document in Calligra....

Go ahead and fire up Calligra words and put the cursor on the left side and try to use the space bar..

nada...it sits there

now use the tab...and you "jump over" don't know... ten spaces each I think...

So tab over a few times...

BUT People immediately shout to the rafters that

A) ..............IT WENT PAST WHERE I WANT TO GO!!!!@

There ia a really odd piece of equipment on a keybaord, it is called a back space key.

ummmm backspace to where you want to be....

B) ............It didn't GO FAR ENOUGH...!!

There is another piece of equipment.........a SPACEBAR.....

spacebar over a few spaces to where you want to be.

BUT THAT IS JUST STOOPID IT IS EXTRA WORK....

maybe, maybe not...

You should actually TRY

a) "spacebarring" a long ways across the page

b) tabbing to either "before" or "past" where you want to end up and then spacebarring or back arrowing.

I contend that the latter method is faster by a few seconds...

now it does require that one ...um do two things to get there... in the latter method :0 OH HORRORS!!

Guess what ...if a young person in an IT office applications classes...........SPACEBARS across a page.........the Microsith program that is watching each and every computer in that classroom alerts the teacher and he or she gets up out of his or her seat........and lugs all that weight accumulated in his or her derrier down the aisle...and he or she stops at the computer and slaps the kid on the knuckles with a ruler!!! LOL, not on the ruler but yes on the notice to the instructor.

The real ADVANTAGE of using the tab method is in saving lost time in reformatting.

So at the end of a long work day.....considering the number of times that you had to have a "letter" half way across a page....

Which method took the longest TOTAL time, adding in messups from reformatting?

Now if you can't handle tab keys......then just forget Calligra and go for LO.

if anyone has questions, please ask.

woodsmoke

[NickStone]

You shouldn't be using the spacebar to line up text on a page. The proper way is to define tab stops at the required position and then simply hit the tab key to move the curser to that position. What your teaching there is bad practice in word processing.

[oshunluvr]

You shouldn't be using the spacebar to line up text on a page. The proper way is to define tab stops at the required position and then simply hit the tab key to move the curser to that position. What your teaching there is bad practice in word processing.

Agreed. "Spacebarring" is a left-over from typewriter days. Most word processors use dynamic spacing and variable sized fonts. Spaces change size depending on where they are.

IMO, the best looking word processor pages use justified text and proper indents and tabbed or offset lines to group or stand-off text.

Now if we could just get WoodSmoker to use paragraphs!

[whatthefunk]

Yes, spacbarring leads to uneven indentations because the program shortens or lenghtens spaces to make text fit within the margins. Set your tabs.

[woodsmoke]

a)

Well the point of the post was, that yes, one should not be spacebarring and yes one should use tabs and that Calligra uses that method.

forward or backward spacebarring between tabs is the "quick and dirty" for somebody who just needs to get the thing done.

Yes, a defined tab is the preferred method.

b)
The other point is that there are, indeed, on the net posts and reviews about Calligra which say "spacebarring" doesn't exist.

The post was to indicate to a disinterensted (in Kubuntu) party who was considering Calligra, and that happens to find this post in a web search, that "spacebarring" was taken care of in an elegant way.

woodsmoke

[whatthefunk]

a)

Well the point of the post was, that yes, one should not be spacebarring and yes one should use tabs and that Calligra uses that method.

forward or backward spacebarring between tabs is the "quick and dirty" for somebody who just needs to get the thing done.

Yes, a defined tab is the preferred method.

b)
The other point is that there are, indeed, on the net posts and reviews about Calligra which say "spacebarring" doesn't exist.

The post was to indicate to a disinterensted (in Kubuntu) party who was considering Calligra, and that happens to find this post in a web search, that "spacebarring" was taken care of in an elegant way.

woodsmoke

Woodsmoke, Ive said this before, but your posts are so long, unorganized, and filled with tangents that most people dont understand them and cant manage to read them all the way through. If you want to express yourself and have the other party understand what youre talking about, your posts should be clear and concise. If nobody understands you, you have failed.

(Waiting for three page long response with no paragrpahs, incorrect punctuation, and several tangents about liberals and "Winblows" which I wont be reading...)

[oshunluvr]

No no, not liberals: Eeee-leets ! LOL!

We love you Woody!

[NickStone]

No no, not liberals: Eeee-leets ! LOL!

We love you Woody!

And what's wrong with liberals? I am, what you Americans would call, a liberal. In fact I would say that I have socialist views. I am all for equality for everyone. I would love to live in a society where everyone is treated equally and there is non of this "I'm all right jack"; "screw everyone else"; "look after number one" attitude that capitalist societies are based.