discovered that calc is not as good with orca during data entry

Jeremy Lincicome w0jrl1 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 11 15:58:25 UTC 2012


krishnakant,
It's not call preferences in the version that is in Ubuntu 12.04. You 
need to go to tools, options. Memory is the third item in the tree-view.

Hope this helps,
Jeremy
On 04/11/2012 09:44 AM, krishnakant Mane wrote:
> Hello all,
> Can some one tell me where is the preferences dialog in libre office
> calc (or any office software ) and which tab has the quickstart
> option?
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
>
>
>
> On 11/04/2012, Hammer Attila<hammera at pickup.hu>  wrote:
>> Hy Krisnakant,
>>
>> This is a timing issue I think with at-spi2 and Orca related, some time
>> Orca not loading right scripts for some apps with first start. This
>> situation forexample not loaded right the Soffice script when you
>> launched with the Libreoffice Calc application, and want handling the
>> default Orca script the events.
>> The cell coordinates related problem is I think following bug, I
>> reported earlier:
>> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672953
>>
>> Have an another issue with Orca/Libreoffice Writer, this is a timing
>> issue too I think:
>> Some time Orca all text caret movement spokening text field related
>> tutorial message, this is following bug with not fixed yet:
>> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672784
>>
>> I have got following experiences:
>> If I enabling the Libreoffice quick start function in Libreoffice
>> preferences/memory page, this problems are doesn't happening my machine,
>> and Libreoffice apps start more faster. If your machine have for example
>> 1 GB of ram, feel free use this possibility.
>> If you don't want this, for example calc try you uncheck the formula
>> toolbar menu item in view menu. This change resulting you hopefuly will
>> be hear cell coordinates, and doesn't presenting type text frame role
>> when you typing the cells.
>> If this is not help with first Libreoffice Calc start, simple restart
>> Orca, and cell coordinates are right spokened, my machine this is always
>> resolve the calc related problem.
>>
>> I tested now dinamic row header function, works good.
>> I simple fill the first row with wanted column headers, and pressed Orca
>> modifier+r keystroke.
>> After this, I moving between cells the second row, and typed some
>> contents. When I move the prewious or next cell, Orca right spokened the
>> proper column header.
>> Possible you not working this function because when you tryed happened
>> your machine this timing issue related bug.
>>
>> Attila
>>
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