Hidden Treasures in OpenOffice 2.0's Chart Tool

Jane Walker writes "Take a tour of the multi-layered charting tools of OpenOffice 2.0's Charting Wizard, as you learn to create, edit and master the art of making a polished chart." From the article: "The chart features in OpenOffice are like a mystery-lover's dream vacation: a huge, mysterious old house with lots of long halls, secret bookcases, dark closets and creaky doors that, when you peer behind them, reveal wonderful secrets."

Yarrrr!

[Anonymous Coward]

Deres gold in dem source code!! YARRR

For 19.95 A LIMITED TIME!

[palumbor]

I feel as if I was just verbally assaulted by an informercial.

Re:For 19.95 A LIMITED TIME!

[TubeSteak]

:SLAP: Buy OpenOffice 2.0.1 or else
BITCH!

Now you can say you've been physically assaulted by an infomercial too :O) ..wha? It's free?
Sorry for slapping you dude.

But can it compete with MS-Office!?

[merc]

Sorry, I digress. What I really meant to say was "But, does it have a flight simulator?"

Slow news day

[kentrel]

Ah, comparing something to Nancy Drew mysteries, the perfect way to a geek's heart.

Usability, is that you?

[MrNonchalant]

Because you know your software is usable when it's described as a huge, mysterious old house with lots of long halls, secret bookcases, dark closets and creaky doors that, when you peer behind them, reveal wonderful secrets.

Wow

[threedognit3]

Well I know this is going to make 15 people happy.

I Saw This Movie

[Dante Shamest]

"The chart features in OpenOffice are like a mystery-lover's dream vacation: a huge, mysterious old house with lots of long halls, secret bookcases, dark closets and creaky doors that, when you peer behind them, reveal wonderful secrets."

I saw this movie. You're going to die horribly.

And since you're a /. user, you're going to die a virgin.

Re:Hidden Treasures?

[darkmeridian]

Being a hardcore Microsoft Office user, I thought there was a Myst-simulator in OpenOffice a la the flight simulator in Excel. Thank you for bashing my dreams.

Re:Made unusable by design

[djSpinMonkey]

I don't know, man. It looks like you could kind of use that auto-spellcheck, even if it is aggrivating.

Re:For 19.95 A LIMITED TIME!

[Anonymous Coward]

DON'T COMPILE THAT LINUX TAR! [gapmanwebdesign.com]

Re:Some more fun with OpenOffice.org

[Anonymous Coward]

If you think that's cool, type /productivity_suite in the chat area next time you play WoW. Now that's cool!

Re:Some more fun with OpenOffice.org

[chriswaclawik]

Sadly, in the time it takes to open up OpenOffice I can load the level I'm on in Far Cry. :)

I'm scared.

[gooman]

I don't know what frightens me more, a Nancy Drew reference on slashdot, or the fact that I got it.

Re:I don't mean to be a sexist, but

[dj.delorie]

No, if it were written by a man it would read "The chart features in OpenOffice are like a mystery-lover's dream vacation: a huge, mysterious old house with lots of long halls, secret bookcases, dark closets and creaky doors that, when you peer behind them, reveal hidden power tools."

Re:For 19.95 A LIMITED TIME!

[neccoant]

Yeah, this is a glorified ad, but it also describes the exact opposite of what a UI designer or user wants to hear. It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.

Re:Usability, is that you?

[Potato Battery]

You are sitting in front of a computer. There is an icon on the desktop.

>Make chart.

Can't do that now.

>Launch OpenOffice

You are magically transported from the chair, though the monitor, to the other side, a huge, mysterious old house with lots of long halls, secret bookcases, dark closets and creaky doors. It is getting very dark. You could be eaten by a grue.

>Light lantern. Make chart.

Oh, thanks ...

[kitzilla]

... I just wasted another frikkin' half hour of my life. ;-)

NOW I get it!

[Anonymous Coward]

Man, I admit I was confused for a few years. I kept trying open office, after an hour and no paper written I gave up. Wait for new release. Try it again. Same deal. I just want to type up some plain old stuff, nothing fancy...like what's with all that stuff??? What's it for?

No one told me it was a VIDEO GAME! Now it makes sense! Who sells the official OO.ogre joystick?

Re:Secret bookcases?

[dusik]

Jeez, but if you looked at the source code you'd know exactly how to use it! Whiner ;-)

Re:Hidden Treasures?

[Ohreally_factor]

You're almost there, but you're not quite getting it. Apparently oo 2 is so bad, they're repackaging it as a first person shooter.

Re:Yarrrr!

[ashridah]

I'm thinking Super Mario 64 myself.

Some of those water world levels had you swimming down to find treasure chests that'd open up with a nice creak. Had giant clams too :)

ash

Re:Usability, is that you?

[dr_dank]

Back in the day we used to write them in study hall...had to do it long hand then goto the lab and enter the code.

Don't you mean GOTO the lab and enter the code?

Re:Oh, thanks ...

[RLiegh]

...I suppose you probably don't want to hear that you've got another 45 minutes before OOo is loaded the rest of the way.

Re:Hidden Treasures?

[Hal_Porter]

I'm not a consumer, but the phrase "It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue" sprung to mind when I read it.