>> For example, I asked Calc to draw a graph, and spent forever trying to
>> figure out how to add a secondary axis. As far as I can tell, they just
>> haven't got around to implementing that feature yet.
> 
> What do you mean by a "secondary axis"?

Have series 1 plotted against the Y-axis scale at the left end of the 
chart, and series 2 plotted against the (unrelated) Y-axis scale at the 
right end of the chart.

Come to think of it, I think I also had trouble plotting a bar chart 
with a line graph overlayed...

>> I will say this: The chart options layout is superior to Excel. Far more
>> logical grouping, options do what you'd actually expect them to do, etc.
> 
> That's one of the nice things about OSS development - when you reach a 
> critical mass of developers and get a good group of people who look at 
> user needs, you end up with software that can meet the needs of more 
> users and provide more options.

Linux used to be almost unusable. It's got a lot better... but now it 
seems to have plataued out again. So it's not just a function of being OSS.

>> Writer works for simple tasks. Sometimes it's quite frustrating trying
>> to make it do what you want though. (I can't remember a specific example
>> right now.)
> 
> There again, I don't have an issue with getting it to do what I want.  
> You may be running up against a learning curve (don't expect it to be 
> like MS Office, that's a starting point).

Oh, I *like* that it isn't like MS Office. It's just that certain things 
are either well-hidden or just not implemented yet.

>>>> As I say, I sometimes use OO for fixing broken MSO documents. (MSO
>>>> itself is apparently too stupid to do this.)
>>> Indeed, I remember you mentioning that before.
>> Trouble is, it tended to chew up the formatting slightly. (I tried it
>> with files that weren't corrupted; same issue. It ate the company logo,
>> for example.) I imagine this is something they're probably working on
>> improving.
> 
> What version have you used?  Have you opened bugs on these issues?

To file a bug, I'd have to pin down exactly what it's doing wrong. Just 
saying "I converted this document once and the headers came out wrong" 
isn't going to help anybody. (Especially since I can't show them the 
document. It's confidential commercial property, after all.)

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