Subject: We are fixing the right bugs
From: Robert Sievers (bob@abisource.com)
Date: Wed Apr 19 2000 - 18:03:36 CDT
From: "bobby henderson" <gripinc@hotmail.com>
>When typing a paper, I often have to make several different pages, because
>on screen it might seem like my (last name, page number) or header are on
>top of the page; but sometimes there will be one or 2 lines directly on top
>of my printed second page. Also, I can never get all of the contents of a
>single page to be printed out into one page, and the last sentence is often
>not aligned with the rest of the page (the last line on the page will often
>be printed up to the middle of the space).
This was bug #319, and was fixed in 0.7.8 by Bruce Pearson
>I'm using version 0.7.7 of Abiword, which is not the latest version, but I
>don't know if you guys have fixed this problem yet (or maybe it's just my
>problem).
>
>Also, I have a lot of problem opening microsoft word documents, but I'm sure
>you guys are working on that one.
Yes, we are. Again, AbiWord 0.7.8 has made some great leaps and bounds in
this area, and 0.7.9 should be better still when it comes out in the very
near future. If something doesn't work in AbiWord 0.7.9 the way you think
it should, drop me a line.
>Another annoying aspect of this word processor, is that when you are just
>starting to write, and you switch the font size and spacing of the paper; if
>you delete, you will lose all of these properties, and be given the default
>10 and single space. This is not a really big problem, just one of those
>little things I thought you might want to be aware of.
That is bug #260, and yes it is quite annoying.
http://www.abisource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260
>Again, nice work so far, keep up the good work. Hope all of this helps, and
>if there are any more bugs I'm sure I can feret them out - since I write all
>of my papers with Abiword.
That's the best way to find how usable a product is, by using it!
Robert Sievers
Open Source Evangelist
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