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Sporkman
October 23rd, 2007, 04:16 AM
Extremely unstable. :mad:
-grubby
October 23rd, 2007, 04:17 AM
seems more stable than 2.2 over here
Sporkman
October 23rd, 2007, 04:23 AM
For example, just trying to open the following dialogs:

Format->Styles & Formatting...
View->Toolbars->Customize...

...results in a crash.
FuturePilot
October 23rd, 2007, 04:27 AM
Huge bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/131526
osxcapades
October 23rd, 2007, 04:35 AM
To be honest, I agree. I have not had too much luck with OpenOffice.org.

Try Gnumeric.
Sporkman
October 23rd, 2007, 04:55 AM
To be honest, I agree. I have not had too much luck with OpenOffice.org.

Try Gnumeric.

I tried switching over, but when I try to load in our spreadsheet (the one we track our family finances on) it gives some sort of error regarding "XML error" or some-odd.
yatt
October 23rd, 2007, 04:59 AM
I've been using KOffice for a while now. It tends to be fairly stable, and I kind sometimes find a feature when I need it.
Sporkman
October 23rd, 2007, 05:01 AM
Huge bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/131526

Ah... And in fact, we are using the gnome crux theme.
FuturePilot
October 23rd, 2007, 05:07 AM
Ah... And in fact, we are using the gnome crux theme.

The Human theme seems to be the most stable. Although I've still managed to crash Calc with the Human theme:shock:
Open Calc and go Insert>Function>Next
Click the button with the little green arrow and the window will shrink. Then click that button again. The window will maximize again, but Calc freezes.
tcpip4lyfe
October 23rd, 2007, 05:22 AM
For example, just trying to open the following dialogs:

Format->Styles & Formatting...
View->Toolbars->Customize...

...results in a crash.

Works fine for me on 2.3.
Sporkman
October 23rd, 2007, 05:24 AM
Works fine for me on 2.3.

Apparently it has to do with our using the crux theme in gnome...
Spr0k3t
October 23rd, 2007, 06:54 AM
Verified it crashes when CRUX is used as the theme. It looks like those modeless dialogs need some extensive work. In some themes the look is just hideous showing two-tones for some fields and solid colors for others. It will be good to see the dialog fixed.
bikeboy
October 23rd, 2007, 07:16 AM
Open Calc and go Insert>Function>Next
Click the button with the little green arrow and the window will shrink. Then click that button again. The window will maximize again, but Calc freezes.

Hmm you're right, is there a bug filed for that one?
FuturePilot
October 23rd, 2007, 07:34 AM
Hmm you're right, is there a bug filed for that one?

It falls under the same one I posted before. This effects everything that is part of Open Office. Not just one particular program like Writer. It effects them all. :shock:
There's a few new comments on that bug. Apparently 2.3.1 fixes this.
b0ng0
October 23rd, 2007, 07:56 AM
OpenOffice 2.3 is a crock of sh*t. If you have any theme other than some of the default ones, it crashes on almost any option that isn't "New File" or "Save". Seriously, who releases a new version that's worse than the previous one.
bikeboy
October 23rd, 2007, 08:37 AM
It falls under the same one I posted before...Apparently 2.3.1 fixes this.

Ah ok thanks. Wasn't sure if that was part of the same issue since it occurs on Human theme.