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Bug 465468 - Can't reorder slides in OOo simpress
Can't reorder slides in OOo simpress
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: orca
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.19.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Rich Burridge
Orca Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: 404411
 
 
Reported: 2007-08-10 18:23 UTC by Rich Burridge
Modified: 2007-08-13 14:56 UTC
See Also:
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Description Rich Burridge 2007-08-10 18:23:47 UTC
This is with OOo-dev 2.3.0 (build #223) Linux RPMs on Ubuntu Gutsy
(with all the latest updates and with Orca from SVN HEAD).

I've been working through the simpress tutorial at:

http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/office/impress/

I got as far as the instructions on:

http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/office/impress/01c_alt_view.html

The slide presentation area has tabs for

Normal, Outline, Notes, Handout and Slide Sorter.

By default, the Normal view is shown.

I changed views to the Slide Sorter View with the View->Slide Sorter 
menu item.

Here's what the tutorial say:

Slide Sorter View -This view allows you to preview your presentation 
slides as thumbnails. You can insert, delete, copy and move your slides 
around in this view.

To manipulate your slides in "Slide Sorter" view :

    * Go to View->Slide Sorter.
    * To rearrange slides, click on the slide you wish to move, hold down 
      the mouse button, and move the object to a new location in the 
      presentation (between slides, at the beginning or at the end). Lift 
      up on the mouse button when you are satisfied with the new location. 
      A vertical line between the slides indicates the position to which 
      you are moving the slide.
    * To return to Normal view, go to View-> Normal.

Now, using Orca in flat-review mode, I can get to the slide I want, and I
can press Numpad-/ to select it, but I don't seem to be able to drag it
(via Orca commands).

There doesn't seem to be any OpenOffice simpress keyboard equivalent way
of doing this. I'll file an OpenOffice bug next on that issue,
but should there be a way to simulate dragging (mouse down) with Orca,
or should we just expect the application to always provide a keyboard
equivalent?
Comment 1 Rich Burridge 2007-08-10 18:28:48 UTC
OpenOffice issue #80594 has been filed against this problem.
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=80594
Comment 2 Joanmarie Diggs (IRC: joanie) 2007-08-11 03:28:08 UTC
Try cut and paste:

1.  In slide sorter, arrow to the slide you wish to "drag."

2.  Hit the space bar to select it, then Control X to cut it.

3.  Arrow to the slide where you'd like to move it, then Control V to paste it.
Comment 3 Rich Burridge 2007-08-13 14:53:08 UTC
Thanks Joanie. The OOo bug evaluator said the same thing
and just closed out that bug, so I'll just close this one
out as NOTABUG too.