[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 115293] New: Improve shortcut keys in Calc

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115293

            Bug ID: 115293
           Summary: Improve shortcut keys in Calc
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Calc
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: olivier.hallot at documentfoundation.org

Description:
Received in documentation alias maail

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Dear Madam / Sir

I am a financial consultant and have core expertise of spreadsheet financial
modeling. Although I won't be able to make many contributions. However, I can
indicate one of the key attractions MS Excel has for spreadsheet modelers.

As a financial modeler, always prefer to use shortcut keys. I have used many
free spreadsheets and what I found lacking is the convenience of shortcut keys
for which MS Excel has an unmatched advantage.

In my view, Excel's scheme of shortcut keys is one of the major factors of its
fame, as users are quite used to of these keys for a long time and get confused
when a different shortcut key is available for same function and get reluctant
to migrate. I can recall that Alt+= gives "sum" function automatically in Excel
but not in other open spreadsheets. Likewise, Alt+[ sends a modeller to the
source link of a function, I found this function missing from free
spreadsheets. Although it may seem a little functionality difference. But when
an excel user will use Libreoffice, he will be reluctant due to this small
inconvenience which is something important for such user.

So you can work out such differences which irritate conventional users of MS
Office, while using free office apps and it will be one of the game changers.

I really appreciate the free software effort. However, there are quite obvious
things to beat proprietary apps, but which to my surprise are not worked out.
As front end-user having experience of quite diversified of app portfolio (SAP,
Oracle, MFGPro, BPCS, Sage, Quickbooks, Focus, AS/400, BIs and numerous office
apps from lotus 123 till Excel 2016), for me this one factor is the second most
sensitive and affects directly to the user-friendliness of the application
besides the software environment (which in my view is the most important
factor).

Best regards.

Muhammad Ali Sadiq
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Steps to Reproduce:
see description above

Actual Results:  
NO shortcut keys for most used spreadsheet functions

Expected Results:
set of new spreadsheet keys for financial usage




Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Actually it can be implemented through keyboard customization, but the idea is
to have it as application default.


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