Atlantis Word Processor Forum

lois.cpc · Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 1

Please, add tables support to Atlantis to make it the market very best word processor. And, please, hurry up![b]

Francisco · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:00 am Post subject:

my friend… already lost the hopes!

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tables is a dream Sad

Andremusic · Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 189 Location: Sweden

Nah, don 't lose hope, I am sure there is hard work done behind the screens! No doubt here. Laughing

Robert · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Posts: 1073

Hi, André
You are spot on!
Thanks for supporting Atlantis.
Cheers,
Robert

luha · Joined: 18 Feb 2002 Posts: 77 Location: Oslo, Norway

Yes - tables please! Not that I miss tables, but I am tired of all the people nagging for tables.

mvh
Sigurd Hasle

Lambert John · Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 23 Location: Dallas, Texas

Personally, I don't care about tables. I think if it served beer it would be the best word processor out there. Just my thirsty opinion of course.

maxqnz · Joined: 17 Sep 2002 Posts: 29

admin · Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Posts: 1836

Maxqnz, you act as we owe you something. There is no point to mention "failed promises" because we promised you nothing. We NEVER gave you any timetable. NEVER. So you have absolutely no point in accusing us of dishonesty. If you want to blame someone for their lack of honesty and courage, please find another place to do this.

medion · Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 98

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 7:55 am Post subject:

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Possibly tables will be available before the end of 2006
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http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=800&highlight=2006

admin · Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Posts: 1836

It is trivial, but below is a definition for "possibly" from Colins COBUILD Dictionary:

You use possibly to indicate that you are not sure whether something is true or might happen.

When the forum administrator says that something "might happen", it is not the official announcement of the release date.

Andremusic · Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 189 Location: Sweden

Maxqnz,
as long you are quoting me...

there is a nice other program called Microsoft Office, they have a word processor in it. It's only about $399/$239.

Personally, I don't like Word because it crashed on my pc more then once and it takes a lot of space on my hard drive and resources, but hé, it has tables.

I am happy with Atlantis, it is very cheap ($35), runs fast and is in my opinion very original with his control board and power type options. Why not using another WP in the meantime and wait until Atlantis comes with tables. I rather have a stable version that one that is made in rush and makes me louse my work only because users are keep pressing them to hurry up.

only my own thoughts about it...

André

admin · Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Posts: 1836

Suggesting the same feature again and again makes no sense. Such redundant postings are helping nobody. So please avoid requesting features when you are sure that they have been already requested.

As have been already said in the replies made earlier to similar posts requesting support for tables, Atlantis will support tables. Regrettably we cannot tell you any definite date. If you are interested in having tables in Atlantis, the only option is to wait. Please be patient. Requesting tables again and again will change nothing.

We do not have anything to add to the above. Accordingly, we will remove any new forum posting nagging for a table feature in Atlantis Word Processor and accusing us of dishonesty.

We are confident that the great majority of users and supporters of Atlantis Word Processor can bear with us a little longer and enjoy their favorite word processor for what it currently offers, which is a lot, especially if you take a look at the price tag.

Eduardo · Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 64

Just keep doing your work, Atlantis team. I appreciate your efforts and honesty. Thanks for a great product.

Eduardo

maxqnz · Joined: 17 Sep 2002 Posts: 29

maxqnz · Joined: 17 Sep 2002 Posts: 29

Francisco · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

at least could say if they are working on this? I stop to use the Atlantis for needing to work with tables. it would very like to return to the Atlantis but I am disabled had the lack of this resource. I am not alone in this, some friends are in the same situation

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medion · Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 98

After all that has been said about tables, im sure when they do arive they will be very good indeed.

keyosuke · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 17

Hi everyone. I've been a fan of Atlantis for a long time, and I was nagging for the tables feature last year, so I know the feelings you have. I somehow didn't realize there were so many other forum threads asking for the same feature when I first became a fan, so I held out hope of getting the feature in a near future. That hope was misplaced. Once I realized there was little reason to think it would be coming in the immediate future, I began to examine alternatives. In this respect, I feel I should state my opinion and some facts below. (perhaps as an FAQ?)

1.)Should I keep asking for tables?
No. It's a waste of time. If you are asking for tables, it's probably because you haven't found the earlier extensive and expansive threads about this very same topic. It's clearly a waste of time to ask for something that isn't ready and won't be ready any sooner for all your complaining.

2.)But if I don't ask for tables on a regular basis, will the programmers of Atlantis forget?
Answer: I doubt it, since it's probably the largest reason people like ourselves choose another word processor or continue to use buggy Microsoft Office products or whatever else they're using. They know it is essential to their sales and so they're probably working on it as fast as they ever will.

3.)I don't like Microsoft Office or whatever I'm using, but I need tables support... so what do I use?
Answer:That depends on how badly you need tables. I see people on this forum taking 3 different roads away from this topic. One choice is to use Atlantis and only Atlantis and just avoid tables. A second option is to use Atlantis for things that don't require table use and to use another word processor for tables. I feel this is the most popular choice. A third choice people have taken is to purchase and use Microsoft Word or download Open Office and use nothing but that word processor (while complaining about how they wish they could leave it). All of these are viable options. A final option that could be grouped in with the previous one (if I made it more general) is the one I have chosen. I've found another word processor that does nearly everything I've needed in Microsoft Word Document editing, as well as anything else I've wanted from Atlantis, and it is called TextMaker. It is popular in Germany since it is actually cheaper than Atlantis for students to purchase for Windows or Linux. It is also available on a large variety of platforms, including pocket PC. Should you use Textmaker? That probably depends on if you like it. I find that I like Atlantis a whole lot more than TextMaker, but that I will not be able to tolerate MS Word or open Office and can not afford to go without features Atlantis is lacking, so I am forced to use TextMaker, as I see it as the perfect match for me at this current time. I eagerly look forward to the day when Atlantis gets table support and I am sure everyone who is related to the development of Atlantis is striving for that day to come.

So, until we get tables, it makes sense to be kind to people who ask for them nicely, because those people are just forum incompetants like myself, who were unable to find the numerous previous threads (some of them named poorly) and realize this is a moot point. I ask that everyone excersize common sense before annoying the Atlantis admins into banning accounts and hating their customers, as I'm sure is a serious risk if people keep being obnoxious and making accusations. If you need something in the meantime and Atlantis doesn't meet your needs, do as you have no choice but to do and please investigate MS Office, Open Office, TextMaker by Softmaker, MS Wordpad, or anything else you feel might serve your needs in the meantime.

On a note to anyone who is angry about the constant annoying begging for tables: Thanks to everyone for caring enough to suggest changes at all. I know that every time I ever suggested a feature it was because I was showing support by caring if this software even had that feature.

jayno · Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 4 Location: uk

What is the latest position on this issue? I was all set to purchase until I realised Atlantis didn't have this function, which for me is an essential feature.

Jayno

Stirlitz · Joined: 24 Mar 2003 Posts: 27 Location: Ukraine

I may be well banned for this post but I will dare to go on. I have been requesting tables for years until I was warned by the site admin. Anyone can find a lot of posts by searching with the keyword 'table' so I will not post all the links here, something I was warned against, but they still exist.

Robert · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Posts: 1073

Eduardo · Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 64

Atlantis is well worth the wait for tables. Please be patient, folks. I'm sure they are working on it. They already said it.

E.

Brian49 · Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 8

The inability of Atlantis to handle tables is certainly disappointing. I work all the time with documents containing tables, which means that if I use Atlantis to word-process the text, I have to switch to a different program to deal with the tables.

pja · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:45 am Post subject:

admin · Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Posts: 1836

The table content is kept when you open RTFs or DOCs in Atlantis. Yes, the present version of Atlantis Word Processor puts the table content into tabbed columns.

pja · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

Stirlitz · Joined: 24 Mar 2003 Posts: 27 Location: Ukraine

bluegecko · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 5

I gave up on tables in Atlantis two years ago, and am now happily committed to OpenOffice. It's fine to add new features to Atlantis, but the continued lack of tables is just bizarre. And in my case at least, lost my interest and my money.

polop · Joined: 21 Mar 2009 Posts: 8

(Sorry for my English.)

I am not displeased with the lack of tables in Atlantis, but on the other hand I am surprised Atlantis could not read it, ie display it. Indeed wordpad can even if it can't create it.

there is the same problem for OLE objects.
Atlantis does not read it while wordpad does.

I am not criticizing the fact that it is not possible to create tables but that Atlantis can't read and display it.

Otherwise Atlantis is perfect because it is more convenient, fast and compact than fat Word

Allang415 · Joined: 30 Jul 2009 Posts: 1

I have been using Atlantis for several years. I love it and have used it to produce hundreds of documents. Very Happy

My current employer requires me to use a table (only one document) for productivity logs. I use Word 97 for just this one task and do look forward to the time when Atlantis matures to the point of handling this for me.

Atlantis beats Word 97 and 2007 hands down for ease of use, function, and speed.

Please do not create a "ribbon" for Atlantis. I just cannot get my mind around why such a thing became necessary. Sad