Chapter 437 The last piece of the puzzle of the operating system (2 more)
The large screen behind Wang Xiang displays the operating interface of Yinghuo os.
When he announced the name of the office developed by Changtian Technology, the reporters at the scene whispered.
Many people feel that Changtian Technology's use of the word Cangjie is a bit exaggerated.
Wang Xiang told reporters: "Everyone here has been working on computers for a long time, and most of them are engaged in text, tables and slides."
"I also believe that everyone will always encounter problems of one kind or another when using office software."
"For example, how to adjust the format of text? Why is the text always misaligned on the left, right and top after inserting into a table?"
"For example, if you want to filter what you want from complex data, how do you set up such a complex function?"
"When making a slideshow file, how can I make the slideshow as smooth and beautiful as playing a movie?"
These things Wang Xiang mentioned are all small details in everyone’s work.
Specific and realistic.
The reporters couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Microsoft's office has indeed brought a lot of convenience to everyone's work.
But not everyone is a computer expert. Most people use office software and only use ordinary basic functions.
Many people find this seemingly basic function to be cumbersome to operate.
What the reporters at the scene experienced most personally is that it only takes half an hour to write an article or create tabular data, but it may take a day or two to adjust the format for data verification and screening.
Wang Xiang said to everyone seriously: "Before developing office software, we conducted a long and detailed market research."
"The survey samples include the specific use of office software by media enterprises, private companies and other groups, as well as the office software training institutions found throughout major cities."
"Finally, we at Changtian Technology came to a conclusion - office software is a tool. It must be simple enough and convenient enough to operate. Only in this way can users use it to complete the work they need to complete."
Wang Xiang's opening remarks were not nonsense, but explained Changtian Technology's understanding of office software in great detail.
This statement was recognized by reporters at the scene, but many reporters also held objections.
"That's what I say, and it sounds nice. But the ease of operation and rich functions of office software are two opposing issues."
"If you want easy operation, then the functions should be simple, and if you want to have rich functions that can meet the needs of users as much as possible, then the operation will definitely not be simple."
"That's right, saying this is the same as not saying it. If you want to use software that is easy to operate, wouldn't it be enough to just open a text document and write an article in txt format?"
"Hahaha!" Everyone smiled.
Wang Xiang said into the microphone: "Please be patient and calm."
"I just heard everyone discussing that the richer the functions of office software, the more complicated the operation will be."
"Changtian Technology would like to hold a different opinion here. Are the functions of computers becoming more and more abundant? But are the operations becoming simpler and simpler?"
“Isn’t the emergence of computers meant to simplify the complex and reduce everyone’s workload?”
Wang Xiang's words left everyone speechless.
Wang Xiang operated the mouse and clicked on the Yinghuo application market, and found Cangjie office software in the application market where the office software was located.
The logo of Cangjie office software is the word "Cangjie" in red running script.
It looks vigorous, powerful and magnificent.
Soon the download of Cangjie office software was completed (the computer operated by Wang Xiang was connected to the company's server, and the office software was downloaded directly from the server, not from the Internet, so the download speed was very fast).
After the installation was completed, Wang Xiang opened the Cangjie office software.
As soon as I opened the software, the difference between Cangjie Office and Microsoft and Jingshan Office came out.
Cangjie Office can create text documents, tables or slide document formats directly in the software.
Almost using one software, the three are combined into one, unlike Microsoft or Jingshan now, where documents in different formats need to be opened in different software to create.
More than 10 or 20 years later, Jingshan also adopted this method, but not now.
Wang Xiang created three formats of text document table and slide document respectively.
Careful reporters also discovered that the suffixes of the three files are fundamentally different from Microsoft's.
The suffix for text documents is wbw, the suffix for table documents is wbg, and the document suffix for slideshow files is whd.
"It's not just a matter of changing the suffix. Jingshan's office software also has its own suffix. As a result, it's not fully compatible with Microsoft Office."
Some reporters couldn't help but complain.
Wang Xiang didn't want to waste any time, so he directly clicked on the text document and started the demonstration.
After clicking on it, the reporters discovered that the entire interface of Cangjie office software was very different from that of Microsoft and Jingshan.
People are familiar with word documents. After opening, there are many tool menus in the upper eyebrow bar.
For example, you can change the text number, insert pictures, page layout, review, view, etc.
But Cangjie’s office software is very simple.
It only has the format brush, cut, copy and text symbol color, etc., which looks very refreshing.
Wang Xiang said: "I just told you that the biggest shortcoming of traditional office software is the complexity of operation. So when we designed Cangjie, the most important thing we did was to simplify the complex."
"The so-called reduction of complexity is to allow users to directly communicate with the software, and the office software will adjust the content and format the content according to the user's needs."
According to the current level of software development and reporters' current understanding of what Wang Xiang said, it took a while for everyone to realize what it meant.
Wang Xiang immediately asked his assistant to open another Windows XP computer and click on one of the word files.
This time the word document is a condensed version of a company's year-end financial summary.
Although it is a condensed version, it is also very rich in content with more than 30 pages, including not only text, diagrams, illustrations, but also some special layouts, etc.
Wang Xiang said: "Everyone can see the interface on the left and right sides of my big screen."
"On the left is a blank Cangjie office software document that I just opened, and on the right is a very complex word document that has been completed."
"Assuming that we have all the basic information of the document on the right, including basic text-based data, etc., we now want to display these texts in the form of a report."
“How long do you think it will take to adjust the format and design tables and illustrations?”
After Wang Xiang raised this question, people started whispering, some said it would take four hours, some said it would take two hours, and some said it would take a whole day.
But everyone feels that this job seems simple, but is actually very complicated, and it doesn’t take more than half a day to complete it.
Wang Xiang smiled and said to everyone: "I have heard everyone's answers. Everyone thinks it will take at least several hours. Some office software novices may need a whole day to complete it."
"But if we use Cangjie office software, I can tell you clearly that we can do it in 15 minutes!"