Hi Frank,
Thanks for the detailed look (below) and as promised, I continue on the
list.
Frank Meies wrote:
On 06/22/07 20:47, Cor Nouws wrote:
My summary would be
- keeping different headers first/following and left/right is possible
with export to WW8;
I had a look at the filter code and discussed this issue with Oliver.
Let me sum up the outcome of our discussion:
1. The risk to cause a regression when changing the filter code is quite
high. I guess that all the logic is inside the
IsPlausibleSingleWordSection() function, but I'm not sure.
OK, care needed.
2. As Caolan already stated, the export of a first page -> follow page
style situation works fine if the margins are "compatible" *or* there's
a manual page break between the first page and the second page.
Correct.
3. Changing the code in IsPlausibleSingleWordSecion() to keep the
headers/footers and ignore the page margins would only work for a first
page -> follow page -> follow page page style chain. The case first page
-> follow page 1 -> follow page 2 -> follow page 1 -> follow page 2 ->
... would still not be covered.
Import of .doc with different headers/footers odd/even page, is
supported by the property of the page style.
Export to .doc with style-chain left page / right page, is supported by
the property different headers/footers odd/even.
So (although my starting point was first and other pages) this can work
correct (when different margins are ignored).
4. The use case first page with automatic page break to follow page
*and* first page and follow page have different margins shouldn't occur
too often. The fact that Word doesn't offer this feature seems to
confirm this.
Correct.
So when an ODT
- has different first /next pages by styles (automatic text flow),
- where both margins and headers /footers differ,
Then, when exporting to .doc it makes little sense to ignore the
different headers/footers, because of the different margins. (Different
margins are not possible in Word, without different sections thus
breaking the text flow).
Currently, because the different headers/footers are ignored when there
are different margins, as a result, both the different headers/footers
and different margins are lost.
5. There might be users that would prefer to keep their page margins
instead of the header/footer.
I consider header/footer content as .. content. And margins as lay out.
So in situations where there is a choice, IMO preserving headers/footers
would prefer.
Kindest regards,
Cor
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