On 09/07/2010 15:50, Ramón García Fernández wrote: > We would be interested in implementing this feature. Would it be likely > to be accepted?
after i finally think i understand what you want, it doesn't seem so useful to me (see below)... > -----Mensaje original----- De: Ramón García Fernández > [mailto:[email protected]] Enviado el: miércoles, 07 de julio de 2010 > 12:53 Para: [email protected] Asunto: [sw-discussion] Improving the > importing of placeholder fields > > We have a number of template Word documents with placeholder text > fields. In Word they are implemented with MacroButtons, with a macro > that is not defined. When the user clicks the field, it is selected. so what you are saying is that you use one kind of Word field (MacroButton) in a way that it is not intended to be used. (apparently Word does not seem to have a placeholder field, or at least i couldn't find one in the UI...) > So, if the user types any text, the field disappears. This is more or > less what is desired, although the interface is not perfect. But in > OpenOffice the result is confusing for the user. In the imported > document, there is a field with a macro called "DoFieldClick". When the > user double clicks the field, a dialog appears allowing to edit the > field properties. The user does not know what to do. The ideal well, yes, because in the DOC file it is a MacroButton field. > interface would be for us the same used in Impress templates, like the > one that I am attaching. When the user clicks in the text, the text > disappears, and the user types the replacement. If the user does not > type anything and moves the cursor to another place, the placeholder > appears again. What is the preferred approach that we should develop? the ODF file format does have a placeholder field, and it can have one of several types, one of which is "text". OOo implements this placeholder field, and if you insert a placeholder field of type "text" then it will work just like you want: you can click it, and either type text, or hit escape. it would be possible to such a field as some other type of field in a DOC file, and to convert from that other type of field to placeholder on import from a DOC file. but it does not seem a good idea to me to do this in the general case. some people (like you) may want that, but other people won't like it, because they want to use that other type of field as it is. so you could modify the WW8 filter (sw/source/filter/ww8) to do this conversion in a customized build. i guess another option would be to develop a macro that runs in your office installations to convert such fields to placeholder fields after a DOC file is imported. well, the easiest way for you is probably to simply use ODF, which supports the feature you want natively :) regards, michael > Aviso legal – Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores > > Este mensaje y, en su caso, los ficheros que lleve incorporados, está > dirigido exclusivamente a su destinatario y es de carácter > confidencial. Si fuere recibido por error o se tuviere conocimiento del > mismo sin ser su destinatario, rogamos nos lo comunique por la misma > vía o telefónicamente (91 585 15 00) y proceda a su destrucción, > debiendo abstenerse de utilizar, transmitir, divulgar o reproducir la > información contenida en el mismo. La CNMV se reserva las acciones > legales que procedan contra todo tercero que acceda de forma ilegítima > al contenido de cualquier mensaje externo procedente de la entidad > > Para información y consultas visite nuestra web: http://www.cnmv.es > > > Disclaimer - Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores > > This message, its content and any file attached thereto is for the > intended recipient only and is confidential. If you have received this > e-mail in error or had access to it, you should note that the > information in it is private and any use thereof is unauthorised. In > such an event please notify us by e-mail or by telephone (+ 34 91 585 > 15 00). Any reproduction of this e-mail by whatsoever means and any > transmission or dissemination thereof to other persons is prohibited. > The Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores reserves the right to take > legal action against any persons unlawfully gaining access to the > content of any external message it has emitted > > For additional information, please visit our website: > http://www.cnmv.es -- If marriage is outlawed, only outlaws will have inlaws. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
