John, Thanks so much for taking time to research this. This is a really good example of errors in our docs not being caught for years because neither OOo nor LO have had enough reviewers with the experience and knowledge and time to do a thorough job of reviewing. Glad it's being fixed now. Can you update the bug report?
--Jean On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 6:56 AM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jean > I've spent quite a while on this, trying everything I could think of to make > it work. It doesn't. > The text is a carry through from the OOo documentation. Checking their > website shows the text is in their user guide, 'though it's dated December > 2010. > I loaded and tried their latest release, AOO3.4, and it doesn't work in > there either. > > I've come to the conclusion that if it ever did work, it no longer does. > I'm changing Chapter 14 to reflect this, and to include the document > property items that are available, but which weren't included in the > chapter. > > As soon as I'm done, I'll get to the three chapters you've dealt with and > sort them out. > > Regards > JohnS > > > On 16/12/2012 08:24, Jean Weber wrote: >> >> For attention by JohnS. I've copied the text in below. >> >> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49176 >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 5:32 AM >> Subject: [Bug 49176] Writer: Custom Document Information, Conditions and >> Variables >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Joel Madero <[email protected]> changed bug >> 49176<https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49176> >> >> What Removed Added CC [email protected], [email protected] >> >> *Comment # 1 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49176#c1> on >> bug >> 49176 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49176> from Joel >> Madero<[email protected]> >> >> * >> >> I'm adding Jean to this one as she is one of the leads for documentation. >> >> Jean: Any opinions? Thanks in advance >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> You are receiving this mail because: >> >> - You are on the CC list for the bug. >> >> >> ---------------------- >> >> Problem description: >> >> The Writer Guide (v3.3) page 377 appears to incorrectly indicate that >> custom document information provided in the document properties can be >> used as a variable to trigger conditional events. >> >> The online help section "conditions;in fields and sections" gives no >> indication that this is possible and writer does not appear to >> recognize the document information fields regardless of formatting. >> >> For additional information please see this unresolved Ask LibreOffice >> question: >> >> http://ask.libreoffice.org/question/970/how-can-i-access-a-custom-document-property-in-a >> >> >> Current behavior: The Writer Guide describes behavior that is not >> available in writer. >> >> Expected behavior: Ideally this feature would actually be available in >> writer but if it is not the Writer Guide should be corrected. >> > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
