https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89286
Bug ID: 89286
Summary: Create possibility to replace template attached to a
Writer document
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 4.4.0.3 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Although it is possible to create a new Writer-document based on a template, it
is not possible to change the attached template with another one.
Use case:
Suppose you work in a Writer document based on template_a. Later on, somebody
comes up with another template, template_b. But as far as I can tell, there is
no documented way to attach template_b to the existing document and have all
styles updated. Chapter 10 of the LibreOffice Writer Guide [1] doesn't even
mention this scenario, whereas it is a quite common use case in private and
corporate environments. It really should be default functionality.
Up to early 2015 there was a quite popular extension that handled this:
[Template Changer} [2]. It added two items under File/Templates: [i] Change
template [directory] [ii] Change template [document]. However it broke with
almost every release of LO. After the upgrade to 4.4.0.3 it stopped working
again. Please consider to make this stock functionality.
[1] Chapter 10: Working with Templates:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Writer_Guide
[2] https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50699
[3] LO 4.0 broke the 6th most popular Writer Extension:
http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/14483/lo-40-broke-the-6th-most-popular-writer-extension/
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