https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89178
Jan-Marek Glogowski <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |UNCONFIRMED Ever confirmed|1 |0 --- Comment #10 from Jan-Marek Glogowski <[email protected]> --- Actually this bug mixes up multiple problems. Beware I'm writing this from my heart without a test, so feel free to prove me wrong :-) 1. As long as you _don't_ mail merge the result into a single file, the DB form fields will be preserved in the resulting _ODT_ documents! Another exception is _PDF_, where ConvertFieldsToText is enforced. AFAIK this has never been different. Internally it's a speed optimization, because you don't need to copy the document, as currently "ConvertFieldsToText" can't be undone. So we just change the field content and save as an individual document. For others this might not be a bug, but a feature - who knows... So from the users POV this is inconsistent, as MM produces files with and without form fields, depending on the output. And these form fields aren't editable, as the content is from a DB. This is intentional too! BTW - we're talking internal representation here. When saving we face the 2nd problem. 2. Microsoft Word formats have no equivalent to LO DB form fields used for LO mail merge. We're just talking about the form field type for MM here! I don't know how MS does their mail merge, but obviously different. So when saving to DOC, the current exporter - at some point - converts these fileds to text. I remember a bug, where someone complained he couldn't use a DOC for MM. Same reason. And I was told there is nothing we can do about it. ========== So please validate my information and test them ;-) And probably close this bug. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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