https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149836
Bug ID: 149836
Summary: in addition to "Load Styles fro Template", "Load
Template" -- replace the underlying old one
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.3.4.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
hi,
It would be a useful feature to load a template, instead of just loading the
style of a template.
The difference this could make is obvious:
Now we have to copy the entire document, start a new one based on a specific
template, and paste it in there.
The reason why we want to do this is because we would like our document in the
future to be reshaped when the new template is being modified.
if we only load styles from a template, it will be a one time only act,
now you've got your styles, but that's it...
and whenever the template that your document is based on gets modified, your
document will be modified, too...
I KNOW: the document doesn't actually get modified, only it's only being
displayed differently due to the different style directives. But when we're
looking at the situation with printing in mind, or exporting as a PDF or EPUB
file, this different appearance actually means modification.
Loading a template altogether, by which cutting of the link to the old template
and establishing one to the new desired template would allow us to
have greater (meaning also better) control over our projects.
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in the "styles and formatting" side menu, the underlying template's name could
also be displayed at the top... and a change or "re-base the document on
another template" button could be next to it....
BUT... first of all, in the "load styles from template" popup, there should be
one new checkbox named stg like "replace template"
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a further development for the future could be some indication as to where a
given style in the list comes from...
first indicating if it belongs to the template or not...
and whether it has been modified (relative to the template)
- - - thank you for developing Libreoffice - - -
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