Issue 66384

Summary: WW8: Export from SXW / ODT to DOC loses variables; import ok
Product: Writer Reporter: kamorris99 <kamorris>
Component: save-exportAssignee: AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status: CONFIRMED --- QA Contact:
Severity: Trivial    
Priority: P3 CC: issues, nicolas.mailhot
Version: OOo 2.0.2   
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Sample word file - when opened in OOo 2.0.2, variables work none

Description kamorris99 2006-06-13 05:38:46 UTC 
As described in 30913 (http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=30913),
OpenOffice fields do not survive export to .doc (MSWord) format.  They are
converted to plain text instead.

Recent tests (see attached) have shown that variables in MS Word documents
imported into OpenOffice work as intended (they become variables, not plain
text).  I asked my colleague how he created the attached document, and he said
"All I did was re-create all the DocProperties from scratch and re-insert them
where applicable."

Interestingly, if you open the attached document in OpenOffice, you see that the
variables (Customer name, etc) work ok.  But if you save as... .doc (with a
different filename) and re-open in OpenOffice, the variables have been replaced
with text.  We are half-way there, could you please make the round-trip work?
Comment 1 kamorris99 2006-06-13 05:45:10 UTC 
Will add the attachment later on - I am waiting for a publicly-shareable one.
Comment 2 kamorris99 2006-06-14 00:35:20 UTC 
Created attachment 37136 [details]
Sample word file - when opened in OOo 2.0.2, variables work
Comment 3 michael.ruess 2006-06-14 12:15:34 UTC 
Custom Document properties are used in the document; this feature is currently
not supported by OO (see issue 5091), thus they are imported as "User field"
variables for workaround.

MRU->MBA: the export of user fields into variables of WW8 format is currently
not supported by the filter. Currently these are exported as plain text.
Comment 4 kamorris99 2006-06-15 03:05:59 UTC 
Ok.  I understand OOo imports the custom document properties from WW8 and
converts them to "User Field" variables.  I've read through the related ticket,
and it looks like some progress was made on this a while ago.

I'd like to request that "User Field" variables in OOo be exported as "Customer
Document" properties rather than as plain text.

Thanks for your help.
Comment 5 michael.ruess 2008-01-28 09:46:16 UTC 
*** Issue 85546 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 6 Marcus 2017-05-20 11:22:50 UTC 
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".