Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 30950
Export to Word97 replaces fields such as calculations and mail merge fields with the current field value
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:41:23 UTC
We have some problems when we save in MS-Microsoft 97 format (doc-format) from Writer: 1) Mail merge fields: If we save a document with mail merge fields and save it in doc-format, the mail merge fields are no longer fields, but turn into text. 2) Table with calculations e.g. sum: If we save a document with a table with calculations e.g. using the sum-function in MS word 97 format, the calculation turns into text.
Rewrote summary. Added keyword. VN, thanks for the report but in the future please write detailed summaries pinpointing the specific problem instead of the overall category. Also, this issue seems to hold 2 issues. In the future, please report 1 issue per issue.
->vn: "thing" is true, you should: 1) give us a sample document 2) write another issue for the calculation problem
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Sample document to the issue
Due to the extremely different concepts in mail merge between Writer and Word, this is not supported by the im/export.
*** Issue 42508 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
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*** Issue 61544 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Adding me to CC.
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".