Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 75589
Content of Input fields not selected in "Fill-in dialog"
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:15:50 UTC
Hello, I have a problem with a MS Word form that I am using in MS Word Office 97 (see attached URL). The filled in form i OK in Ubuntu 6.10 Open Office 2.0.4 when exported from MS Word but not in Open Office 2.1 in Ubuntu 7.04. An empty form works not so good in 2.0.4 or 2.1 - for example the left justification in text fields don't function. Best Regards Sven Nordblad
Created attachment 43828 [details] Word97 empty testform
I do not understand what you mean by "The filled in form i OK ... when exported from MS Word but not in...". Could you please define a bit more precisely?
Sven, I do not understand the process you described above. Also, what is meant by "left justification in field"?
Created attachment 43892 [details] MS Word 97 filled in form
Created attachment 43893 [details] Open Office Writer 2.2 filled in form (with problems)
Hello mru, I attach one picture from MS Word 97 and one from Open Office Writer 2.2 (don't bother about earlier versions - we can concentrate on the 2.2). When I fill in the form in MS Word 97 I travel between the fields with TAB. This is not possible in Open Office specially not for column #3. In the column #1 it sometimes succeeds but most often a TAB sign actually seems to be put in the beginning of the field. Bets Regards Sven
Confirming the problem with 2.2m14 - our input fields are not as convinient as competitor's: 1. We can't do keyboard-only input. 2. We can't do inplace input. Issue http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=68660 seems to be related. Michael, please see if 68660 can be integrated in 2.3.
OK, then the summary of this issue should be "Not possible to fill in Word97 forms in a convenient way". This is already tracked by issue 68660 as kpalagin found out correctly. Here, in this issue we will now handle what Sven called the incorrect "left justification". This occurs due to the fact, that these fields are correctly imported with some space characters as content. But this content should be selected in the Input dialog so that it could be overwritten easily. Does not work correctly on Windows.
MRU->OS: I was only able to reproduce this issue on Windows, but it looks that it also might occur on some Unix desktops. The content of an Input field is not pre-selected in its "Fill-in dialog" when clicked. This may lead to misunderstandings.
move target to 3.x according http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Target_3x
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".