Issue 19685 - Numbers no longer update after import from Word
Summary: Numbers no longer update after import from Word
Status: CLOSED IRREPRODUCIBLE
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1 RC
Hardware: PC Windows ME
: P2 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Oliver Specht
QA Contact: issues@sw
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Keywords:
: 19687 (view as issue list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2003-09-17 11:45 UTC by johannesg
Modified: 2013-08-07 14:38 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description johannesg 2003-09-17 11:45:21 UTC 
When importing a Word 2000 document, numbers that used to be document variables
are converted to plain text, and therefore no longer updated. See attached file
for an example.

This is a major issue for us; document variables are vital to release cycles.
Comment 1 johannesg 2003-09-17 11:45:39 UTC 
Created attachment 9405 [details]
Example of problem
Comment 2 mci 2003-09-17 18:36:48 UTC 
reassigned to mru
Comment 3 michael.ruess 2003-09-18 11:19:56 UTC 
These kind of document variables custom document properties) are not
supported in OOo at the moment.
Comment 4 andreas.martens 2003-09-18 13:24:26 UTC 
Caolán, is this the same problem like issue 9544?
Comment 5 caolanm 2003-09-18 14:20:00 UTC 
No, these are custom "document properties", issue 9554 is "document
variables". We have the standard properties available for display with
fields from insert->fields->docinformation. e.g. created, editing
time, modified etc. But what we don't have in OOo in general is the
ability to have more than the 4 custom document properties. That idea
needs to be extended to make the existing "info 1/2/3/4" into a more
general thing with differnt names for unlimited numbers of properties.
Something you can do in ole2 formats in general (.doc/.xls/.ppt) with
file->properties->custom inside e.g. msword.

These properties are stored in a ole2 stream called
DocumentSummaryInformation which is a very similiar (maybe the same)
format as the SummaryInformation stream which both msoffice and the
older 5.2 binary format contain.
Comment 6 andreas.martens 2003-09-18 15:39:22 UTC 
Okay.
Comment 7 michael.ruess 2003-09-25 09:42:28 UTC 
*** Issue 19687 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 8 lisadp 2006-03-24 08:28:39 UTC 
this is the same as issue #13831 I think
Comment 9 andreas.martens 2007-10-02 08:41:47 UTC 
Import/export issue.
Comment 10 Oliver Specht 2009-06-17 07:54:21 UTC 
custom fields are now imported, tested in OOo 3.0.1
Comment 11 Mechtilde 2009-07-12 19:25:41 UTC 
worksforme -> closed