Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 39283
create bibliography entry by using drag and drop from database beamer
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:35:16 UTC
Using Writer for scientific paper, to enter citations from the bibiography database, the user must select a bibiography item from a drop-down list in the "Insert Bibiography Item" dialog. For a very large bibiography database, the Short Names in this list do not give enough context to allow the user to select the correct bibliography item. Usually, the user will have to refer to the full database, in the data-sources view, to find the right item. A better, more intuitive way to add citations to a document would be to drag records directly from the Bibiography database (data-sources view) into the document. At present, data-source records are added as either text, fields or a table when drag&dropped into a doc. I propose that when the data-source corresponds to the one registered as the bibiography database, an additional options be made available in the "Insert Database Columns" dialog, to insert the Bibliography records as a Bibliography item (with appropriate options). This would greatly simplify adding citations.
reassigned to ES.
Please have look.
reworded summary a bit original summary: "Drag&Drop entry of bibliography references direct from the data-sources view."
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this issue still stands.