Manfred Lotz writes: > On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:37:55 +0100 > Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Manfred Lotz <manfred.l...@arcor.de> writes: >> >> [...] >> >> >> > This is really weird or it is because just my knowledge about >> > Libreoffice is limited. At least, I'm happy to be able to use LaTeX >> > in most cases instead of an office product. >> >> I'm with you on this! I use LaTeX almost exclusively. Every now and >> again, unfortunately, I have to share an editable document with others >> and LibreOffice/MSWord is the only easy way. For simple >> dissemination, LaTeX -> PDF is better. >> > > > Yep, exactly. I'm grateful that the export to odt was implemented in > org-mode so that we have an option to give a finalized document away if > needed.
Note, however, that what you've been discussing is a feature, not a requirement. LibreOffice allows you to put the title of the document in a field code that mirrors the document metadata; it doesn't force you to, and I imagine > 95% of users aren't even aware of the option. As I recall, this was a solution Jambunathan opted for at some late point in the development of the org-odt exporter. Before that, the exporter just wrote the title in as ordinary, editable text. I sort of preferred the old approach, but not enough to bother to ask to have it back. But if many users are baffled why they can't just edit a document title on the page itself after exporting to ODT -- and that seems likely -- maybe this feature is ripe for a change. Yours, Christian
