https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80786
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 80786
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: Feature request: Function to remove field codes
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: unspecified
Component: Writer
Product: LibreOffice
Often when writing there is a need for having a finished document without any
automatic fields being in the documents. In other words, there is a need to
convert all automated text (field codes) into "pure" text. When working with a
publishing house, for example, you are very often required to remove all such
kinds of automation from the documents in order to ensure that nothing weird
happens when moving the contents from a writer document to the typesetting
software.
Libreoffice currently lacks the feature to remove such codes with the click of
a button. Word, on the other hand, has this feature. It is hereby suggested
that Libreoffice implements this feature to gain feature parity with word and
at the same time greatly improve the workflow for writers like myself. At
present the content of all fields has to be manually written out as plain text
before sending the document to a typesetter.
In some instances this is particularly problematic. A great example is when
using a reference manager - which is common in all sciences. See for example
the very popular reference manager Zotero. It has an LibreOffice extension that
enable quick insertion and auto-generation of footnote text with the use of
field codes. It also enables the user to switch between reference styles
without having to rewrite the references. Before sending a scientific article
to a publisher or a journal the writer will normally need to remove said field
codes.
Luckily, Zotero developers have created a workaround for reference styles, but
it has the drawback that italics and other forms of styling is removed from the
citations. Reference styles often mandate the use of italics or other types of
styling to references, and it is therefore very impractical that these field
codes cannot be removed without also removing the formatting. Manually adding
back italics etc. can be extremely cumbersome in a longer academic article or a
book manuscript, with hundreds of footnotes. Because Libreoffice does not have
any native field code removal function, such regressions are difficult to
remedy, as pointed out in this blog post over at the Zotero forums:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/25077/
If Libreoffice had a function to remove field codes from all (and/or parts) of
a document, these troubles with disappear. Not only would this enhancement
bring Libreoffice up to feature parity with Word, but it would also greatly
improve the life of serious writers using Libreoffice.
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