Hi Community, We are doing some work on implementing 'Smart-Art *Preservation*' in Writer.
Meaning – if the user does WordèLOèWord round-trip we plan that they won't lose their Smart-Art object. Currently Smart-Art is being imported into *simple shapes* in Writer (which don't exactly look the same), and most of the actual data and binding between shapes is lost (not to mention it doesn't look the same). In order to preserve the original Smart-Art object – we would plan on loading the entire XML nodes and attributes of Smart-Art to property maps (e.g. Miklos's great 'InteropGrabBag'). In addition, instead of showing to the user simple shapes (that he can currently edit and move around) – we would like to change this and show the user a *locked* bitmap of the smart-art, that the user cannot manipulate (so that he can at least preserve the original Smart-Art). Is the approach we are taking good (changing the current malfunctioning behavior that converts Smart-Art to shapes). Should we take a different approach that maybe pops a message when loading a DOCX with Smart-Art asking the user: *"We noticed you are importing a DOCX with Smart-Art. Would you like to preserve it and keep it un-editable or convert it to simple shapes ?"* And then act according to the user's choice? (choosing simple shapes will lose the 'Smart-Art' functionality, while choosing 'preserve' will not let the user edit the smart-art, only see it). Best, *Adam Fyne* *Office:* +972-77-517-5008 Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/cloudoninc> | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudon> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cloudoninc> | Blog<http://www.cloudon.com/>
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