RE: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input Fields in Writer

2013-02-15 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
-Original Message- From: Oliver-Rainer Wittmann [mailto:orwittm...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 00:32 To: d...@openoffice.apache.org; users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input Fields in Writer Hi, On 15.02.

RE: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input Fields in Writer

2013-02-15 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Yes, sorry. I meant . - Dennis -Original Message- From: Oliver-Rainer Wittmann [mailto:orwittm...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 00:32 To: d...@openoffice.apache.org; users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input

Re: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input Fields in Writer

2013-02-15 Thread Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
regards, Oliver. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Oliver-Rainer Wittmann [mailto:orwittm...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 01:50 To: d...@openoffice.apache.org; users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input Fields

RE: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input Fields in Writer

2013-02-14 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
e.org; users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input Fields in Writer Hi Dennis, On 06.02.2013 19:35, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > For "real" input fields, (that is, form:text elements), direct entry works. > I am not sure what y

Re: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input Fields in Writer

2013-02-14 Thread Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
Hi, On 06.02.2013 19:17, James Plante wrote: Oliver, You can get much of the behavior you desire by defining User Fields instead of Input Fields. They have the added benefit of being global. In other words, if you change one at the end of the document, and that same field appears at the beginni

Re: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input Fields in Writer

2013-02-14 Thread Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
Hi Dennis, On 06.02.2013 19:35, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: For "real" input fields, (that is, form:text elements), direct entry works. I am not sure what you mean by '"real" input fields'. I am talking about the fields which are inserted into a text document in AOO Writer by Menu Insert - Fie

RE: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input Fields in Writer

2013-02-06 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
For "real" input fields, (that is, form:text elements), direct entry works. I assume that the case being discussed is for conventional field values that someone wants to edit. (Like a page number or a date field in a footer.) In those cases, I suppose direct entry might be useful. But there is

Re: [improvement idea] "in-place" editing of Input Fields in Writer

2013-02-06 Thread James Plante
Oliver, You can get much of the behavior you desire by defining User Fields instead of Input Fields. They have the added benefit of being global. In other words, if you change one at the end of the document, and that same field appears at the beginning, BOTH fields change if you edit either one