Writer Planned Work
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Support for MetaData (ODF 1.2)
Support for Accessibility (ODF 1.1)
Bind Meta Data to text content (extended text field support)
Better support for citations (probably using meta data and text fields)
Outline level attribute for paragraphs
Improved handling of sections and associated page styles
Page break special characters
Use drawing layer implementations of graphics and OLE objects also in Writer