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In-place editing of Input Fields
Purpose of this page is provide information on the solution for Issue 33737 . This information should serve the corresponding quality assurance efforts. It can be also used as the source for the corresponding user interface changes for the users.
Input Fields - three of a kind
We have three fields which are all named 'Input Field' in the user interface each for different purpose.
Text Input Field
This is a field to prompt the user for an input. The field has a description and its content holds the user's input.
In the OpenDocument file format (ODF) such a field is represented by ODF element <text:text-input>.
When importing Microsoft Word documents (binary file format, *.doc) Microsoft Word fields FILLIN and FORMTEXT are imported as Text Input Fields.
The user interface to create such a field is found in the Fields dialog (Menu - Insert - Fields - Others) on pane Functions. Here the user has to choose Type 'Input Field'.
User Variable Input Field
This is a field to prompt the user to set the value of a user variable. The value of a user variable is the same throughout the complete document.
In ODF such a field is represented by ODF element <text:user-field-input>.
Microsoft Word has support for so-called Document Variables. The value of such variables can be shown in a Microsoft Word document, but are created/deleted/set via Microsoft Word macro (aka Visual Basic). These Document Variables seem to be comparable with ODF's User Variables, but currently there is no mapping between these in OpenOffice. A User Variable Input Field is treated as Text Input Field when exporting an OpenOffice text document to the Microsoft Word binary format.
The user interface to create such a field is found in the Fields dialog on pane Variables. In advance the user has to create a user field. Then the user has to choose Type 'Input Field' and has to select the corresponding created user variable.
Simple Variable Input Field
This is a field to prompt the user to set the value of a simple variable. The value of a simple variable at a certain document position equals the value of the last set value - that is the difference to a user variable.
In ODF such a field is represented by ODF element <text:variable-input>.
The user interface to create such a field is found in the Fields dialog on pane Variables. In advance the user has to create a simple variable. Then the user has to choose Type 'Input Field' and has to select the corresponding created simple variable.
