New interoperability features in LibreOffice
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IgaliaOpen Document Tecnologies team
// Represents the model of a Writer document.class SW_DLLPUBLIC SwDoc :
public IInterface, public IDocumentRedlineAccess,
public IDocumentFieldsAccess, public IDocumentStylePoolAccess,
public IDocumentLineNumberAccess, public IDocumentStatistics,
public IDocumentState, public IDocumentLayoutAccess,
public IDocumentExternalData
New interoperability featuresin LibreOffice
Introduction
● Goal: preserve document integrity● Unsupported OOXML elements and
properties cannot disappear when LibreOffice manipulates the document
● The following features were contributed by Igalia to LibreOffice 4.2 and 4.3
Smart-Art
● Problem● Smart-Art graphics lost from the document
● Now● Smart-Art graphics preserved and fully usable● Fixed since: 4.2
Smart-Art
before
now
lost!
Document themes
● Problem● Document theme lost
– Replaced with default MS Office theme
● Now● Document theme preserved● Fixed since: 4.2
Theme fonts
● Problem● Theme fonts incorrectly interpreted● Theme font attributes transformed to direct format
– Fonts in the document were not affected by theme changes
● Now● Theme fonts correctly interpreted● Theme font attributes preserved● Fixed since: 4.3
Theme fonts
before now
Shape styles and colors
● Problem● Shape style attributes transformed to direct format
– Shapes unaffected by theme changes● Theme colors transformed to direct format● Gradients with more than two colors lost
● Now● Styles preserved● Theme colors preserved● Gradients preserved● Fixed since: 4.3
Shape styles and colors
before nowthemechanged
originaltheme
themechanged
originaltheme
themechanged(no effect)
originaltheme
Shape and picture effects
● Problem● Standard shape and picture effects lost● 3D shape effects lost● Artistic effects lose ability to restore original shape
● Now● Standard and 3D effects preserved● Artistic effects can be undone● Fixed since: 4.3
Shape and picture effects
before now
Embedded documents
● Problem● Spreadsheets or presentations embedded in text
documents lost– Got replaced by a picture
● Now● Embedded spreadsheets and documents preserved● Fixed since: 4.3
Embedded documents
before
now
behaves like apicture!
Structured Document Tags
● Problem● Structured Document Tags (SDTs) lost or
transformed into plain text
● Now● Most common SDTs preserved● Fixed since: 4.3
Structured Document Tags
before now
plain text, relation withdocument bibliography lost bibliographical fonts can
be automatically updated
Conclusions
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