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Feature for Writer: highlight commented text
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:27 pm
by dmitry.kalashnikov
Well, I have a feature request for OO Writer: make Writer select the commented piece of text like in MS Word.
MS Word commented piece: (I want this)
OO Writer commented piece:
I'm ready to pay for this feature.
Re: Feature for Writer
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:43 pm
by acknak
[Tutorial] Reporting bugs or suggestions
As I recall, that feature (a comment attached to a selection) is being worked on.
Re: Feature for Writer
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:12 pm
by mriosv
Also you can do it with LibreOffice 3.3
Re: Feature for Writer
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:14 pm
by floris v
mriosv wrote:Also you can do it with LibreOffice 3.3
And not in LO 3.4.3
Re: Feature for Writer
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:31 am
by dmitry.kalashnikov
Ok, thanks for reply!
But when it will be ready?
Can I make it more critical with my money support?
Because I need this feature ASAP!
Re: Feature for Writer: highlight commented text
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:46 pm
by acknak
Here's the OOo issue:
Issue 118096:
Support for comment anchor area on text selectiuon
I wouldn't expect any progress on this any time soon from OOo. They're still in the middle of the organizational move.
I don't know what's happening with this bug on the LibO side.
I don't know of any "directed" contribution channels, but you can always hire someone to implement the feature for you.
Re: Feature for Writer: highlight commented text
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:02 pm
by floris v
but you can always hire someone to implement the feature for you.
That's what he was doing here.
Re: Feature for Writer: highlight commented text
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:25 pm
by dmitry.kalashnikov
floris v wrote:but you can always hire someone to implement the feature for you.
That's what he was doing here.
Yep!
Anyone?
Re: Feature for Writer: highlight commented text
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:27 pm
by acknak
floris v wrote:That's what he was doing here.
Re: Feature for Writer: highlight commented text
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:28 pm
by floris v
I made that mistake too when I first replied, referring him to the issue tracker.
Re: Feature for Writer: highlight commented text
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:58 pm
by RoryOF
An easy way to fake this is to select the text required, and chose a different Font Colour, or Highlight Colour, then anchor the comment at the end or beginning of the selection.
Re: Feature for Writer: highlight commented text
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:24 pm
by floris v
I was thinking about that too, but it means some extra work if you want to delete a comment, or a lot of comments.
I'm also wondering if this can be implemented without changing the ODF definition as it would probably require open and close tags for the comment anchor instead of just an achor.
Re: Feature for Writer: highlight commented text
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 3:26 pm
by acknak
No problem; it's already provided for:
14.1 <office:annotation> (
Link)
14.2 <office:annotation-end>
However, just editing the xml to add an end tag does not give a selection comment in Writer, so it looks like there's still a good bit of work to do to support it.
In many places where I've looked, the ODF standard is quite far ahead of what OOo actually implements.