Impress/Features/text fields
Text fields in impress
| Specification Status | |
| Author | Christian Lippka |
| Last Change | |
| Status (Help) | Preliminary |
Abstract
This specification is about the feature text fields in impress. Currently it only covers the new addition of "Page Count" field but should be used for other changes/additions to this overall feature in the future.
The text field feature is also available in OpenOffice.org Draw.
Contents
References
| Reference Document | Check | Location (URL) |
| Prerequisites | [passed/failed] | n/a |
| Product Requirement, RFE, Issue ID (required) | available | issue 14832 |
| Test case specification (required) | [available/not available] | <PLEASE ENTER LOCATION HERE> |
| IDL Specification | not available | There is currently no new API for this feature. |
| Software Specification Rules | n/a | n/a |
Contacts
| Role | Name | E-Mail Address |
| Developer | Christian Lippka | cl@openoffice.org |
| Quality Assurance | Wolfram Garten | wg@openoffice.org |
| Documentation | Uwe Fischer | ufi@openoffice.org |
| User Experience | Frank Loehmann | fl@openoffice.org |
Acronyms and Abbreviations
| Acronym / Abbreviation | Definition |
| <WYSIWYG> | <What You See Is What You Get> |
Detailed Specification
A new text field "Page Count" is added to the impress/draw application. It behaves like the already available "Page Number" field, but instead of showing the current page number, it shows the current number of pages in the document. When viewed in edit mode on a master page, it still shows the number of slides in the document and not the number of master pages. It can be inserted into the document from the "Fields" submenu in the "Insert" menu. It is placed right after the menu entry for inserting the "Page Number" field.
"Fields", Menu
| Item | Sub Item | Sub Item | KBD Shortcut | Icon | Comment |
| Date(fixed) | d | none | Inserts a text field that shows a fixed date. | ||
| Date(variable) | e | none | Inserts a text field that shows the current date. | ||
| Time(fixed) | t | none | Inserts a text field that shows a fixed time. | ||
| "Seperator" | |||||
| Author | a | <Icon> | Inserts a text field that shows the name of the documents author. | ||
| Page Number | p | none | Inserts a text field that shows the number of the current page. | ||
| Page Count | c | none | Inserts a text field that shows the number of pages in this document. | ||
| File Name | f | none | Inserts a text field that shows the current file name of this document. |
Help | User Interface Element Templates | Example Spec
Migration
The "Page Count" field is a new feature that will be silently ignored when loaded from older versions of OpenOffice.org
Configuration
There currently is no configuration for this feature.
File Format
For storing the new "Page Count" field in impress, the element <text:page-count/> is used as described in section 6.4.17 of the OpenDocument Specification Version 1.1.
Open Issues
Two related issues:
- issue 67309 page numbers on hand outs
- issue 98897 page numbers in custom presentations
