Created attachment 144429 [details] writer_test_userfield steps to reproduce: - create a new writer document - insert a User Field (Ctrl+F2 -> Variables/User Field) Name: X_TEST Value: Hello World! Format: Text - save as *.odt - save as *.docx - User Field "X_TEST" with content "Hello World!" is exported as: "User Field X_TEST = Hello World!" -> read-/editing in word is difficult. - save as *.doc results in text: "Hello World!" -> at least read-/editing in Word is possible AFAIK User Fields are not supported in Word: 2.1.96 Part 1 Section 7.4.9, text:user-field-get https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj670930(v=office.12).aspx possible solution: "OpenXML/ODF Translator Command Line Tools" from http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/download.html converts UserFields into Set Variables. attached a sample *.odt/*.docx and converted *.docx file
Created attachment 144430 [details] writer_test_userfield.docx
Created attachment 144431 [details] writer_test_userfield_converted.docx
Ok, I guess this can be seen as an enhancement of sorts. Arch Linux 64-bit Version: 6.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 05db125c57ea3c8f04a304561209c32cc5c45a67 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.18; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3_kde5; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: threaded Built on September 17th 2018
*** Bug 141471 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This was fixed in LO 7.0 by Author: Miklos Vajna on Thu Jan 30 10:21:08 2020 with commit 676862bb8aa043f116615e5d0dac59254eaa8138 DOCX export: implement support for user fields Updating the field doesn't work yet, that'll need additional markup in settings.xml.