Bug 158805 - No way to enter free form MERGEFIELDS / MERGEFIELDS cut short after space or quote : needed for xdocreport
Summary: No way to enter free form MERGEFIELDS / MERGEFIELDS cut short after space or ...
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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7.4.7.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Reported: 2023-12-21 12:08 UTC by openoffice@alk.org.lu
Modified: 2024-06-30 03:15 UTC (History)
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Description openoffice@alk.org.lu 2023-12-21 12:08:53 UTC
Hi,

Libreoffice seems to have no way of entering free-form MERGEFIELDS, which would be needed when processing Word templates with xdocreport.

And, what's worse, when opening a .docx made using Microsoft Word in Libreoffice, which contains such free-form MERGEFIELDS intended for processing by xdocreport, these MERGEFIELDs are mutilated in several ways:
 1. they are cut short at a doublequote character
 2. they are cut short at a space character beyond a certain length of string before
Comment 1 Dieter 2024-01-01 14:43:59 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug.  It seems,  you are using an old version of LO.  Could you please retest with actual version 7.6?

If the bug is still present, please add a sample file. Thank you

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Comment 2 QA Administrators 2024-06-30 03:15:01 UTC
Dear openoffice@alk.org.lu,

This bug has been in NEEDINFO status with no change for at least
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