Bug 167465 - Support fields in comments
Summary: Support fields in comments
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Blocks: Writer-Comments
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Reported: 2025-07-11 13:05 UTC by Gabor Kelemen (allotropia)
Modified: 2025-07-11 13:52 UTC (History)
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Example file with fields in a comment box (16.34 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2025-07-11 13:05 UTC, Gabor Kelemen (allotropia) 		Details
The example file in Word and current master on Windows (60.77 KB, image/png)
2025-07-11 13:05 UTC, Gabor Kelemen (allotropia) 		Details
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Description Gabor Kelemen (allotropia) 2025-07-11 13:05:32 UTC 
Created attachment 201755 [details]
Example file with fields in a comment box

This is a feature request for interoperability.

In Word, it is possible to insert any fields into a comment. Writer does not have this capability, and opening a docx file with fields in comment leads to data loss.

1. Add a new comment, position the cursor inside
-> Insert -> Field menus items are disabled.

or
2. Open attached docx from Word 2016
-> There are no fields imported in the comments.

Version: 25.8.0.0.beta1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 211c193b1c7391b4f1c1172214a90899de19b06a
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: hu-HU (hu_HU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Gabor Kelemen (allotropia) 2025-07-11 13:05:56 UTC 
Created attachment 201756 [details]
The example file in Word and current master on Windows