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diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/README-rtf.txt b/sw/source/filter/ww8/README-rtf.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2ae4872311b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/README-rtf.txt @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@ + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Summary of new features in RtfExport + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Miklos Vajna + +<vmiklos@frugalware.org> +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Table of Contents + +1. Introduction + + 1.1. Terminology + 1.2. General + +2. List if fixed bugs +3. List of new features + + 3.1. Nested tables + 3.2. Character properties + 3.3. Sections + 3.4. Graphics + 3.5. Bookmarks + 3.6. Fields + 3.7. Drawing + 3.8. Form fields + 3.9. OLE objects + +4. Changes in the source code outside RTF + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1. Introduction + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The biggest difference is that the new exporter is an UNO component, +and it?s based on the MSWord base classes, the vision here is that +this way much less code can achieve the same set of features, +reducing the amount of duplicated code. + + +1.1. Terminology + +-------------- + + * The "MSO OK, OOo KO" and similar abbreviations describe if the + given new feature is supported by the OOo RTF importer or it can + be tested using Microsoft Office. + * RtfExport refers to the new UNO-based exporter, RtfWriter refers + to the old built-in one. + + +1.2. General + +-------------- + +RtfWriter sometimes created documents where the first { is closed in +the middle of the document. MSO ignores this problem, but OOo stops +parsing the rest of the document if this happens, in other words +everything after such a bug is ignored. This can be reproduced by for +example parprops.odt, but it?s triggered in several other cases as +well. RtfExport has no automatic prevention for this, either - but +during development I primarily test the output with OOo, so hopefully +the bug will pop up less frequently. + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +2. List if fixed bugs + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + + * http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=51469 postit + fields + * http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=66619 page + margins + * http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=69856 page + numbers + * http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=81569 { and } in + document title + * http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=84703 redlines + * http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=91166 russian + chars + * http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=92673 bookmarks + across tables + * http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=100507 ole + object export + * http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=103993 same as # + 81569 just for doc comments + * http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=106677 + listoverride index starts at zero + * http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=38344 enhanced + character space + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +3. List of new features + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + + +3.1. Nested tables + +-------------- + +This was new in Word2000 and it?s now supported by RtfExport (MSO OK, +OOo KO) + + +3.2. Character properties + +-------------- + +The followings are now supported: + + * blinking (MSO OK, OOo KO) + * expanded spacing (MSO OK, OOo OK) + * pair kerning (MSO OK, OOo OK) + + +3.3. Sections + +-------------- + +RtfExport writes: + + * column breaks (MSO OK, OOo OK) + * special breaks (when the next page should be an odd or an even + page; MSO OK, OOo KO) + * the write-protected property of sections is experted properly + (MSO OK, OOo KO) + * better page numbers (inherited type from page styles, restarts; + MSO OK, OOo KO) + * line numbering (MSO OK, OOo KO) + + +3.4. Graphics + +-------------- + +PNG graphics are exported in WMF format as well, so that not only MSO +and OOo can display graphics from the output document, but Wordpad as +well. + + +3.5. Bookmarks + +-------------- + +Implicit bookmarks like reference to a footnote did not work in OOo +(one got an Error: Reference source not found message when opening +the result), this now works as expected. (MSO OK - the importer +previously autocorrected this as well, OO OK) + + +3.6. Fields + +-------------- + + * Table of contents is now written as a field, so it?s properly + read-only (MSO OK, OOo KO) + * Postit comments are now exported. (MSO OK, OOo KO) + + +3.7. Drawing + +-------------- + +Drawing objects for Word 97 through Word 2007 (shapes) are now +implemented: + + * basic shapes (rectangle, ellipse, etc.) + * lines, including free-form ones + * texts, including vertical ones and their (paragraph and + character) formatting + +(MSO OK, OOo KO) + + +3.8. Form fields + +-------------- + +All types supported by the RTF format are exported, namely: + + * text boxes + * check boxes + * list boxes + +(MSO OK, OOo KO) + + +3.9. OLE objects + +-------------- + +Their result is exported as a picture - RtfWriter did not export +anything. (MSO OK, OOo OK) + +For math, the native data is written as well, so you can edit the +object, too. (MSO OK, OOo KO) + + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +4. Changes in the source code outside RTF + +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +These are refactorings I needed for RTF. To my best knowledge they do +not change the output of other filters from a user?s point of view. + + * The code that splits runs according to bookmarks is moved from + DocxExport to MSWordExportBase + * WW8_SdrAttrIter has been refactored to MSWord_SdrAttrIter + * MSWordExportBase::SubstituteBullet can avoid replacing bullets + * wwFontHelper::InitFontTable can really load all fonts + * An obvious typo in WW8AttributeOutput::CharTwoLines has been + fixed + |