Re: export to odt

[Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz@arcor.de>]

On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:07:26 +0200
Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com> wrote:

> 
> Manfred Lotz writes:
> 
> > On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:37:55 +0100
> > Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz@arcor.de> writes:
> >> 
> >> [...]
> >> 
> >> 
> >> > This is really weird or it is because just my knowledge about
> >> > Libreoffice is limited. At least, I'm happy to be able to use
> >> > LaTeX in most cases instead of an office product.
> >> 
> >> I'm with you on this!  I use LaTeX almost exclusively.  Every now
> >> and again, unfortunately, I have to share an editable document
> >> with others and LibreOffice/MSWord is the only easy way.  For
> >> simple dissemination, LaTeX -> PDF is better.
> >> 
> >
> >
> > Yep, exactly. I'm grateful that the export to odt was implemented in
> > org-mode so that we have an option to give a finalized document
> > away if needed.
> 
> Note, however, that what you've been discussing is a feature, not a
> requirement. LibreOffice allows you to put the title of the document
> in a field code that mirrors the document metadata; it doesn't force
> you to, and I imagine > 95% of users aren't even aware of the option.
> 
> As I recall, this was a solution Jambunathan opted for at some late
> point in the development of the org-odt exporter. Before that, the
> exporter just wrote the title in as ordinary, editable text. I sort of
> preferred the old approach, but not enough to bother to ask to have it
> back.
> 


Yes I'm aware that this is due to the way how org-mode export to odt is
coded. 

> But if many users are baffled why they can't just edit a document
> title on the page itself after exporting to ODT -- and that seems
> likely -- maybe this feature is ripe for a change.
> 

Hm, I do not have any requirements to later change title and author
in the odt document as I would change it in the org file directly. Thus
I don't care how the title and author is set in the odt document.


-- 
Manfred