Re: export to odt

[Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>]

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.

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.

Yours,
Christian