Hi,
Mathias Bauer wrote:
Thomas Kashofer wrote:
Hi guys,
not a pure dev question, but way to deep for any manual.
I have a problem with the document templates and the hierarchy they use.
I just read the 0210WG-WorkingWithTemplatesInWriter.pdf
(http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors/), but nothing
is said about document template hierarchies (and I could not find any
other documentation on that subject).
In some German wiki (http://www.ooowiki.de/DokumentVorlagen) I read a
small paragraph (way at the bottom), where it was stated, that every
template knows its "predecessor" (but I could not find anything in the
XML files of the child-template .ott). This way it shall be possible to
create a template hierarchy, where you can propagate changes from a
"master-template" down to child templates (and even multiple-levels
shall be possible).
On Ubuntu 6.06.01 with OO.o 2.0.2 as well as Windows XP and OO.o 2.1 I
could not get changes to be propagated.
I saved the templates with "Edit - Templates - Save" and made changes
via "Edit -
Templates - Organize... - Edit".
Is this just a misunderstanding of the forum writer or am I doing
something wrong?
I tried creating the child-template in two variations:
First via editing the master-/parent-template and saving that as
child-template. Second via making changes to a parent document and then
creating the child-template from that document.
I have no clue. Any help is appreciated
I don't know for sure but I think the german wiki pages is referring to
the general dependency of documents on templates.
If you create a document based on a template the name of the template is
stored inside. Each time when you open the document for editing the
template it is based on is checked for changes. In case it was changed
the user is asked to take over these changes into the document. This way
a document always stays connected to its template until the user cuts
this connection by denying the update.
Templates also are documents. In case you create a new template based on
another one this information should be stored in this new template in
the same way as in a "normal" document. So here the template "knows its
predecessor".
Ciao,
Mathias
in German, both the styles and the templates are called "Vorlagen". This
may lead to some confusion. The german term "Vorlagen" should be
replaced by either "Dokumentvorlagen" = templates, or "Stilvorlagen" =
styles, in all OOo documentation.
Regards
Uwe
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