Hi all,
I've trawled through the archives for a few pages, but didn't find this
exact issue in a fairly recent build.
Has anyone else had trouble using hidden paragraphs in master documents?
OOo Writer 2.0.3? Windows XP? The way I've been doing it is:
- put variable at start of master document (eg. SoftwareName = Wonderful
Woefixer)
- add 'Show variable' in child doc wherever I refer to software name
(that works fine, btw)
- hide paragraphs in child doc by using a condition such as
'SoftwareName=="Wonderful Woefixer"' or 'SoftwareName!="Wonderful Woefixer"'
I am POSITIVE this used to work - or rather, maybe I used to know HOW to
make it work. Now, if I have a hidden paragraph in the first child doc
in a master doc, it works. Subsequent hidden paragraphs in subsequent
child docs? Splat. If you're confused, I have a test master doc and a
few child docs I can send you that will illustrate my point and have you
scratching your head (or possibly calling me an idiot, I acknowledge
occasional braindeadness).
Anyway... I have three actual points:
* Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?
* Does anyone have a simple workaround (eg. change all filenames to
less than 8 chars)?
* I discovered that while hidden paragraphs based on variables are
dodgy, hidden paragraphs based on user fields actually WORK! So
this seems like a possible workaround for anyone suffering from
similar problems. My only issue is, it seems impossible to refer
to the value of a user field. Grrr.
- Naomi
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