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authorSeth Chaiklin <sdc.blanco@youmail.dk>2020-12-29 02:34:05 +0100
committerOlivier Hallot <olivier.hallot@libreoffice.org>2021-01-19 13:31:42 +0100
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tdf#131206 clarify how to insert document fields
This patch makes the change described in comment 9 and comment 11 in tdf#131206 Change-Id: Idfb2fd3f7d4f0e7ee8d22e4cb42d8cab043454c2 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/help/+/108339 Tested-by: Jenkins Reviewed-by: Olivier Hallot <olivier.hallot@libreoffice.org>
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diff --git a/source/text/swriter/01/04090001.xhp b/source/text/swriter/01/04090001.xhp
index 0946dd75d6..df950f8e00 100644
--- a/source/text/swriter/01/04090001.xhp
+++ b/source/text/swriter/01/04090001.xhp
@@ -39,21 +39,30 @@
<embed href="text/swriter/00/00000404.xhp#felddokument"/>
</section>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id911603998090123">To insert a field in your document, first select the field <emph>Type</emph>, then click in the <emph>Select</emph> list, to choose which information item should be inserted, then click <emph>Insert</emph>.</paragraph>
<section id="fieldtype">
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/type" id="bm_id3153666" localize="false"/>
<h2 id="hd_id3151312" xml-lang="en-US">Type</h2>
-<paragraph id="par_id3153672" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/type">Lists the available field types. To add a field to your document, click a field type, click a field in the <emph>Select </emph>list, and then click <emph>Insert</emph>.</ahelp> The following fields are available:</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3153672" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/type">Lists the available field types. </ahelp></paragraph>
</section>
+<section id="select">
+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/select" id="bm_id3150671" localize="false"/>
+
+<h2 id="hd_id3150660" xml-lang="en-US">Select<comment>on "Document" and "DocInformation" tab page this is called "Select", on the other tab pages "Selection"</comment></h2>
+<paragraph id="par_id3150678" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/select">Lists what information can be inserted for a selected field type.</ahelp></paragraph>
+
+</section>
+<h3 id="par_id71603998444482">Available field Types and Select lists</h3>
<table id="tbl_id3149686">
<tablerow>
<tablecell>
<paragraph id="par_id3155182" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">Type</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell>
- <paragraph id="par_id3143272" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">Meaning</paragraph>
+ <paragraph id="par_id3143272" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">Select list</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
@@ -141,22 +150,16 @@
</tablerow>
</table>
+<tip id="par_id3155537" xml-lang="en-US">To quickly insert a field from the <emph>Select</emph> list, double-click the field.</tip>
+
<section id="selectnote">
<note id="par_id3154631" xml-lang="en-US">The following fields can only be inserted if the corresponding field type is selected in the <emph>Type </emph>list.</note>
</section>
-<section id="select">
-<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/select" id="bm_id3150671" localize="false"/>
-<h2 id="hd_id3150660" xml-lang="en-US">Select<comment>on "Document" and "DocInformation" tab page this is called "Select", on the other tab pages "Selection"</comment></h2>
-<paragraph id="par_id3150678" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/select">Lists the available fields for the field type selected in the <emph>Type </emph>list. To insert a field, click the field, and then click <emph>Insert</emph>.</ahelp></paragraph>
-<tip id="par_id3155537" xml-lang="en-US">To quickly insert a field from the <emph>Select</emph> list, double-click the field.</tip>
-</section>
-
<section id="format">
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/format" id="bm_id3145607" localize="false"/>
-
<h2 id="hd_id3145595" xml-lang="en-US">Format</h2>
-<paragraph id="par_id3145613" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/format">Click the format that you want to apply to the selected field, or click "Additional formats" to define a custom format.</ahelp></paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3145613" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/format">If a field is displaying a date, time or number, then <emph>Format</emph> is used to customize the appearance of the date, time, or number. Common formats are shown in the Format window, or click "Additional formats" to define a custom format.</ahelp></paragraph>
</section>
<paragraph id="par_id3150138" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="datetimeformat">When you click "Additional formats", the <link href="text/shared/01/05020300.xhp" name="Number Format"><emph>Number Format</emph></link> dialog opens, where you can define a custom format. </variable></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154867" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">If you choose "Chapter number without separator" for a chapter field, the separators that are specified for chapter number in <link href="text/swriter/01/06060000.xhp" name="Tools - Chapter numbering"><menuitem>Tools - Chapter numbering</menuitem></link> are not displayed.</paragraph>
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@
<h2 id="hd_id3150891" xml-lang="en-US">Offset</h2>
<paragraph id="par_id3155312" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/flddocumentpage/value">Enter the offset value that you want to apply to a page number field, for example "+1".</ahelp></paragraph>
</section>
-<paragraph id="par_id3145188" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">If you want, you can enter an <emph>Offset </emph>for the displayed page number. With an <emph>Offset</emph> value of 1, the field will display a number that is 1 more than the current page number, but only if a page with that number exists. On the last page of the document, this same field will be empty.</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3145188" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">With an <emph>Offset</emph> value of 1, the field will display a number that is 1 more than the current page number, but only if a page with that number exists. On the last page of the document, this same field will be empty.</paragraph>
<tip id="par_id3154948" xml-lang="en-US">If you want to change the actual page number and not the displayed number, do not use the <emph>Offset</emph> value. To change page numbers, read the <link href="text/swriter/guide/pagenumbers.xhp" name="Page Numbers"><emph>Page Numbers</emph></link> guide.</tip>
<h2 id="hd_id3154598" xml-lang="en-US">Offset in days/minutes</h2>