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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi Community,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">We are doing some work on implementing 'Smart-Art <b>Preservation</b>' in Writer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Meaning – if the user does Word</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d">è</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">LO</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d">è</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Word round-trip we plan that they won't lose their Smart-Art object.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Currently Smart-Art is being imported into <b>simple shapes</b> in Writer (which don't exactly look the same), and most of the actual data and binding between shapes is lost (not to mention it doesn't look the same).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">In order to preserve the original Smart-Art object – we would plan on loading the entire XML nodes and attributes of Smart-Art to property maps (e.g. Miklos's great 'InteropGrabBag').</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">In addition, instead of showing to the user simple shapes (that he can currently edit and move around) – </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">we would like to change this and show the user a <i><u>locked</u></i> bitmap of the smart-art, that the user cannot manipulate (so that he can at least preserve the original Smart-Art).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Is the approach we are taking good (changing the current malfunctioning behavior that converts Smart-Art to shapes).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Should we take a different approach that maybe pops a message when loading a DOCX with Smart-Art asking the user: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">"We noticed you are importing a DOCX with Smart-Art. Would you like to preserve it and keep it un-editable or convert it to simple shapes ?"</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">And then act according to the user's choice? (choosing simple shapes will lose the 'Smart-Art' functionality, while choosing 'preserve' will not let the user edit the smart-art, only see it).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Best,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#215868">Adam Fyne</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">
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