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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">Anyone ? any thoughts on the correct approach to take ?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I haven't received any feedback about the main question … :\</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><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"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666">Office:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#666666"> </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#666666">+972-77-517-5008</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Adam Fyne [mailto:<a href="mailto:Adam.Fyne@cloudon.com">Adam.Fyne@cloudon.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 27, 2013 3:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org">libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org</a>'<br><b>Cc:</b> Tsahi Glik (<a href="mailto:tsahi.glik@cloudon.com">tsahi.glik@cloudon.com</a>)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Smart-Art in Writer - Correct 'Import' approach ?</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><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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