[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 116017] New: the About Fields online help seems wrong about What' s This tip

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116017

            Bug ID: 116017
           Summary: the About Fields online help seems wrong about What's
                    This tip
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 5.4.1.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: info at skierpage.com
                CC: olivier.hallot at documentfoundation.org

1. Open the Modern business letter serif template.
2. Search in the LibreOffice help for fields
3. Find
https://help.libreoffice.org/5.4/en-US/text/swriter/guide/fields.html?&DbPAR=WRITER&System=WIN

The help claims 
Placeholder, hidden text, insert reference, variable, database, and
user-defined fields display a help tip when you rest the mouse pointer over the
field in a document. To enable this feature, ensure that the Extended Tips
option (What's This?) is selected in the Help menu.

This doesn't seem correct. If you try this with the placeholder fields on this
template, nothing happens, regardless of whether you rest the mouse pointer
over a field or click, regardless of whether View > Field Names is on or not. 

Suggested fix:
Delete this entire paragraph, or document the circumstances in which it works. 

Hmm, from bug 98300 maybe it and other mentions of help tips/What's this should
be prefixed with the {{boilerplate}} "If you have LibreOffice built-in help
installed on your computer..."

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