how to make a textbox in openoffice 4.1.3

A User Field cannot be deleted from the list of fields while it is in use in the document.ģ.

Observe that the red Delete X has become disabled. Observe that the field value has been inserted in the documentī. In the selection box, select the first field.Ī. Observe that the name and value displayed in the text boxes below update to the selected field values.ġ. In the Selection box, click one field then the other. Observe that for both fields the green Apply check-mark and the red Delete X are both enabled. Repeat for another field name and value, so that there are two defined fields for the document. Click the green check-mark to apply the field to the document (this does not insert it in the document text.)į. In the Format box select Text (this will give good recognizable flexibility on field contents)Į. In the menu bar, select Insert: Fields: Other.ī. This allows the user to see the inserted field names as well as the values.Ī. In the menu bar, select View: Field Names. The same steps, but varying field formats as well, will show the formats also changing.Ģ. The steps below describe how to observe the problem changing field values. In addition, the behavior described in the original post creates a risk of the user inadvertently changing the value and format of User fields, when inserting them in the document. Failure to update displayed value in Fields dialog causes changes to user field values on insertion:

How to make a textbox in openoffice 4.1.3