Re: Annotation in odt?

On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 22:40 +1000, Martin Sevior wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> On a rather different topic, do you think you can work out how to save
> annotations that span a region of text in odt format?

Looking at abi trunk, it is not currently implemented, but from the ODF
1.2 spec:

14.2 <office:annotation-end>

The <office:annotation-end> element may be used to define the end of a
text range of document content that spans element boundaries. In that
case, an <office:annotation> element shall precede the
<office:annotation-end> element. Both elements shall have the same value
for their office:name attribute.

FWIW OpenOffice 3.3.0 doesn't seem to allow marking the end or
"selection" of an annotation either. To make 'em in OO use
Insert/Comment. There doesn't seem to be a way to move or expand the
triangle in OO that points to where the annotation lives.

>
> I found that I had to collapse the region to a single point. Do I
> misread the spec? Is it possible to do this without resorting to the
> delta-xml proposal?
>
> Micheal thought that it was covered within the new track-changes
> proposal. If it is it would be a strong argument for adopting the
> delta-xml proposal you've been working to implement.

I can already think of some cases here which one spec would make life a
whole bunch simpler. In particular starting an annotation midway through
the caption of a draw:frame (image) and extending yonder the frame.

Thanks for the reminder, I was trying to come up with another use case
or two :))

>
> Cheers
>
> Martin