Hi all,I'm working on tdf#125884 "FILEOPEN: DOCX WordArt "Transform" (Fontwork, TextWarp) is not imported". But I need help.
Problem: A shape in DOCX can have a text box. The shape itself has a geometry, which is in most cases one of the presets, e.g. a "triangle". The text box can in addition have a Warp geometry, one of the Warp presets, e.g. "textFadeUp". The text inside the triangle would be transformed in that case.
ODF cannot represent this. You can have either (1) normal text inside the triangle-shape or you can have (2) transformed text but no triangle. The difference in file format, as written and interpreted by LibreOffice, is, that in case (1), the object has a graphic property with a parent-style-name and in (2) there exists no parent-style-name.
The case, which corresponds to the "Fontwork" of Word 97 and our Fontwork Gallery, and which the help of MS Office explains, uses as outer shape a rectangle. Such cases should be imported as method (2).
That is no problem in Impress/Draw/Calc because the information, that the text is in Warp mode, is read before the text content. But in DOCX it is the other way round. The text is already read and the shape has been inserted before the Warp information is read.
My problem is now, that I do not find, how to change the shape from (1) to (2). I can change the CustomShapeGeometry, especially add the needed "TextPath" property and adapt "Type". I set "TextBox" property to false. But I get a shape, which has the path of the Warp visible and has still a text box.
If I remove the text box in the UI, I loose the text content and the shape is still no "Fontwork", which means the "Fontwork" toolbar is not provided.
My questions: Is it possible at all? If yes, what do I have overlooked? Kind regards Regina