Bug 130014

Summary: Support for displaying parts of documents
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring>
Component: sdkAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: UNCONFIRMED ---    
Severity: enhancement CC: buzea.bogdan, xiscofauli
Priority: medium    
Version: 6.4.0.1 rc   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Bug Blocks: 107810    

Description Markus Elfring 2020-01-15 13:24:51 UTC
OLE objects can be inserted into documents from existing files.
https://help.libreoffice.org/6.4/en-GB/text/shared/01/04150100.html#hd_id3163803

I am looking for better support to display selected document parts.
I got the impression that a programming interface like “item moniker” can provide such functionality.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/com/item-monikers

* Would you like to improve the selection of items within documents?

* How should corresponding references be created by the means of the software library “Universal Network Objects”?
Comment 1 Xisco Faulí 2020-05-11 09:00:39 UTC
(In reply to Markus Elfring from comment #0)
> OLE objects can be inserted into documents from existing files.
> https://help.libreoffice.org/6.4/en-GB/text/shared/01/04150100.
> html#hd_id3163803
> 
> I am looking for better support to display selected document parts.
> I got the impression that a programming interface like “item moniker” can
> provide such functionality.
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/com/item-monikers
> 
> * Would you like to improve the selection of items within documents?

Sure, improvements are always welcomed, the question is, what would be the real user case of it? Does it achieve something that is not achievable right now with OLE objects?
Comment 2 Markus Elfring 2020-05-11 11:47:21 UTC
(In reply to Xisco Faulí from comment #1)
> Sure, improvements are always welcomed, the question is, what would be the real user case of it?

Would you occasionally work only with specific parts from a document?

How do you think about to select items like the following?
* Table cells
* Paragraphs
* Sections


> Does it achieve something that is not achievable right now with OLE objects?

This technology (and the corresponding application programming interface) supports some functionality.
How many features should still be made accessible also by the graphical user interface then?