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Summary

Allow users to import styles into their current document from an existing template or other document. (This feature used to exist in versions prior to LibreOffice 4.0, but was lost because of the new template manager.)

Status

Analysis

Call for Proposals

Shaping Tentative Design

Blueprint

Implemented

Scope

In Scope	Out of Scope
Allow users to select any desired styles to import Allow users to easily import all styles from another file Allow users to import styles by category Allow users to select files from either the file system and from known templates	...

Discussion

• UX-advise list: Template manager issues pending (Cor Nouws)
• UX-advise list: Template manager issues pending (Rafael Dominguez)

Proposals

Mockups

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  Proposal by Astron

Notes

Proposal by Astron

• While the old selection dialog for importing styles opened from File ▸ Templates ▸ Manage Templates, this new proposal opens from the Styles and Formatting panel (née Stylist) exclusively.
• The old selection dialog allowed for importing from and into more than one file at once, this proposal does not allow that
• The old dialog relied heavily on double-clicking entries that did not look like they could expand ... this proposal tries to avoid that
• (2) is (deliberately) missing from the mockup, I did not want to illustrate (2a) the Open File dialog, or (2b) the new Template Manager dialogue
• Hopefully, the mockup explains most other ideas itself

Relevant Art

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Controversial Topics

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