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Controls

Content controls are elements that are used in forms such as checklists, questionnaires, tests, and so forth.

MyOffice Text supports working with the following controls created using Word:

  • Checkbox
  • Plain text
  • Date picker
  • Drop-down list
  • TextFrame is a tool from previous versions of Word.

The Checkbox, Drop-down list and Plain text controls have support for the current and previous versions of Word.

Working with other types of controls: basics

  • The Formatted text control is converted into text with the corresponding formatting.
  • The Combo box control is converted to Drop-down list.

The following actions are not supported in the current version of MyOffice Text:

  • Creating controls.
  • Setting the properties of controls: editing and hiding/displaying the name, changing the way the element is displayed, changing the color of the element, etc.
  • Displaying the names of controls as opening and closing tags.
  • Working with controls in headers and footers, footnotes and endnotes.
  • Working with ActiveX controls.
  • Compatibility with controls created in LibreOffice version 7.4 and newer.

When you save a document in .odt or .xodt format, the following properties of controls set in third-party editors are reset:

  • Name
  • Color
  • “Delete the content control when editing the content” delete setting
  • "The content control cannot be deleted", "The content cannot be edited" lock settings
  • Input field tooltips
  • Non-standard symbols of the Checkbox control.

The size of the displayed name of the control is limited to 60 characters. Hyphenation in names is not supported.