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Content controls are elements that are used in forms such as checklists, questionnaires, tests, etc.

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

Checkbox

Plain Text

Date Picker

Drop-Down List

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 higher.

When saving 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.

Checkbox

Checkbox is a control that a user can select or clear. The user can choose the appropriate options from the listed ones or agreeing to the indicated conditions.

You can apply formatting settings to the checkbox. For example, change the size or color, make it bold.

Plain Text

Plain Text is a control that contains a field for entering plain (unformatted) text. Regardless of the settings in a third-party editor, you can enter any amount of text into the field manually or from the clipboard without breaking it into paragraphs.

When pasting formatted text into the input field, all formatting settings are cleared.

Text inserted or manually entered can be formatted directly in the input field. For example, you can change the font size and color, make the text bold or underlined, or apply a preset style to the text. Formatting settings are applied to the entire text in the input field, formatting of individual text pieces is not allowed. As the font size increases, the size of the input field changes proportionally.

To switch to the edit mode of the field content, click it with the mouse.

If you want to select the text in the input field, do the following:

To select one word, double-click that word.

To select the entire text, click any word three times.

The selected text can be cut or copied and pasted elsewhere in the document as text. Cutting, copying, and pasting are carried out in standard ways.

Date Picker

Date Picker is a control that contains a date input field. The date is selected by the user from the drop-down calendar and inserted into the field in the specified format. Entering the date manually is not allowed.

The current version does not support the value specified in Word, in the properties window of the content control, in the Store XML contents in the following format when mapped field.

The date in the input field can be formatted. For example, change the size and color, make it underlined, apply a preset style to the date. As the font size increases, the size of the date input field changes proportionally.

Drop-Down List

Drop–Down List is a control that contains a drop-down list of set values. Only one value can be selected. Editing of the selected value is not allowed.

The text that appears in the drop-down list input field can be formatted. For example, you can change the font size and color, make the text bold or underlined, or apply a preset style to the text. As the font size increases, the size of the input field changes proportionally. Note that formatting is not applied to the items in the list.

Cut, copy, and paste content controls

A control can be copied or cut and pasted in standard ways.

To select a control to cut or copy it, do one of the following:

Select the control by holding down the left mouse button.

Place the cursor in before or after the control and select it by pressing shiftShift+ / shiftShift+.

Delete a control

The control can be deleted if it is not prohibited by the settings of a third-party editor.

To delete a control, use one of the following methods:

Select the control by holding down the left mouse button and press Delete.

Place the cursor in before or after the control and select it by pressing shiftShift+ / shiftShift+. Press Delete to delete the control.

To delete any supported control other than Plain Text, you can also place the cursor before  and press the Delete key twice.

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