ODFUSERFIELD(1)                  User commands                 ODFUSERFIELD(1)

NAME
odfuserfield - List or change the user-field declarations in an ODF file
SYNOPSIS

       odfuserfield [-l] [-L] [-x field...] [-X field...] [-s field:value...]
                    [-o path] path
DESCRIPTION

       Odfuserfield is a program that will list or change the user variable
       declarations in an OpenDocument file. There are two kinds of variables
       in OpenDocument. Simple variables can take different values at
       different positions, throughout a document. User variables have the
       same value throughout a document. Due to the latter's global nature it
       is safe to change them with an external application.

       Use odfuserfield to fill out form letters before printing or giving to
       the user.

       "Path" is assumed to be an OpenDocument file of text, spreadsheet or
       presentation type.
OPTIONS

       -l
           List (extract) all known user-fields.

       -L
           List (extract) all known user-fields with type and value.

       -x field
           Extract the contents of this field from the file.

       -X field
           Same as -x, but also preserves/includes the field name and type.

       -s field:value
           Set the value of an existing user field. The field type will be the
           same.

       -o path
           Filename to write modified ODT file to. If no -o option is
           provided, the ODT file will be written to stdout.
EXAMPLE

           odfuserfield -L odf-file
SEE ALSO

       formail(1), id3tag(1)
TODO

       Implement formulas. See OpenDocument v1.0 specification section 6.3.5.
       This requires a different syntax for -s arguments.
AUTHORS

       Soren Roug
           Original author

       Michael Howitz
       gocept gmbh & co. kg
           Refactoring

odfpy                             03/15/2009                   ODFUSERFIELD(1)