Problem description: Please allow 'exporting' of various document formats to allow the open document to stay with the same file/format in a similar way to the current export as PDF. Steps to reproduce: 1. .... Open an ODF document. 2. .... Save as another format, eg. '.doc'. 3. .... You're now editing the '.doc' document and not the original ODF one. Current behavior: Saving as another format switches to edit that saved format. Expected behavior: Operating System: Debian Version: 4.0.0.0.alpha1
So you're talking about like how Gimp now does "export" vs. Save As? Personally I don't like that system but want to verify that it's what you're talking about. What are the benefits of this?
Marked as NEEDINFO just until we get the pro's of adding export vs. just save as. My concern is two fold: 1. People are used to save as 2. People might export a .doc, continue editing the file, forget that they have to export a .doc again and then end up submitting or showing an older file that they forgot to re-export (instead they just did a ctrl + s and saved it as a odt alongside the older exported .doc)
Forget that - If it's a whole new command ("save a copy") I think that makes sense. Marking as NEW. Sorry Tom for the 3 posts! Probably relatively easy to do as well. Marking as ProposedEasyHack
(In reply to comment #3) > Forget that - If it's a whole new command ("save a copy") I think that makes > sense. Marking as NEW. > > Sorry Tom for the 3 posts! > > Probably relatively easy to do as well. Marking as ProposedEasyHack Hi Joel, yes that'd be the idea - more of a 'save a copy as ...' command. The inspiration for it came when editing had been lost due to being asked for a 'Word' copy of the ODT doc I was currently editing, saved it as a '.doc' file, then continued editing. I then went on to save it and close it, then deleted the doc version assuming I'd saved it as the original ODF file!
Adam Csaba Kiraly committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=0e1617554c34e62a467a5e1a188353178211e8fe fdo#60780, Save a Copy wip The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Cool, thanks Adam & Joel! :)
Adam Csaba Kiraly committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=7061e8403a3afddae253ad0a016e5613616030bb fdo#60780, refactor Save a Copy and fix The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
1st: This works like a charm! Thanks to you, Adam & Joel. Unfortunately, a "Save a Copy" is missing in the other Components, esp. Calc and Impress and breaks a littble bit user expectations, though a user could fix this by customizing the menu on his own: Adding a "document - save a copy" is possible and seem to work. Having it as default would be nicer. libreoffice/core/sc/uiconfig/scalc/menubar/menubar.xml: <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:Save"/> <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:SaveAs"/> <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:SaveAsTemplate"/> + <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:SaveACopy"/> <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:SaveAll"/> libreoffice/core/sd/uiconfig/simpress/menubar/menubar.xml: <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:Save"/> <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:SaveAs"/> + <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:SaveACopy"/> <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:SaveAll"/> libreoffice/core/sd/uiconfig/sdraw/menubar/menubar.xml <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:Save"/> <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:SaveAs"/> + <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:SaveACopy"/> <menu:menuitem menu:id=".uno:SaveAll"/> Sorry, I'm not used to submit patches, but could you - Adam or Tim - have a look at this? That would also fix https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73825 (enhancement).
(In reply to comment #8) > Unfortunately, a "Save a Copy" is missing in the other Components, esp. Calc > and Impress and breaks a littble bit user expectations, though a user could > fix this by customizing the menu on his own. Please dont feature creep this issue. If its also needed in other components, please file a new enhancement request against those (and reference this one). Closing as it seems to be done in Writer.
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