Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 104514
Save All is enabled after editing
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:35:24 UTC
Open an existing document, then go to the "File" menu and notice that in the third subdivision you find the menu entries "Close", "Save" and "Save As" enabled. Now do a simple editing operation, just adding a "space" character is enough. Now go back to the "File" menu, and notice that the menu entry "Save All" is also enabled. I don't see any reason for that menu entry being enabled.
That's a common behaviour in all OOo components, and I believe it's correct so. If at least 1 document has been modified (and so "save" is active for this document), "save all" is an useful option: If you just have focus to an other document without modificatios, you can save all documents with modifications, even if only one has been modified. So everything is correct, -> INVALID But I agree, Help text is wrong for this (I checked WRITER HELP). I filed Issue 104539 for this problem
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Well, as I went to the trouble to log the bug, I might as well respond. From a user point of view, I do not agree with your reasoning: there is only one document open, and whether editing actions have been done or not, should be irrelevant. There is still ONLY ONE document open and "Save All" is misleading for the user and has no real reason to be there. If there are other documents open, then of course "Save All" is relevant, but my description explicitely rules this out.
@hviaene: I really really doubt that your point of view is common sense. Any supporting documents for your assumption?
Documents ? No, just common sense. One document is singular, "All" is plural.
I do not see why this should be misleading... One document open -> save all refers just to this one... two documents open -> save all refers to that two document... MRU->MAV: However, take this one as P5-Office_later issue for the case your resources allow a fix for this.
Folks! Yes one *might* think "All" refers to more than one and YES leaving this enabled for 1 document would be a bug but frankly spoken this is the first report about this since decades and I don't see how this is soooo "disturbing"... I advocate for WONTFIX or do we have nothing more important to fix in the coming 5 years??? My 2cts
It has mislead me, I explain: I am reworking an older document set consisting of 6 master documents and over 500 docs. Doing updates and saving all from .sdw into .dot docs. On a few occasions I saw this "Save All" appearing and (having 4 desktops open on my Mnadriva 2009.1), I started chasing around all over to find where I had forgotten to save/close any doc.Then I noticed the behavior of OO which I reported. I have been working with Starwriter and OO for some time now and never noticed before. However I quite agree this is a low priority problem, and I sincerely hope you would ever reach a point were this would the most important problem you have to tackle. But from my professional experience I know.........
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