Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 4964
Note added in Word changed authorship in OpenOffice.org
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:43:03 UTC
I added a note in Word 2000. Sent the document to another user. When he opened in OpenOffice.org he was shown as the author. When he saved the document and I reopened it in Word,, Word showed me as the author of the note.
Thanks for posting Wiley. Could you please post the file that you used to create this problem?
Unable to duplicate issue on Solaris 8, OO 1.0, CDE, latest Solaris and J2SE patches. I created a document in Word 2000. Inside the document properties, I set the author to a test string. Then I saved the document. I then opened the document on a Solaris box running OO 1.0. I viewed the document properties and the author listed in the created and modified field was the test string.
cmc->P.M: This is probably about the authorship of "insert->note" in writer and "insert->comment" in word, not the actual document properties.
Thanks for the heads up Caolan. Issue duplicated on Solaris 8, CDE, OO 1.0, latest Solaris and J2SE patches. 1. On Win2K using Word 2000, created document with a comment. Insert | Comment. Note, inside Word 2000, it seems to keep a list of all the people who have entries in the comment. Word 2000 uses 2 pieces of information to build the comment information, the name and initials set inside Tools | Options | User Information See before16.bmp, authorlistbefore16.bmp, userinfo16.bmp 2. Saved the file. 3. Opened up the file in OO 1.0 OO 1.0 uses the initial field as the name of the author. Inside Word 2000, the name of the author is listed. 4. Edited the comment. OO 1.0 overwrites the initial and name content of the comment. 5. Opened up the file in Word 2000. The comment only lists marshall in the "Comments From" field. There are extra characters in the comment. See after16.bmp, authorlistafter16.bmp
Created attachment 2188 [details] BMP screenshot of comment after OO editing.
Created attachment 2189 [details] BMP screenshot of comment in Word 2000
Created attachment 2190 [details] BMP screenshot of user information dialog in Word 2000
Created attachment 2191 [details] BMP screenshot of author list in Word 2000 before OO editing.
Created attachment 2192 [details] BMP screenshot of author list in Word 2000 after OO editing.
Reassigned to Michael.
That's a difference between MS Word and OO Writer. In Word the author of a comment is not changed, when it's content is changed. In Writer, the note's author is changed. Now one can discuss, which behaviour is better... mru->bh: Is it necessary to change the behaviour of our notes? Writer's behaviour isn't really better or worse, it is just different.
Evaluation will follow.
Target changed.
Changed issue type to enhancement.
It has no high priority but should get reworked for later, as it is a bit annoying.
This really seems to be a bug. I'm using OOo 1.1.1 , if I read notes from a .doc (or from a .sxw), if I read them individually, authorship is conserved. Otherwise, if I use the arrows to go to the next note, it changes the ownership of the note I leave even if I didn't change a thing. Ooo changing the author if I change something in a note, it works differently than in Word, I accept it. But if it changes the author even if I didn't change a thing, that's more a bug than an enhancement. Thanks for all, keep up the good work !
Is this issue considered in any way for OOo 2.0 ? Notes are not being used by the majority of users, but those who use it consider it an essential feature of MS Word, it would be nice if it could be corrected for the next 2.0.
Any chance that we may update this bug ? -First of all, it affects all os-es, not only Solaris -More important: this is a REAL bug, it should be placed as DEFECT not as enhancement. Definitions as written in "issue type": Defect is a problem with an existing feature that is either not developed to spec or does not work as designed. These are often referred to as "bugs." Enhancement is an improvement to an existing feature. Cleary, this feature (notes) doesn't work as designed in that case, meaning it is a defect, not an improvement to an existing feature.
ES->MOD: I think it's a bug too. Word interoperability. Please give a comment and and forward to Christoph to add the issue ID @: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Notes2# Else keep it as enhancement in your intray. Thanx!
Work has started, see also http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Notes2 for more information
fixed in CWS notes2
reassigned for verification
Verified in cws notes2 (from 2008-01-31)
found this issue integrated in BEA300_m3 -> closed