Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 56391
Autocaption preview does not update
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
The autocaption preference pane contains a preview widget which is supposed to show how an autogenerated caption will appear with the current settings. Steps to reproduce: ------------------- 1. Tools - Options - OpenOffice Writer - Autocaption. Select "table". 2. The autocaption preview widget does not update when options are changed, so the user can not see what new settings will actually look like. What should happen: ------------------- The preview widget should automatically update when the user changes settings on the Autocaption option pane.
Reassigned to ES.
I cannot reproduce this problem. Quite all options (some cannot be shown such as "Character style") get updated in the preview. Please describe which options you are talking about and which OOo version is concerned.
This is for OOo version 2.0. I've verified it on Linux and Win32. The autocaption options in the upper dialog section (labeled "Caption") all work properly. The options in the second section, labeled "Numbering captions by chapter" are both ignored. Changing the "level" and changing the "separator" both have no effect on the preview box. If you set some "numbering captions by chapter" options, (for example, changing the level from "None" to "2"), and then go to your document and add a table or whatever, and then come back to the dialog box, the preview box is filled out correctly. But the preview box only seems to only pick up those "numbering captions by chapter" options when the dialog box is created/opened.
IMHO: it's not a bug a missing design. The Prview only supports a dummy numbering at level 1. Requalifying to ENHANCEMENT. ES->OS/FL: Should we / Can we: 1) display a full numbering with sublevel in the preview when the user changes the the level and the separator? 2) If yes: would it be a dummy default preview or could we retrieve the numbering style of the current document?
This Issue requires more information ('needmoreinfo'), but has not been updated within the last year. Please re-test with one of the latest versions of OOo - the problem(s) may have already been addressed. Either use the recent stable version: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing): http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/ Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be closed or progressed as necessary - otherwise it may be Resolved as Invalid in the future. You may also wish to search for (and note) any duplicates of this Issue that may have advanced further : http://www.openoffice.org/issues/query.cgi Regards, Andrew Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of: ~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~
Tested using OpenOffice 3.0 Beta, on Windows XP. Problem remains.