Issue 69160 - Enable link update for selected links
Summary: Enable link update for selected links
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: ui
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial with 2 votes (vote)
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Reported: 2006-09-01 06:35 UTC by craiglawson
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:35 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description craiglawson 2006-09-01 06:35:03 UTC 
I use links a lot, for both drawing and spreadsheets. When I want to update a
link, I must open the Edit > Links dialog, find the file, and then click the
"update" button. That's a lot of steps.

My suggestion is that when one or more linked objects are selected, a new menu
item "Edit > Update links" is enabled. Select this menu item and presto! the
linked data is updated and no more searching through the Links dialog. A nice
alternative would be to add "update links" to the right-click menu for all
linked objects.
Comment 1 stefan.baltzer 2006-09-04 12:08:26 UTC 
SBA: There is a menu entry Tools - Update - Links. Does this do the trick for you?
Or do you want to update a SELECTION of links only?
Please comment.
Comment 2 craiglawson 2006-09-04 20:26:28 UTC 
Hmm, I don't have that option in my Tools menu. Regardless, if it updates all
links then my answer is no.

As an example, one of my spreadsheets has 93 links to other spreadsheets. The
reason I want to update just one link is because updating them all takes quite a
long time, and I know that only one (or just a few) of my source spreadsheets
have changed. (And if it's slow om my system, a decent desktop system, then
laptops will likely be slower!)

Now that I think about it, an even better option would update only the links for
files that were modified since the last update (like "make").
Comment 3 stefan.baltzer 2006-09-05 14:05:24 UTC 
SBA: Thank you for the explanation. Adjusting summary accordingly and confirming.

Note: An "Update All" would indeed take time if "many links are not accessible"
because the internet connection is not there (Laptop, unconnected) while CERTAIN
files are on the same drive, as described.

Reassigned to requirements.
Comment 4 moctecheckva 2010-11-11 01:02:11 UTC 
Created attachment 73951