Re: [libreoffice-users] Description is not retained

On Mar 8, 2011, at 03:56 , Cliff Scott wrote:

> ** Reply to message from James Wilde <james.wilde@sunde-wilde.com> on Mon, 7
> Mar 2011 23:01:28 +0100
>
> > LibO 3.3.1 on Mac OSX 10.6.6.
> >
> > I have a number of copies of one particular document, each copy of which
> > differs in some respects from others.  There is, for example, the original
> > file with certain formatting attributes.  Then there is a copy of this which
> > has more formatting attributes to make it suitable for conversion to a mobi
> > ebook.  There is a third copy which differs again, and is intended for
> > conversion to epub format, and so on.
> >
> > Apart from having them in different folders, and with slightly different file
> > names, I need to know exactly what changes I have made in each file, and I
> > thought that the Description tab of the Properties window would be ideal for
> > this purpose.  I assumed this would be some kind of metadata.  However, I
> > have now discovered that information entered in this window is not preserved
> > when closing the file and re-opening it.
> >
> > Have I missed something, or is this a bug in the Mac version?
>
> Actually this is a bug in all versions it seems. If you "save" the file
> before closing it will be saved.

Thanks, Cliff, that did it.

//J
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