Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- LibreOffice version 4.1.3.2

It's true it's buried pretty deep, and the only reason  I was able to 
find it was because I happened to be looking for DocInformation I needed 
just the other day and it ocurred to me that this sort of info. would 
probably be contained there.  Only the OP knows whether or not "Last 
Saved Date" and "Last Modified Date" are equivalent for his case.  In 
truth, they are not but the question is - is there value in making the 
distinction?  I'm not sure there is, and I don't know if Brian Barker's 
method does in fact provide the Last Saved Date or not.  If it does, 
great - and if he says it does then I assume he's correct.  I wasn't 
able to find it, but I admit I didn't spend much time looking for it.

   Go to Insert | Fields > | Other... | Document.  Under Type select
   Date and under Select select Date - not "Date (fixed)".  One point of
   confusion is that at Insert | Fields > you will see a Date entry -
   but this is actually the "Date (fixed)" variety, not the (variable)
   Date that you need.  So ignore that and proceed to Other... .

It might make sense to move everything involving the insertion of dates 
into the above noted "Under Type select Date...".  Anytime someone says 
"One point of confusion..." then you know something needs to be looked 
at a bit more and see if a way can't be found to eliminate the 
confusion.  This is where someone highly skilled in UI design and/or 
Human Factors and/or Usability Design would be very helpful.  Is my 
suggestion the best answer or is it better to leave things as they are?  
I honestly don't know and I'm not sure it's worth spending the brain 
cycles on it.

On 11/25/2013 11:29 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> I think you may have it. I just tried it on a file I modified 
> yesterday, and I got yesterday's date.
>
> This is an excellent example of how we users often conclude that a 
> program can't do something when all we're lacking is more information.
>
> It's also an example of how the LO developers might make such a 
> feature a little more intuitive to find. I would never have dreamed to 
> look anywhere other than "date."
>
> Virgil
>
> -----Original Message----- From: A
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 12:55 PM
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Bug report -- LibreOffice version 
> 4.1.3.2
>
> I haven't tested this, but a quick perusal led me to:
>
> Insert->Fields->Other->DocInformation TAB->Modified->Select Date/Time...
> may need to tick "Fixed Content" checkbox, I don't know.
>
> Which isn't necessarily the date the file is _saved_, but _appears to
> be_ the date the file was *_last modified_* which I suspect is what the
> OP really wanted.
>
>
>
> On 11/24/2013 05:31 PM, Cliff Scott wrote:
> > ** Reply to message from Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> on 
> > Sun, 24
> > Nov 2013 03:10:49 +0000
> >
> > > At 20:34 23/11/2013 -0500, Don C. Myers wrote:
> > > > About a year to a year and a half ago the question was asked on this
> > > > list about when a date is filled in automatically, how it can be
> > > > saved as the date that the file is saved, and the file will open
> > > > automatically with the saved date instead of the current date the
> > > > next time it is opened.
> > > Go to Insert | Fields > | Other... | Document.  Under Type select
> > > Date and under Select select Date - not "Date (fixed)".  One point of
> > > confusion is that at Insert | Fields > you will see a Date entry -
> > > but this is actually the "Date (fixed)" variety, not the (variable)
> > > Date that you need.  So ignore that and proceed to Other... .
> > >
> > > I trust this helps.
> > >
> > > Brian Barker
> > Brian,
> >
> > This gives a date and or time that updates everytime the file is 
> > opened, not
> > only when edited which it appears is what the poster was looking for.
> >
> > Cliff


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