Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 128433
Printing an Impress File Seems to Change the File.
Last modified: 2022-10-28 12:40:11 UTC
I have an Impress file (.ppt) that I open. When I look at the "File" menu, the "Save" option is gray. I then print the file. After the printing, the "Save" option is no longer grayed. When I close the file, I get the prompt asking whether I want to save the file. What has changed in the file during the print process?
Look at File > Properties, tab General. It has an item "Last printed:". That one obviously changes when you print the document. In Writer, that information is available as field to be inserted in the document. In all modules the information can be evaluated via macro.
Most likely nothing in the file, but in your setup of OpenOffice®. Start OpenOffice and select Tools Options. Click General and on the left side of the window look under Document staus and see if the Check box Printing sets "document modified" status has a check mark. If it does Click the box to delete the check mark and click the OK button. that should clear your problem. That checkbox if check marked will do exactly as you describe. I am setting this as Fixed_Without_Code. If you follow the procedure above and the box is already unchecked you can re-open this bug report.
The box was NOT checked, so this appears to be a bug. It is not clear to me why one would want the print process to mark the file as having been changed. Do I have to open a new problem, or can this existing bug report be changed back from RESOLVED?
I can not reproduce this behavior with a ppt file opened with AOO 4.1.9 on Windows 10 Pro.
Can you attach the ppt file to the issue so we can see if it is a problem with the file.
Created attachment 87006 [details] My .ppt file Here is the Impress file. I am running OO 4.1.9 (installed this morning) in Windows 10 Professional 2004 64-bit. I have placed the Impress file on Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rvshyi29ik9upa4/gracema4.ppt?dl=0
As comment 4, I don't reproduce with AOO 4.1.9 and Win7 x64. Printing don't enable "Save" action (button or file menu). For me, irreproducible. Did you have same problem with an ODP document?
Still not reproducible for me with the provided ppt. Maybe a corrupt AOO profile?
AOO 4.1.9 and Win7 x64 - issue not reproducible - file opened in PowerPoint, saved as .ppt and .pptx - issue not reproducible BTW: There is a way to make 'File - Save' active without changing anything: Go from Normal view to Outline view and then to any other view but (1) it seems to be already noted in the Description of Issue 98526 and (2) it applies to odp files too.
I saved the file as .odp; then I did a print. The "Save" option is not gray, so OO thinks that the file has changed. What is a corrupt AOO profile? How do I access my profile? Via the Tools -- Options menu?
(In reply to Barry S. Finkel from comment #10) > What is a corrupt AOO profile? How do I access my profile? For this kind of question, go to the community forum or end-user mail list. By example, read: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12426
Any news on this one?
Closing this one, since there is no reaction at all.