Issue 59626 - Modify author of an existent document
Summary: Modify author of an existent document
Status: CONFIRMED
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Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: editing (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial with 2 votes (vote)
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Reported: 2005-12-21 02:52 UTC by dutran
Modified: 2013-08-07 14:38 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description dutran 2005-12-21 02:52:19 UTC 
Author field is defined in "First and Last Name" 
of "tools/options/OpenOffice.org/User data".
If i change them, changed value is only effect on NEW documents.
Old documents will stay with the old value.

So, to change the author of an existent document, I have to change the user 
data of my OOo, then open a new document and then copy the content of my old 
document into my new created document.

---> (:() If many user use same ONE computer, this is very inconvenient.
Ms Word is NOT.

I think you should upgrade this one to draw more user.

For simple using, could you have add a "AUTHOR" textbox to tab "File-
Properties-Decription", below "Subject" textbox. At here (Author textbox), 
user can modify data for author.

Regards,
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2005-12-21 09:46:16 UTC 
Reassigned to ES.
Comment 2 eric.savary 2006-01-09 15:55:05 UTC 
Reassigned to Requirements
Comment 3 tuharsky 2006-09-29 13:00:09 UTC 
Yes, the Author field should be user able to edit. For example, when You export
document to PDF, the Author data are exported too.

M$ Word allows You to edit Author fields in File - Properties, AFAIK.