Bug 46977

Summary: File -> Save As... often fails to work as expected
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: xandrani
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: bfo.bugmail
Priority: medium    
Version: 3.3.4 release   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: Linux (All)   
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Description xandrani 2012-03-05 08:59:00 UTC 
Steps:

1. I have an already open document (e.g. 'doccy1'.
2. I make some obvious large changes to the document.
3. I perform a 'save as..,' so I can have two copies of the document. I save it as say 'doccy2'.

Expected result:

The current document should now be 'doccy2' containing all the changes, and it should be save to disk.

Actual result:

The file 'doccy2' IS created on disk, HOWEVER the changes I made have disappeared and it's actually a carbon copy of 'doccy1'. Also the current document is 'doccy1'. So all the 'save as' has actually done is do the equivalent of 'cp doccy1 doccy2' in the background!!!!

This has happened to me on at least five occasions in the past week! At first I thought 'user error' but sadly not!


SIDE NOTE:

Why don't you have a 'send bug' actually in Libre Office help menu or something? It seems with linux / freeware apps I always have to register at some different website in order to report a bug. This mean I only report about 10% of bugs, even though I report bugs far more than most of the general public who probably don't bother at all.

If developers make it easier to provide feedback and bug reports at a click of a button, then the product improves a LOT. Under-reporting of bugs means major less common bugs are less likely to be found as quickly.

One-click bug reporting is needed! The investment of adding the one-click reporting is far less than the benefits received in it's implementation.
Comment 1 Kevin 2012-03-19 12:52:41 UTC 
xandrani,

I can't reproduce this in LibO 3.5.0 .  In addition, since I've done the same operation a few times in older versions, I don't believe it occurred then either.

I followed the steps and doc2 has the new changes while doc1 has the old base file.  Also, upon save-as, the document now is doc2.odt .  If it was a bug in 3.3, then it is long gone now.

In addition, did you create your document a certain way?  In version 3.3-3.4, there were some reported bugs when you created your document using the document template, aka right-click > new in windows explorer.


/sylikc
Comment 2 bfoman (inactive) 2012-08-08 10:56:47 UTC 
Checked with:
LO 3.5.5.3 
Build ID: own W7 debug build
Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit

Could not reproduce.
Do not hesitate to reopen if this bug is reproducible with the latest stable release.