Description: It would be nice we can provide an option to users for selecting their general preferens about show or hide tracking info when they open a file. (docx,odt ...) When no choice is made, users will always be uncomfortable to close by hand. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open a file includes recorded changes. 2. 3. Actual Results: It shows tracking info. Expected Results: Should be a general option for showing or hiding tracking info when open a document. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0
Hi Gülsah, (In reply to Gülşah Köse from comment #0) > It would be nice we can provide an option to users for selecting their > general preferens about show or hide tracking info when they open a file. > (docx,odt ...) So you mean in Writer, not in Calc. > When no choice is made, users will always be uncomfortable to close by hand. Then the result will be that if someone sends a file with tracked changes, that you won't notice.. I'm not sure if that a safe way to work.. Adding ux-advice in CC
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #1) Hi Cor, > So you mean in Writer, not in Calc. yes, i mean writer. > Then the result will be that if someone sends a file with tracked changes, > that you won't notice.. I'm not sure if that a safe way to work.. > Adding ux-advice in CC It should be default "show" i think too. But to prevent that you say, we can show info message for 1 2 seconds like as "that document includes changes ..."
In my Opinion Tools->Options->LibreOffice->Accessibility->Miscellaneous Options is suitable place to add that option.
In my view, this doesn't make sense and should be WontFix. Removing bugs from See Also, not related.
(In reply to Gülşah Köse from comment #2) > It should be default "show" i think too. But to prevent that you say, we can > show info message for 1 2 seconds like as "that document includes changes > ..." So currently, if the changes are shown or not is stored in the specific document. And you suggest that a user can overrule that with a global setting, and then when that setting is set to 'hide' and a document is opened that has tracked changes visible, there is a popup, informing the user. Then I think that when the setting is set to hide, and a document doesn't show the tracked changes, and when the user chooses Edit > Track changes > Show, that same popup appears?
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #5) > (In reply to Gülşah Köse from comment #2) > So currently, if the changes are shown or not is stored in the specific > document. > > And you suggest that a user can overrule that with a global setting, and > then when that setting is set to 'hide' and a document is opened that has > tracked changes visible, there is a popup, informing the user. Yes > > Then I think that when the setting is set to hide, and a document doesn't > show the tracked changes, and when the user chooses Edit > Track changes > > Show, that same popup appears? Edit > Track changes > Show will work normally. Any popup appears. That option should set the first time opening preferences that file. After that user can show or hide tracking changes normally.
Created attachment 128840 [details] tracking change on MS 2013
By the way there is no option for hiding all track changes on a docx file. For hiding that changes you have to uncheck six checkbox. Please look at the attchment. In practical that means all docx will came with show track change option and and some users won't want to see them.
Sorry, i was wrong about MS Office hide tracking change. It can hide with "no markup".
IMO that's a Bad Thing. Instead of informing and educating users about this powerful workflow, and providing them with handy tool to hide that as soon as they *decide* it's unimportant to them now (like appropriately positioned and labeled toolbar/sidebar button), this will (1) require (presumably inexperienced) users to go to some options to turn it off, and (2) create new situations when two parties that exchange information see different things and don't understand each other; that will raise the need to teach those users how to turn it on when needed. If users know what this feature is for, it will not be uncomfortable for them to press a button; if they don't know, then it will be bad for their document exchange with original sender if they don't learn.
Thanks all of you for reporting your views. Changing it to WontFix
This option can be set in MSO per https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/831771 in "Options-Trust Center-Trust Center Settings-Privacy Options-Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving". I think it's checked by default. If that's what the reporter meant, I'm changing my mind on this, this could be a valid request (although that should normally stay checked).
I proposed this be: "Make tracked changes visible when opening or saving" with: Show Changes, Note Changes, No Changes, As Saved in the Document. (Note Changes will be a new bug). I received a feedback that is starting to make the whole thing too complicated for the user. But I think average user doesn't have to change this, it's only for advanced users who want it. Please comment.
(In reply to Timur from comment #13) > I proposed this be: "Make tracked changes visible when opening or saving" > with: Show Changes, Note Changes, No Changes, As Saved in the Document. > (Note Changes will be a new bug). > I received a feedback that is starting to make the whole thing too > complicated for the user. > But I think average user doesn't have to change this, it's only for advanced > users who want it. > Please comment. What is the use case to not show tracked changes? I mean beyond a "it would be nice" to have. The purpose of tracking changes is to show them to other readers, and what Microsoft did caused 'funny' epic fails when previous versions were shared in official documents.
As the state of 'Show track changes' is saved in a document, there isnt a need for such an option to be available for advanced users. So agree with others that this is WONTFIX.