I would suggest to move both "Compare Documents..." and "Merge Documents..." commands into the Edit menu instead of being in the "Track Changes" sub-menu where they are located now. Personally I think both commands have nothing to do with change tracking (beside the technical issue whether it's the same code base internally or not). They are related to document changes, but not tracking. If I want to compare 2 documents or merge 2 documents, I wouldn't search in a Track Changes sub-menu for that commands.
On pc Debian x86-64 with master sources updated today, I could reproduce this. Yousuf: having noticed your work about this area, thought you might be interested in this one. Of course, I suppose we'd need UX-team opinion first so let's put appropriate keyword. Personally, I agree with Thomas but I'm not UI expert.
Calc shows the "right" menu structure: Content of Edit menu (LibO 5.3.4.2): ... ... Track Changes > ... Compare Document Merge Document ... ...
As the edit menu is full, this cant be moved back to how it used to be before.
(In reply to Yousuf Philips (jay) from comment #3) > As the edit menu is full, this cant be moved back to how it used to be > before. That argument doesn't hold. The menu Format is one longer than Edit and the menu Insert even two. Thus one could consider arguments. Originally Compare documents is placed in the Edit menu. And Merge Documents in the Edit>Track Changes menu. - You can use Merge Documents to merge documents (with the same root document) where changes are recorded. - You can use Compare Documents to compare documents (with the same root document) where no changes are recorded. The result does show changes as if recorded. So placing Merge Documents in the sub menu, makes more clear that it is different from Compare. On the other hand, one has to learn what they do anyway. And also Compare Document, you may say, is related to tracking changes. Therefor of course it was placed below Track Changes in the menu Edit. I'm fine with any decision, but appreciate a proper reasoning :) Ciao
We discussed this topic in the design meeting today. There is no reason to put compare/merge documents into the root of Edit but the functions are related to track changes, and space is precious. So the decision was to keep the menu structure as it is.