Created attachment 188414 [details] Example file from Calc master to show the issue This is followup to bug 73537 Now in Calc the meta data related to who made a certain comment is displayed when the mouse hovers over the comment indicator in the cell. It is not possible to edit/remove this sort of data. 1. In Calc, go to Insert - Comment and add a new comment to any cell 2. Hover over the comment indicator in the top right of the cell: it shows your name (as set in Options - User Data) and the date of when the comment was added. 3. Go to Options - Security, press Options button 4. In the Security Options and Warnings dialog check the Remove personal information on saving box. 5. Save the file and reload it. Attachment is an example of the result of this process. -> Hover over the comment indicator in the top right of the cell: it still shows your name (as set in Options - User Data) and the date of when the comment was added. I'd expect that after the Remove personal information on saving box is checked, all such information is removed (or reset to Unknown Author and 1970-01-01 at the very least) upon saving, whether I just added it or it was there before opening the file. Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: fcbae818b793a9ee97a1b5ddc53902be7a2376f5 CPU threads: 15; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: default; VCL: win Locale: hu-HU (hu_HU); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Reproduced with: Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 47ca3f1f762352b488d58b3bf23d5776576f1cca CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Writer does replace commenters' names with "Author1", "Author2", etc. when using that option and saving.
Balazs Varga committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/87e1a77a9aadb883386816dc4ebc3dad64c81892 tdf#156336 - sc ods: fix can't remove Calc comment metadata It will be available in 24.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Verified in own build: Version: 25.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0746914ed0778ff82329162508985fc6f7655aba CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded Thank you!