Issue 113510

Summary:	Option "Default save format for existing documents"
Product:	Writer	Reporter:	schahal <sangram.chahal>
Component:	save-export	Assignee:	AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	Trivial
Priority:	P3	CC:	eric.savary, issues
Version:	OOo 3.2.1	Keywords:	needmoreinfo, oooqa
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Latest Confirmation in:	---
Developer Difficulty:	---

Description schahal 2010-07-29 06:26:22 UTC

hello,

i have installed OO 3.2.1 OOO320m18 (Build 9502). I want it to save my files as
.doc by default. I have gone to Options Load/Save and set "Always save as" to
Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP.

But whenever i try to save a file it is still saving it as .odt.

I have tried searching for setup-writer.xcu in C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org
2.0\share\registry\modules\org\openoffice\Setup but it does not show this or the
setup-calc.xcu or any of the other files. It only shows Setup-brand (and for
this file also it shows, the light gray text that appears below the file name,
that its an OpenOffice.org 1.1 Configuration file)

However when i do a save-as in the document and pick the .doc option it is
saving it correctly. i want it to save as .doc by default and that is not
happening. having to pick out the choice each time is quiet tedious.

thanks
schahal

Comment 1 michael.ruess 2010-07-29 08:39:55 UTC

I cannot confirm this. When I set Word97 as default file type in the Options, it
is correctly pre-selected in the Save-as dialog. I would request you to fully
de-install OOo, delete the config folder in c:\documents and settings\ and
re-install it.

Comment 2 eric.savary 2010-08-02 15:27:18 UTC

When .doc is set as default document, the default document type in the Save As
dialog will be ".doc" *for every new document created*.

When loading *existing* document of other type than .doc, the default will be
the current format in which the loaded document has been saved.

Enhancement: implement an option "Default format for existing documents".

Reassigned to Requirements