Issue 113510 - Option "Default save format for existing documents"
Summary: Option "Default save format for existing documents"
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: save-export (show other issues)
Version: OOo 3.2.1
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: needmoreinfo, oooqa
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Reported: 2010-07-29 06:26 UTC by schahal
Modified: 2013-08-07 14:38 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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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