Issue 50262 - Saving an old document is confusing
Summary: Saving an old document is confusing
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: ui
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: AOO PleaseHelp
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: usability
: 53209 (view as issue list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-06-03 02:22 UTC by mikemaccana
Modified: 2013-02-07 21:56 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description mikemaccana 2005-06-03 02:22:32 UTC 
The current dialog for saving older formats looks like this:

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"This document may contain formatting or content that cannot be saved in the
OpenOffice 1.0 Text Format. Do you want to save the document in this format anyway?

- Click 'Yes' to save in Openoffice 1.0 Text Document file format
- Click 'No' to use the latest OpenDocument file format and be sure all the
formatting and content is saved correctly.

[Yes] [No] [More Info]
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Having buttons labelled 'yes' or 'no', and then dialogs that define what each
button actually does, is complex. It's simpler to label the buttons with their
function, i.e.:

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"This document may contain formatting or content that cannot be saved in the
OpenOffice 1.0 Text Format. Do you want to save the document in this format anyway?

[ More Info ] [ Save as Openoffice 1.0 ] [ Save as OpenDocument ] 
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(pick button order you want for whatever platform)
Comment 1 eric.savary 2005-06-23 23:07:29 UTC 
That's not a Defect but an ENHANCEMENT.
But *YES* I do agree to 300%!

ES->MMP: though I'm not quite a newbie in using OOo, I need from time to time to
read this text to understand what this dialog wants from me. We may think about
something more global or automated (Save in original format | Save in OOo own
format) because of all filters we have and because of translations problems but,
please, make this dialog understable at first sight!
Comment 2 eric.savary 2005-08-11 12:38:05 UTC 
*** Issue 53209 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 3 matthias.mueller-prove 2009-09-06 11:13:42 UTC 
I am no longer officially active on OOo. Please take over.