Writer "record changes" feature

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#1

With the "record changes" feature turned on and the "show changes" feature
enabled any changes made to a Writer document are clearly seen.

If the "show changes" feature is disabled the original document is
displayed. The changes are not lost and the document with edits can be
displayed by once again enabling the "show changes" feature.

Is there a way to display the changed document, as if all edits are
accepted, *without* accepting the changes?? IOW, "show changed document".

If there is I haven't discovered it yet.

Thank you.

-Alan

#2

Alan,

The way it works for me is if "show changes" is de-selected (after the changes have been made), then what I see is what you are asking for - the CHANGED document, not the original.

Dale.

#3

With the "record changes" feature turned on and the "show changes" feature enabled any changes made to a Writer document are clearly seen. If the "show changes" feature is disabled the original document is displayed.

Really? Is this a bug or, if not, when was this changed? Surely with Edit | Changes > | Show unticked, the *changed* document is displayed?

Is there a way to display the changed document, as if all edits are accepted, *without* accepting the changes?? IOW, "show changed document". If there is I haven't discovered it yet.

I think I have!

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker

#4

Made me look Dale, you're right. It is the changed document that's shown as
if edits have been accepted. That's only half of what I am looking for
though.

Would like to be able to toggle state between original, edits displayed,
and edits "accepted" versions of the document. "Accepted" in quotes because
they wouldn't really have been committed otherwise the other document
states would be lost.

In the MS Word of a few years ago this was straightforward to do (could
click icons on a tool bar) and something that I found very convenient.
Especially going back to the original document to be sure my edits hadn't
changed the meaning.

-Alan

#5

The way it works for me is if "show changes" is de-selected (after the

changes have been made), then what I see is what you are asking for - the
CHANGED document, not the original.

Dale.

...and p.s. sorry to get folks off on the wrong track. I was hurrying
through an unfamiliar document and thought I saw the original when "show
changes" wasn't enabled.

Regardless of that, seeing the three states of the document, original, with
edits, and edits "accepted" is what I'm hoping to be able to do.

-Alan

#6

Interesting. In my latest MS Word (2000 - a bit old now) I only see the same options as LO.

#7

Would like to be able to toggle state between original, edits displayed, and edits "accepted" versions of the document. "Accepted" in quotes because they wouldn't really have been committed otherwise the other document states would be lost.

It's odd that you are making a feature of the options that *are* available!

In the MS Word of a few years ago this was straightforward to do (could click icons on a tool bar) and something that I found very convenient. Especially going back to the original document to be sure my edits hadn't changed the meaning.

The option that is indeed present in (recent versions of?) Microsoft Word but missing in LibreOffice is the display of the original, unedited version of the document. But you kept a separate copy of that, didn't you?

Brian Barker

#8

Probably not the way you want to do things, but installing OOoSVN, and regular saves to SVN will let you go back to the document, regardless of changes accepted/rejected/pending.

jonathon

#9

years ago in which the author proposed using SVN for nearly all file
storage. For exactly the reason you're describing.

This isn't a regular need so I doubt I go to that length to get the result.

-Alan

#10

that though. Was just looking for an easy (for me) way to toggle among the
three document states, original, edited, edits committed, so that in the
process of making my changes I could switch back and forth among the
various versions of the document. And the "switching" would occur at the
current cursor location. That way there's no mode change like Alt+Tab ing
to the original version of the document in another window then scrolling to
the current location.

-Alan