The option to 'Save as Copy' was added to writer in 4.1 but was never added to the other modules like Calc and Impress. Tested in 4.2.4 and 4.3 beta 2 on Linux Mint.
I can confirm that the option "Save a Copy" is only available in the Writer module. Tested on openSUSE with 4.1.6.2, 4.2.4.2 and 4.3.0.0.beta2 . Changing Status to NEW.
Why this has been added to MAB?, sorry but I think MAB is not for this kind of bugs. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Most_Annoying_Bugs https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Release_Criteria#Blocker_Bug_Definition I don't think this is really a bug but a request for enhancement.
(I didn't finish the phrase) As such not a MAB.
setting ux-advise for discussion and prioritization of what otherwise seems to be an oversight.
Seems useful, but I guess there is not much to discuss here. "Medium/enhancement" seems like the correct prio. Please implement. :)
Removing ux-advise again. (Setting component to UI.)
Created attachment 103608 [details] Add 'File - Save a Copy' to Calc, Impress and Draw. Add 'File - Save a Copy' to Calc, Impress and Draw, based on Adam Csaba Kiraly work in Issue 60780.
MAB, indeed. Please see also Issue 60780 and iSSUE 73825: IF knwowing this, a user CAN add 'Save A Copy" on his own the other module menus, but having this as default would increase usability and ui-consistency. Made a little research on issues targeting this: LibreOffice: Issue 60780: Writer introducing "Save Copy as" Issue 73825: FILESAVE: enhancement: SAVE A COPY AS in menu Issue 51071: FILESAVE: CSV form .odt should be an export, not a save-as target Issue 79917 (this one): 'Save a Copy' not available in other modules OpenOffice/Apache OpenOffice (issue-nr, opening date, subject): 3229: 2002-02-27 11:02:00: Offer ability not to switch to "Save As" format: 2002-02-27 11:02:00 6695: 2002-08-02 01:39:12: File SaveAs/Export to TEXT: Export to different formats in addition to Save As...: 2002-08-02 01:39:12 11393: 2003-02-11 15:22:24: Add File | Export... functionality for _all_ supported formats: 2003-02-11 15:22:24 14736: 2003-05-22 08:58:52: 'Save copy as...' would be fine: 2003-05-22 08:58:52 32684: 2004-08-06 15:41:14: Export to CSV: 2004-08-06 15:41:14 69076: 2006-08-30 00:43:18: All file format available in the "export" menu entry: 2006-08-30 00:43:18 75758: 2007-03-26 18:51:56: Add a "Save a copy as..." entry in "File" menu: 2007-03-26 18:51:56 98435: 2009-01-24 19:28:54: Save copy AS: 2009-01-24 19:28:54 107902: 2009-12-26 16:52:15: Save a Copy is quite useful: 2009-12-26 16:52:15 108053: 2010-01-04 07:43:15: Provide a "Save a copy" feature in all Openoffice.org applications: 2010-01-04 07:43:15 116696: 2011-01-29 01:49:06: Request: "Save a copy as..." File menu item: 2011-01-29 01:49:06 Compiled LO last weekend with modified calc, impress & draw xml uiconfig file in the source. it worked! Unfortunately I am not yet familiar in the patch submitting procedure :-(
(In reply to comment #8) > Compiled LO last weekend with modified calc, impress & draw xml uiconfig > file in the source. it worked! Unfortunately I am not yet familiar in the > patch submitting procedure :-( See https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/gerrit and/or join the IRC dev channel for assistance if you got stuck on the gerrit-setup process. http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=libreoffice-dev Kind regards, Joren
Heiko Scheidt committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=b34ddf0700a0d3ea51e7aca5e1b28851150f6f8c fdo#79917: Add 'Save a Copy' to Calc/Impress/Draw. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Thanks Heiko for the patch. Sad that it wont be added to 4.3.
*** Bug 73825 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Trying to submit patches for 4.2 / 4.3, too.
I don’t see the point of submitting to 4.2 (it’s nearly EOL) and for 4.3 it will add even more work for translators and the documentation team. Is it worth it? Can’t people wait six months for 4.4 to be released?
(In reply to comment #14) > I don’t see the point of submitting to 4.2 (it’s nearly EOL) and for 4.3 it > will add even more work for translators and the documentation team. Is it > worth it? Can’t people wait six months for 4.4 to be released? * There is going to be one more 4.2 release AFAICR (the press-release for 4.2.6 was incorrect), and these releases tend to live for quite a while, so perhaps not entirely pointless. * There is no extra translation work: the appropriate string is already present -- and is reused for these menu entries. (I.e. this patch simply uses the id ".uno:SaveACopy", which means we automatically reuse all the same code/translations for all modules that use it.). However this is a UI change and not a bug fix per se (could even be regarded as a feature addition), so the case for backporting would be quite difficult to argue.
(In reply to comment #14) > I don’t see the point of submitting to 4.2 (it’s nearly EOL) and for 4.3 it > will add even more work for translators and the documentation team. Is it > worth it? Can’t people wait six months for 4.4 to be released? There wont be any translator work involved as the file menu in all applications use the same translation strings. Thinking about your question of how worth it will be for 4.2, well 4.2 will be the only available repo version that will be available in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and all its derivatives for the next 5 years, similar to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is still running on 3.5. Regard 4.3, as it has just released less than 2 weeks ago and will be actively used for the next 9+ months, i think it is worth it, which is why i submitted it to be included in the 4.3 release.
Heiko Scheidt committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-3": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=31ac0e35cfa1e8d012f180a97de13c440908411d&h=libreoffice-4-3 fdo#79917: Add 'Save a Copy' to Calc/Impress/Draw (LO4.3-Branch) It will be available in LibreOffice 4.3.2. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.