https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51554
Bug #: 51554
Summary: Data loss risk referencing slides from external
impress presentation (Menu Insert -> File, selecting
link)
Classification: Unclassified
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 3.6.0.0.beta2
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: critical
Priority: medium
Component: Presentation
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Impress offers a way to include a slide from a separate odp
presentation, using the menu option "Insert -> File". Choosing the
"Link" option during the slide importation allows you to update the
included slide should the original slide undergo changes. Very
nice.
There appears to be a problem with the implementation, however. There
doesn't seem to be any way to visually know that a slide depends on
(is linked to) an external "master" slide. So a user could / will
unknowing make changes to a slide and then proceed to overwrite these
changes the next time they open the Impress slide set by accepting the
"update linked slides" prompt.
This likely scenario leads to data loss.
I'd suggest that a visual clue be added to show a slide that is linked to
an external slide (I suspect that implementation cannot be too
difficult).
Ideally, the clue would indicate the file containing the linked slide and
updates to a linked slide would propagate back to the external master slide or,
probably safer, the linked slide would be read-only.
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