Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer record changes feature

2014-02-14 Thread Alan B
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.comwrote: 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer record changes feature

2014-02-13 Thread anne-ology
: [libreoffice-users] Writer record changes feature To: users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer record changes feature

2014-02-13 Thread Dale Rebgetz
On 14/02/2014 12:18 pm, Alan B wrote: 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer record changes feature

2014-02-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 20:18 13/02/2014 -0500, Alan Bonly wrote: 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,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer record changes feature

2014-02-13 Thread Alan B
Thanks for the thought. It's not quite as KISS as I'd like though. I haven't used MS Word for a while, when I did, this was available. It was possible to see a document in it's original form, with all edits displayed, or as if all edits are accepted. That function, or a close approximation, is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer record changes feature

2014-02-13 Thread Alan B
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Dale Rebgetz dale.rebg...@setec.com.auwrote: 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. Made me look Dale, you're

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer record changes feature

2014-02-13 Thread Alan B
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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer record changes feature

2014-02-13 Thread Dale Rebgetz
On 14/02/2014 2:16 pm, Alan B wrote: Would like to be able to toggle state between original, edits displayed, and edits accepted versions of the document. 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

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer record changes feature

2014-02-13 Thread Brian Barker
At 22:06 13/02/2014 -0500, Alan Bonly wrote: I haven't used MS Word for a while, when I did, this was available. It was possible to see a document in its original form, with all edits displayed, or as if all edits are accepted. That function, or a close approximation, is what I'm hoping is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer record changes feature

2014-02-13 Thread Jonathon
On February 13, 2014 5:18:58 PM PST, Alan wrote: Is there a way to display the changed document, as if all edits are accepted, *without* accepting the changes?? IOW, show changed document. Probably not the way you want to do things, but installing OOoSVN, and regular saves to SVN will let