[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 52069] Help says F9 updates cross-references. Not so; does not work in Mac

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52069

--- Comment #3 from Lou <ljagerman at sprynet.com> 2012-07-14 17:01:54 PDT ---
Background: LibreOffice 3.5.5.3.  iMAC 216Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.5 Gig 
RAM, OSX 10.6.8, Apple keyboard, which has no fn key. English.

I write science/math books (Google or Amazon: "Louis Jagerman 
relativity") with hundreds of page-sensitive cross-references.
Copied part of new book I'm writing with several cross-refs, saved as 
.odt. Moved targets (bookmarks) and their linked cross-refs around to 
new pages.

In this case, F9 just reveals all open windows - nice OSX feature - I'd 
rather leave that alone. _*Still, in my setup, F9 does not update links, 
despite what documentation says.*_
Yes, tried just F9 alone, and together with Control, Option, Apple, etc. 
keys.  Apple+F9 just shows bookmark.
Though it's more keystrokes and not quite as intuitive (? "fields"), 
_*Tools...Update...All or Fields does work*_.

In my opinion, (1) users should find correct accurate documentation, 
including in "help" under "cross-referencing." And (2) if user wants to 
devise keyboard shortcut, can that be done? (3) A nice touch would be an 
"update" option under "Cross-reference."  (4) If you read my books 
you'll see I like to provide readers with very specific instructions.  
Documentation should have a numbered protocol for typical 
cross-reference, using common terminology such as "target."  Here 
WordPerfect was outstanding, and you may wish to see how Corel laid it 
out.  Yes, a cross-ref involves a "field." but that's ancient and 
confusing terminology.

If I must, I will use your Tools...Update method.

Thank again, Roman.  (.de I see. Ich war in Berlin geboren.)

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