[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 113602] New: Warning in Options, Load/save, General concerning file format should be more specific

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113602

            Bug ID: 113602
           Summary: Warning in Options, Load/save, General concerning file
                    format should be more specific
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 5.4.2.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: christianw_lehmann at arcor.de

The option is: 'Always warn if the document is to be saved in a format other
than ODF.' I had deactivated this option, because when working on MS Word
documents, the warning is unnecessary. However, I just had a traumatic
experience with a document which had TXT extension when I first loaded it,
which I spent three hours on formating with Writer and then pressed ALT F4. It
was duly saved in TXT format ... Of course, my fault.

However, it would make sense to modify the said option. It could read, instead:
'Always warn if saving the document in its own format entails loss of
formating.' This would require Writer to check whether formating would be
preserved in the format chosen by the user. This, however, is a feature that
Writer already has. Even now, if I choose to save a document in a legacy
format, a dialog box pops up telling me that some formating of the document may
not be susceptible of saving in the chosen format. If such a box had popped up
with my TXT file, it would have saved me three hours.

Thus, the suggestion is to render a function that LO Writer has, available as
an option.

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