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title="UNCONFIRMED - "Update Links when Loading" doesn't work"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128498">128498</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>"Update Links when Loading" doesn't work
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>6.2.7.1 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>x86 (IA32)
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Windows (All)
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Writer
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>johnsmithbeatles@gmail.com
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<pre>Description:
1. Open Writer, ensure text boundaries are enabled:
Menu bar > View > Text Boundaries = True.
2. Press the Enter button 5 times, return to the 1st line, type 2 or 3 short
text lines, select them.
3. Menu bar > Insert > Section.
In the Insert Section window:
3.1. Section name (left column) = Foo
3.2. Click the Insert button to create the section.
Now we are going to create a link to this section, i.e. to create its updatable
copy.
4. Return to the last line.
5. Menu bar > Insert > Section.
In the Insert Section window:
5.1 Section name (left column) = Bar
5.2. "Link" checkbox = True
5.3. "Section" drop-down menu (which is located above the Write Protection
section) = Foo.
5.4. Click the Insert button to create the link to the Foo section.
Now you have 2 sections. The Foo section works as a source. The Bar section
works as its mirror.
Each time you change the Foo section, you can click menu bar > Tools > Update >
Links, and the Bar section will be changed accordingly.
You can close and open the document. When you open it, you will see a small
window:
The document test.odt contains one or more links to external data.
Would you like to change the document, and update all links to get
the most recent data? [Yes] [No]
A good alternative to manual updating.
However, this window is a bit annoying, isn't it? I think the anser is "yes".
There is an option to avoid (i.e. to update links silently), but it doesn't
work.
Click menu bar > Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer > General > Update Links
when Loading = Always.
Make some changes in you document, close it, open it. The "small window" is
still here.
Notice that "Update Links when Loading = Never" works fine, though.
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Tested with LO 6.2.7.1 and 6.4.0.0.alpha0+.
Version: 6.4.0.0.alpha0+ (x86)
Build ID: f0443fa4438aa98bce48bfd53dc6a687737687b6
CPU threads: 1; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: default;
VCL: win;
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:
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Expected Results:
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Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: Yes
Additional Info:</pre>
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