[Linux-disciples] record changes in OO

[karl sokol]

This is what I have determined.  There must be a cache
that remembers the changes in OO2 even after
accept/reject.  However, when emailed as a .doc and
opened on another machine, there is no record. 
Interestingly, a document emailed as a .rtf before
accept/reject will retain the record (with added
gibberish).  A .txt file will show gibberish wherever
there was a recorded change, but not the change
themselves.  

On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 12:02:19AM -0500, Karl Sokol
wrote:
> The 'record changes' on OO is pretty nifty. 
But...Ann wrote a paper 
for class
> and emailed it to her teacher.  Her teacher recorded
changes and sent 
it back
> to Ann.  I proofread it and made my own notes and
changes, which Ann 
accepted/
> rejected accordingly.  Now Ann needs to e-mail it
back to her 
teacher. 
> Needless to say, some comments are best left unread
by her teacher.  
Does
> anyone know of a way for making OO forget this
record of changes?

I always thought changes that were accepted were not
logged in OO, but 
I
wouldn't swear on it.  This has always been a major
problem with
MSWord--information you thought was gone hidden in the
document.

Having made some recorded changes, accepted them,
saved a file, then
reopened, I don't see any obvious way to see those
changes.

One way to be more certain, though, is to save as an
RTF file.  This
might subtly change the formatting, but if it's just a
straight text
document with nothing more than italics, bold, etc.,
this shouldn't 
cause
any problems.  I'm almost certain the metadata won't
survive in RTF.
-- 
Adam Rosi-Kessel

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