On 2/22/14, Cindy Livengood <cmliveng...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Sirs, > > I was doing some research about how to change document properties after > upgrading to Open Office 4 and came across your post for people who want to > help with documentation.
Help with documentation means write guides for OpenOffice. You can find the repository here: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation > > Considering that I have searched for three hours but have not found any > information about how to replace the document properties (file > > properties > general {and other tabs}) from that of the properties in the > template, I would like to be sure that it gets included in the > documentation to be published. You do this at the application level: - Tools -> Options -> General -> Name, Instiution, Phone, etc: http://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201006/images/oo-02.jpg > > When using a template, the author's name of the template is in the > properties of the template. When you use that template, the template's > author is erroneously displayed at the author of the document. As it is, I > can not find any way to change the name of the author. For templates check this chapter of the writer guide: https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/images/7/7b/0210WG33-WorkingWithTemplatesInWriter.pdf > > Also, I am only able to change some of the information in the properties > tabs, and some I have changed by opening it in Calibre and making the > metadata changes there, then re-opening it in Open Office 4. Even so I > can't change the created by, created date, nor remove the template name > from the file. These information is autogenarted based on the local stats of the document like how many times the file has been opened, and by who. > > So, when I give the file to someone else, the wrong properties are > displayed which gives me great problems. Having someone else's name appear > on the document with wrong time and dates causes people to be concerned > about the security of my work. Are you talking about fields inserted in the document? maybe some screenshots can help understand how are you using this information. > > This was not an issue with Microsoft Word. :( They are pressuring me to > purchase Word. > > Thank you for considering my submission. > > Cindy Livengood > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
