Capturing Title in Writer Document Saved Filename. [closed]

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Hello @Lady Fitzgerald,

My apologies for the longer delay, i hope this matter is still of interest to you…

Here goes:

The method Writer_Save_New() is the one to be connected to a Keyboard Shortcut, a Button Command, and/or a Menu item Command, so that it can be invoked whenever you want to save a new Writer document. If it is a New document, then the above procedure is performed; if it is not a New document, then the normal save procedure is performed.

A note about the dialog:

The “Save Dialog” implementation presented below in the function FileSaveDialog_Simple() has fewer features than the dialog that pops up when you choose “Save As...” in LibreOffice. For example it lacks the features of setting a Password, saving the current Selection Only, Editing Filter Options, etc.

However for the purpose of this question, it will suffice.

Steps to perform:

EDIT 1 ( 2018-01-25 )

• updated the method Writer_SaveNew()

• added stepwise instructions A) and B)

A) How to Copy-paste a Basic macro into your [My Macros & Dialogs].Standard Basic Library:

1. Select all text in the code section below, and copy it to the Clipboard by pressing CTRL+C;
2. In Writer, select the menu Tools : Macros : Edit Macros;
3. In the Macro IDE Window that appears, in the “Object Catalog” on the left, doubleclick on the item called My Macros & Dialogs so that it expands;
4. In the expanded section under “My Macros & Dialogs”, doubleclick on the item called Standard so that it expands;
5. In the expanded section under “Standard”, doubleclick on any item so that it expands ( for example on the item called Module1 ); At the right side of the Macro IDE Window there should now appear all the text contents of the selected Module;
6. Scroll down to the end of the Module, insert a few empty lines at the end by pressing the ENTER key, then paste all the copied text from the Clipboard by pressing CTRL+V.
7. Save the Module by pressing CTRL+S.

B) How to Connect a macro to a Keyboard Shortcut:

1. In Writer, select the menu Tools : Customize...;
2. In the dialog that appears, select the tab Keyboard;
3. In the “Shortcut Keys” listbox, scroll down to the Shortcut Key that you would like to use ( in this case i would recommend Shift+Ctrl+Alt+S ), and select it;
4. In the “Category” listbox, scroll down to the item called LibreOffice Macros, and doubleclick on it so that it expands;
5. In the expanded section under “LibreOffice Macros”, doubleclick on the item called My Macros so that it expands;
6. In the expanded section under “My Macros”, doubleclick on the item called Standard so that it expands;
7. In the expanded section under “Standard”, doubleclick on the Module that contains the methods added in step A), e.g. Module1;
8. In the “Function” listbox, scroll down to the item called Writer_SaveNew(), and select it;
9. Click the Modify button;
10. Click the OK button.

Code:

Sub Writer_SaveNew()
REM See: https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/128570/capturing-title-in-writer-document-saved-filename/
REM ...