First line of document as file name instead of Untitled 1

[natanvarga]

How can I set LibreOffice (especially Writer) to use the first line of my document as the file name when saving it? If this feature doesn’t exist yet, it would be really useful.

[Lupp]

There is no built-in setting to achieve what you want as far as I know.

See the solution by custom code here.

My suggestion: Don’t do it. A filename shouldn’t be a kind of an essay, but a thoroughly chosen identifier.

[Lupp]

There is a more thoroughly considered “bug” (Enhancement Request) tdf#58685 You may vote it +1.

[librebel]

Hello @natanvarga,

In addition to the macro from @Lupp’s answer above, please also have a look at the macro in my answer here:

Capturing Title in Writer Document Saved Filename.

Word will automatically use the first line of text in a document, generally the title, up to the first punctuation, such as a period or apostrophe, or carriage return as the suggested title of the documents filename when saving a document for the first time. Is it possible to do that in Writer? I’m currently copying the title of a new document before clicking on Save for the first time, then pasting it into the filename box. It works just fine but it’s a bit annoying to have to do it every time…

The first line does not neccessarily have to be a long essay, it could be just a short Chapter Title or so…

HTH, lib

[Lupp]

I didn’t want to put the accent on “essay” (only casual wording) but on “thoroughly chosen”. Of course it isn’t definitely impossible to make a thorough choice by filling a specific element of a text document provided by the template e.g. My definite experience from observing typists using MS Office some years ago: They don’t. (As they refuse to use templates but derive the next letter from the previous one.)