"Export as PDF" folder settings

MagnusFundal · September 25, 2019, 7:49pm

I frequently export LibreOffice documents from .odt to .pdf, in which case I pretty much always put them in the same folder, for ease of finding. However, LibreOffice always assumes I want to save exports in some arbitrary folder, and it starts by suggesting the one I used last time. Then I need to navigate to my current folder, a little bit of unnecessary fiddlyness I’d gladly do without.
By contrast, exporting to .docx works splendidly, as I can do it via “Save as”, which assumes I want the same folder.

I can’t find any settings to change this behaviour. Any suggestions?

Regards

mikekaganski · September 26, 2019, 5:37am

This is tdf#34303.

mariosv · September 25, 2019, 10:30pm

If using OS Open/Save dialogs, I think it’s easy add a favorite folder, so it can be access with a click, also you can use Menu/Tools/Options/LibreOffice/General - Open/Save dialogs - Use LibreOffice dialogs, where it’s also easy add a favorite folder, mark one and click on [+]

mariosv · September 26, 2019, 9:17am

Maybe the option it’s not available on your OS.

MagnusFundal · September 26, 2019, 8:09am

I don’t see the option you mentioned, and it also doesn’t solve the issue that I want to save it exactly where I am.

(It’s better, at least, than Adobe PDF reader. “Where would you like to save?” Well, I opened a PDF, just save on top of it. “Warning. There’s already such a file. Overwrite?” Not really, it’s the file I’m working in. Just save it.)

mikekaganski · September 26, 2019, 8:38am

The Adobe PDF Reader does it right. PDF is not a format meant to be an editable doc, it’s rather some kind of final printout; and at any rate, Reader is not meant to be a document editor - its limited editing capabilities are about filling forms and making reviews, so it’s always expected that user creates an edited copy and keeps the original. A specific workflow that violates these assumptions are surely not something that should be considered correct (in view of the software).

MagnusFundal · September 26, 2019, 11:57am

Sure, it’s a final printout, that’s why I’d always ask my students for a PDF. On the other hand, I also wanted to comment it with responses, and each time it would ask where I wanted to save the commented version. At least they were all in the same folder, so I didn’t have to change it constantly, just press “Yes, I am sure, now do your thing.”

Mac’s Preview knew what I meant.