https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89781

--- Comment #10 from BDF <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to jan d from comment #9)
> It is possible that the warning can be improved, but I think the gains are
> rather limited. What many applications do that face similar problems is
> putting these formats into "export" rather than into "save (as)". 
> 
> So "save" holds formats that cover all basic functionality; the ones that
> are not native and don't cover all functionality get a warning (non-ODF
> spreadsheet formats like xlsx). "Export" holds formats that are lossy in
> some significant way (no multiple sheets, no formulas etc.). It also would
> be coherent with the need to "import" csv files (not all exportable formats
> can be imported though, export to image is one-way, since we probably don’t
> want to ship OCR).
> 

As end user who does not question I never thought that there was a difference
between save and export. Now you say it, it makes sense.
I don't think that a separation between save and export is bad, but that many
others users probably question as little as I did.

IMHO CSV saving warning needs to be improved.

Cuurent bahaviour: Save command -> Save window (name, type, location) ->
warning window about not using *.ods (if not disabled) -> export window for csv
-> warning that only one sheet was saved (that warning can be disabled by
default)

Suggested behaviour: In step >Save window (name, type, location)< there should
be a red box next to the save button and a text that says "This file format
does not support multiple sheets".
'Only one sheet was saved' at the very end does not say anything for the
average user _why_ it was not saved. It can also be missinterpreted as it can
also mean that only one _file_ was saved (why should you even save more, so
everything is fine(?))

The real kicker is that you can disable to show the error message by default. I
question if this should even be possible. Maybe "never show again *in this
session*, but a powerful setting like this should not be in a position where it
can be clicked on by accident. If you want to disable it in general, LO should
force you to go into the settings.

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