General/text/shared/optionen/01040900.xhplinks; updating options (Writer)updating; links in text documentsupdating; fields and charts, automatically (Writer)fields;updating automatically (Writer)charts; updating automatically (Writer)captions; tables/pictures/frames/OLE objects (Writer)tables in text; captionspictures; captions (Writer)frames; captions (Writer)OLE objects; captions (Writer)tab stops; spacing in text documentsspacing; tab stops in text documentsGeneralSpecifies general settings for text documents.UpdateUpdate links when loadingAlwaysAlways updates links while loading a document.On requestUpdates links only on request while loading a document.NeverLinks are never updated while loading a document.AutomaticallyTo update fields manuallyi81240FieldsThe contents of all fields are updated automatically whenever the screen contents are displayed as new. Even with this box unchecked, some fields are updated each time a special condition takes place. The following table lists the fields that are updated without regard to this checkbox.
ConditionAutomatically updated fieldsPrinting the document (also exporting as PDF)Author, Sender, Chapter, Date, Time, References, Last printedReloading the documentAuthor, Sender, Chapter, Date, TimeSaving the documentFile name, Statistics, Document number, Editing time, ModifiedEditing the text line where the field is inAuthor, Sender, Chapter, Date, TimeManually changing a variableConditional text, Hidden text, Hidden paragraph, Variables, DDE fieldSwitching off "fixed content"Author, Sender, all document information fieldsChanging the page countPage
ChartsSpecifies whether to automatically update charts. Whenever a Writer table cell value changes and the cursor leaves that cell, the chart that displays the cell value is updated automatically.see message "[sw-features] changed/CWS chart2mst3 : Automatic update for charts in Writer" by Thomas LangeSettingsMeasurement unitSpecifies the unit of measurement for text documents.Tab stopsSpecifies the spacing between the individual tab stops. The horizontal ruler displays the selected spacing.