libre office doesn't save docx files

[dsa42]

When I save a normal text file (no images at all) in docx format, it loses all formatting when the file is reopened. When Mac's try to open the file, they get the error "illegal XML format" and are unable to open the document.

I can send a document if you need one, but it's fairly straight forward.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libreoffice (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic-pae 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 10 17:32:42 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-10 (60 days ago)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

dsa42, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please attach an ODT file that when saved to DOCX demonstrates this problem? What formatting specifically is lost?

[dsa42 (davidsangulo)]

Wouldn't you know! Yesterday when I was doing this, ANYTHING I saved to docx format had all formatting lost (Heading 1, heading 3, numbered lists, centering, etc.). Today, NOTHING is lost. I even take the same file that I recreated and saved as rtf, and resave it today as docx, and it if fine. I try to follow all the same steps I did yesterday, but cannot reproduce. One thing I did yesterday, was that I edited for a very long time. I hypothesize that one of two thing that I haven't yet tried caused the problem:

1. Perhaps editing for a long time and having the document auto-saved in a different format???
2. Perhaps I "suspended" my ubuntu session???

I will try to reproduce with small reproducible steps and post a document.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

dsa42, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.