[Upstream] Long table at end of .doc document cut off

[Christopher Barrington-Leigh]

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages

3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget -c https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/898791/+attachment/2614990/+files/ACT7DAYS_-_def.doc -O example.doc && lowriter -nologo example.doc

is the text at the beginning of the document is right above the table in the Word screenshot https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/898791/+attachment/2618025/+files/word-screenshot.png and rows 8 through 20 are visible when scrolling down.

4) What happens instead is the text is separated by almost an entire page as in the Writer screenshot https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/898791/+attachment/2614992/+files/stuckTable.png and rows 8 through 20 are not able to be viewed by scrolling down.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: libreoffice-writer 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Dec 1 14:46:13 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Christopher Barrington-Leigh, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport . If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Christopher Barrington-Leigh (cpbl)]

Thanks. Okay, I think I have copied the description to a bug at libreoffice, although it got submitted before I'd cleaned it up and I can't edit it. Here's the upstream bug:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43493

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Created attachment 54092
example.doc

Downstream bug may be found at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/898791

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages

3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget -c https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/898791/+attachment/2614990/+files/ACT7DAYS_-_def.doc -O example.doc && lowriter -nologo example.doc

is the text at the beginning of the document is right above the table in the Word screenshot https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/898791/+attachment/2618025/+files/word-screenshot.png and rows 8 through 20 are visible when scrolling down.

4) What happens instead is the text is separated by almost an entire page as in the Writer screenshot https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/898791/+attachment/2614992/+files/stuckTable.png and rows 8 through 20 are not able to be viewed by scrolling down.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

*** Bug 43493 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Libreoffice-z (libreoffice-z)]

[Reproducible] with "LibreOffice 3.4.4 - WIN7 Home Premium (64bit) German UI [Build ID: OOO340m1 (Build:402)]".

Steps to reproduece:
1. Open sample with LibO and a copy with MS WORD Viewer and compare
   Expected: look equal
   Actual: empty first page below heading + sub heading, table will start on
           next page

Reason might be some misinterpretation concerning table settings. Although in table properties text flow settings I see "Allow Table to split ..." checked table does split, what also might explain other observed problems.

Also visible with LibO 3.3.3, OOo 3.1.1, OOo 3.3, so inherited from OOo.

Linked Apache OOo bug seems to be concerning the same (or at least a related) problem.

Needinfo:
---------
Works fine for simple self exported .doc with table. Might be a broken sample document? We need a more sample document reduced to the core problem like "mysample1.odt" Adding text lines before the table by <enter> will shift table row by row over the page break. If you uncheck "Allow Table to split ..." the complete table will move to next page.

@Christopher
Only 1 Problem per Bug! If Launchpad has other rules, the reports have to be adapted for citation here!

I believe it's not necessary to repeat text of Ubuntu Launchpad report here, a link in "See Also: Add Bug URLs:" is sufficient.
For me those bugs are terrible difficult to read, what ever strings like
"cd ~/Desktop && wget -c" should tell us?

[Libreoffice-z (libreoffice-z)]

Created attachment 54107
Simple sample

... where settings work as expected.

BTW, with reporter's sample still a problem in Master and 3.5.0 Beta0

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Rainer Bielefeld, thank you for taking a look at this bug. Regarding your comments:

+ "Works fine for simple self exported .doc with table. Might be a broken sample
document?"

The attached document opens as expected in Word. Quoting from Description:

"the text at the beginning of the document is right above the table in the
Word screenshot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/898791/+attachment/2618025/+files/word-screenshot.png "

+ "We need a more sample document reduced to the core problem like
"mysample1.odt"

The document attached simply and clearly demonstrates the core problem as described in the Description.

+ "Only 1 Problem per Bug! If Launchpad has other rules, the reports have to be
adapted for citation here!"

If the bug looks as if it's stacked with 2 issues, it is not. It's two resultant problems of the same root bug.

+ "For me those bugs are terrible difficult to read, what ever strings like
"cd ~/Desktop && wget -c" should tell us?"

These are basic Linux Terminal commands. For information on cd see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal#File_.26_Directory_Commands
For wget see: manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/gutsy/man1/wget.1.html

Boiling it down, it automatically gets the file, moves the file into a known problem free location, and renames it to something easy to work with.

[Libreoffice-z (libreoffice-z)]

I know that it looks normal in WORD (Viewer), but my experience is that WORD is more tolerant concerning smaller errors in the document.

[Libreoffice-z (libreoffice-z)]

*** Bug 43560 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Libreoffice-z (libreoffice-z)]

*** Bug 52995 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Libreoffice-z (libreoffice-z)]

An additional problem is that the table does not respect page header and page footer and table will be truncated at the bottom.

@Michael:
Please set Status to ASSIGNED and add yourself to "Assigned To" if you accept this Bug or forward the Bug if it's not your turf.

[Libreoffice-z (libreoffice-z)]

*** Bug 59106 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Libreoffice-z (libreoffice-z)]

FreeOffice rev 675 (Softmaker) on German WIN7 Home Premium (64bit) shows the same problem.

[Bfbf30 (bfbf30)]

I submit a "Bug 52995" (duplicate of this one) more than a year ago.
And I re-checked my example with some of newer versions.
And finally with the LO 4.2.0 my file opened as it should.
Maybe bug was finally fixed?

[penalvch (penalvch)]

WORKSFORME in:
 lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
Release: 14.04

apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:4.2.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:4.2.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1:4.2.1-0ubuntu1 0
        400 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages
 *** 1:4.2.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Christopher Barrington-Leigh, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - Trusty Tahr.

This is a significant bug in Ubuntu. If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please perform as much as possible of the SRU Procedure [1] to bring the need to a developer's attention.

[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
Release: 14.04

apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:4.2.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:4.2.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1:4.2.1-0ubuntu1 0
        400 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages
 *** 1:4.2.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status