[Upstream] Column formatting not honored saving to .doc

[Stefano Vettori]

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/915080/+attachment/2685315/+files/Blocco%20schizzi%20botanico.doc -O example.doc && lowriter -nologo example.doc

Click Format -> Sections... -> highlight Section1 -> click button Remove -> highlight Section3 -> click button Remove -> button OK -> Format -> Columns... -> change combobox Columns to 2 -> button OK -> Save, close, reopen and the column formatting remains as in the screenshot https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366200/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc2%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png .

4) What happens instead is the column formatting changes back to the way it was before making the above changes. A screenshot of this https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366199/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc1%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png .

WORKAROUND: Save as .odt as the column formatting is preserved.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.53-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jan 11 23:50:02 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=it_IT:en
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-10-17 (86 days ago)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Stefano Vettori, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please attach the Word file, directly exported from Word and before opening with LibreOffice Writer, that demonstrates this problem?

[Stefano Vettori (vettoristefano)]

2012/1/18 Christopher M. Penalver <email address hidden>

> Stefano Vettori, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu
> better. Could you please attach the Word file, directly exported from
> Word and before opening with LibreOffice Writer, that demonstrates this
> problem?
>
> ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915080
>
> Title:
> file with 2 column and index
>
> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I'm using a file word with 2 columns and the index, without sections
> When I open it again the index isn't on columns, but on all the page and
> appear 2 section
> I cancel the 2 sections and the files works correctly until I exit and
> re-enter
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.4-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.53-generic 2.6.38.8
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Jan 11 23:50:02 2012
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386
> (20110427.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=it_IT:en
> LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: libreoffice
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-10-17 (86 days ago)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915080/+subscriptions
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[penalvch (penalvch)]

Stefano Vettori, could you please post a screenshot of how the file has "2 columns and the index, without sections", and another screenshot of how "the index isn't on columns, but on all the" pages?

[Stefano Vettori (vettoristefano)]

Here you are

Let me know if you don't understand because of my bad english

2012/1/29 Christopher M. Penalver <email address hidden>

> Stefano Vettori, could you please post a screenshot of how the file has
> "2 columns and the index, without sections", and another screenshot of
> how "the index isn't on columns, but on all the" pages?
>
> ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915080
>
> Title:
> file with 2 column and index
>
> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I'm using a file word with 2 columns and the index, without sections
> When I open it again the index isn't on columns, but on all the page and
> appear 2 section
> I cancel the 2 sections and the files works correctly until I exit and
> re-enter
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.4-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.53-generic 2.6.38.8
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Jan 11 23:50:02 2012
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386
> (20110427.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=it_IT:en
> LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: libreoffice
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-10-17 (86 days ago)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915080/+subscriptions
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[penalvch (penalvch)]

Stefano Vettori (vettoristefano), it looks like the before screenshot is:
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366200/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc2%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png

and the after screenshot is:
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366199/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc1%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png

Regarding your comments:

"When I open it again the index isn't on columns, but on all the page and appear 2 section
I cancel the 2 sections..."

Could you please provided click by click instructions on how to "cancel the 2 sections" so it looks like the before screenshot?

[Stefano Vettori (vettoristefano)]

When I open the file, it appear as
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366199/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc1%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png

I go to "Format"/"Section". Appear "Section1" and "Section3". I push
"remove" twice and I close.
Appear only one column.
I go to "Format"/"Column" and I choose "2".
Now the file appears as
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366200/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc2%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png

2012/1/29 Christopher M. Penalver <email address hidden>

> Stefano Vettori (vettoristefano), it looks like the before screenshot is:
>
> https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366200/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc2%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png
>
> and the after screenshot is:
>
> https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366199/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc1%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png
>
> Regarding your comments:
>
> "When I open it again the index isn't on columns, but on all the page and
> appear 2 section
> I cancel the 2 sections..."
>
> Could you please provided click by click instructions on how to "cancel
> the 2 sections" so it looks like the before screenshot?
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915080
>
> Title:
> file with 2 column and index
>
> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I'm using a file word with 2 columns and the index, without sections
> When I open it again the index isn't on columns, but on all the page and
> appear 2 section
> I cancel the 2 sections and the files works correctly until I exit and
> re-enter
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: libreoffice-core 1:3.3.4-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.53-generic 2.6.38.8
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Jan 11 23:50:02 2012
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386
> (20110427.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=it_IT:en
> LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: libreoffice
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-10-17 (86 days ago)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915080/+subscriptions
>

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Stefano Vettori, 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.

[Vadim Rutkovsky (roignac)]

Original report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915080

libreoffice-writer 3.4.4-0ubuntu1 (Ubuntu Oneiric)

Steps To Reproduce:
1) Open Document:
cd ~/Desktop && wget -c https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915080/+attachment/2685315/+files/Blocco%20schizzi%20botanico.doc -O example.doc && lowriter -nologo example.doc

2) Click Format -> Sections... -> highlight Section1 -> click button Remove -> highlight Section3 -> click button Remove -> button OK -> Format -> Columns... -> change combobox Columns to 2 -> button OK -> Save
Column formatting scrrenshot - https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366199/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc1%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png (correct result)

Result: Column formatting is https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366200/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc2%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png

Expected Result: Column formatting doesn't change on file reopen

WORKAROUND: Save as .odt as the column formatting is preserved.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Reproducible in:
LibreOffice 3.5.0rc2
Build ID: e371a95-bf68a13-5a1aa2b-d3c1ae9-b938258
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002

[Vadim Rutkovsky (roignac)]

Original report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915080

libreoffice-writer 3.4.4-0ubuntu1 (Ubuntu Oneiric)

Steps To Reproduce:
1) Open Document:
cd ~/Desktop && wget -c https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915080/+attachment/2685315/+files/Blocco%20schizzi%20botanico.doc -O example.doc && lowriter -nologo example.doc

2) Click Format -> Sections... -> highlight Section1 -> click button Remove -> highlight Section3 -> click button Remove -> button OK -> Format -> Columns... -> change combobox Columns to 2 -> button OK -> Save
Column formatting scrrenshot - https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366199/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc1%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png (correct result)

Result: Column formatting is https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366200/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc2%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png

Expected Result: Column formatting doesn't change on file reopen

WORKAROUND: Save as .odt as the column formatting is preserved.

[Vadim Rutkovsky (roignac)]

Sent upstream - https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45386

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Reproducible in:
LibreOffice 3.5.0rc2
Build ID: e371a95-bf68a13-5a1aa2b-d3c1ae9-b938258
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002

[Stgohi-lobugs (stgohi-lobugs)]

reproducible with LO 4.0.2.2 (Win7 Home, 64bit)

[Stgohi-lobugs (stgohi-lobugs)]

reproducible with LO 4.0.2.2 (Win7 Home, 64bit)

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[JBF (jbf-faure)]

Not reproducible with LibreOffice 4.4.2.0.0+ built at home under Ubuntu 14.10 x86-64. Column formatting is saved and preserved when file is reopened.

Closing as WorksForMe. Please, feel free to reopen if you disagree.

Best regards. JBF

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Jean-Baptiste Faure, thanks for testing to this. However, if one followed the Description https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45386#c0 without questioning the results, then they would not have noticed that it is written mistakenly.

It should have mirrored the downstream Description I made to clearly explain the problem:
What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget -c https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915080/+attachment/2685315/+files/Blocco%20schizzi%20botanico.doc -O example.doc && lowriter -nologo example.doc

Click Format -> Sections... -> highlight Section1 -> click button Remove -> highlight Section3 -> click button Remove -> button OK -> Format -> Columns... -> change combobox Columns to 2 -> button OK -> Save, close, reopen and the column formatting remains as in the screenshot https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366200/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc2%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png .

What happens instead is the column formatting changes back to the way it was before making the above changes. A screenshot of this https://launchpadlibrarian.net/91366199/Schermata-L%27arte%20del%20disegno%20botanico.doc1%20-%20LibreOffice%20Writer.png .

Reproducible in Utopic's LibreOffice Writer.

[JBF (jbf-faure)]

(In reply to Christopher M. Penalver from comment #5)
> [...]
> Reproducible in Utopic's LibreOffice Writer.

Which version it is ?

JBF

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Jean-Baptiste Faure, thank you for the quick follow up. It's not upstream/a PPA but the one that comes by default in Utopic (4.3.3-0ubuntu1).

However, this is also reproducible in:
Windows 8.1 x64
LibreOffice 4.4.1.2

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[Justin Luth (jluth)]

reproduced in LO6.0dev.

Likely the exporter has special code around exporting a table of contents that creates sections in order to do that.

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MassPing-UntouchedBug

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

Synchronising bug status with upstream.

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MassPing-UntouchedBug

[Justin Luth (jluth)]

Created attachment 171194
45386_example.doc: the document mentioned in comment 0

[Justin Luth (jluth)]

repro 7.2+. Also true for DOCX.
A TableOfContents is a semi-section in Writer, so probably that is throwing things off during export.

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MassPing-UntouchedBug

[Justin Luth (jluth)]

Created attachment 187401
45386_example_fast.odt: repro 7.6+ using this fast example

Steps to reproduce:
1.) open 45386_example_fast.odt
2.) save as DOC and reload.