Richard, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. Could you please send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport ? Please provide the upstream URL so it may be added as a bugwatch that will advise about the status. Thanks in advance.
** Description changed: - On recovery, LibreOffice Recovery of docx format documents lose all styles in 20% of cases. - (this is improvement b/c in 16.04 recovery was not functional) + 1. Open + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1649295/+attachment/4794230/+files/Linux%20Operations.docx - Text Body style becomes Default Style - All style information is reset and has to be reloaded using LibreOffice - Styles - Styles and Formatting F11 - Load Styles… - Overwrite, OK + 2. Put caret on first line noting “Linux Operations”, which has style + “Default Style”. Change to style “Title” using the Apply Paragraph Style + of the Formatting toolbar. + + 3. Save as docx. + + 4. Close, reopen, and notice that the style is now "Default Style" + instead of "Title". + + WORKAROUND: Save file as .odt. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: libreoffice 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-30.32-generic 4.8.6 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Mon Dec 12 06:44:49 2016 SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-11-16 (25 days ago) ** Tags added: bionic ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Low ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Summary changed: - LibreOffice Writer docx fails to load styles + Writer doesn't preserve Style after saving to Microsoft Word 2007-2013 XML (.docx), close, and reopening file -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1649295 Title: Writer doesn't preserve Style after saving to Microsoft Word 2007-2013 XML (.docx), close, and reopening file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1649295/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs