Yeah, the feature is supposed to now be language dependant. i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd for English, while 1er, 2e, etc. for French.
3.6 is busted in that it carefully determines that e.g. "st" is indeed the right suffix for English but then ignores it http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=defe079d455ccc958fd0128e8a8cf0e4aeb5cd9c fixes that The additional http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=a05357ab69712bec53c2d8d17efbbf25907ff9b8 makes the features safe against the unexpected -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/992807 Title: [Upstream] Writer AutoCorrect does not set superscript on ordinal numbers Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Fix Released Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:3.5.2-2ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.5.2-2ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:3.5.2-2ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen in Writer in a blank document is when one types 1st, 2nd, or 3rd the text is converted to superscript automatically. 4) What happens instead is it does not. This is in spite of the options enabled as per screenshot https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/992807/+attachment/3125667/+files/lo.png . O.S: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS. Reproducible in Lubuntu. I have installed the latest PPA version - 3.5.3-rc2-0ubuntu1~ppa2(precise), still happens. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libreoffice 1:3.5.2-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue May 1 20:12:16 2012 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/992807/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp