Thank you very much for the quick triage, Mr. Tilloy! Much appreciated. I have now submitted the same report upstream, and referenced this ticket and reproduced your comments:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120351 ** Bug watch added: Document Foundation Bugzilla #120351 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120351 -- 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/1796187 Title: Writer hangs for over 20 minutes loading a 3MB, 450-page DOCX Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Trying to load the attached DOCX results in a hang. I force-quit after 20 minutes. The DOCX was created in MS Word (2013 I think), and is about 450 pages, thousands of footnotes, but no graphics AFAIK. I am using the latest package provided by snap. LibreOffice 6.1.2.1. Ubuntu 18.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: libreoffice-writer (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Oct 4 23:50:54 2018 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-03 (488 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-06-06 (119 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1796187/+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