[Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer
** Description changed: (CONCERNS: LibreOffice version: 3.4.4; OOO340m1 (Build:402), complete install from the Ubuntu repo, fully up to date.) - - The Compare Document functionality of LibreOffice Writer is deeply flawed and woefully inadequate. For example, type (without quotes): + For example, type (without quotes): LibreOffice Writer. Compare Document. - Save as version1.odt. Then just add one space at the start and add one + Save as version1.odt. Then just add one space at the start and add one paragraph marker after the first period (.), as follows (again without the quotes): LibreOffice Writer. - Compare Document. + Compare Document. Save as version2.odt. Now use Compare Document to identify the changes in version2.odt relative to version1.odt: As the result we are simply presented with the full text of version1.odt - mixed into that of version2.odt. So we have THE WHOLE TEXT TWICE. - Worse, EVERYTHING is MARKED AS CHANGED, either as inserted or as - deleted. THIS IS PLAINLY WRONG. But, on the other hand, the TRUE CHANGES - are NOT UNIQUELY IDENTIFIED. - - Now think of editing and then comparing not a single page with just 4 - words, but a 40-page report or a 400-page book: The result is simply a - catastrophe with entire multi-coloured swathes of repeated identical or - near-identical text, but all identified and marked by LibreOffice Writer - as completely different. - - Moreover, all text in footnotes, endnotes, fields, headers, footers, - frames, etc, and all non-text objects are currently still completely - ignored by design in LibreOffice Writer Document Compare. - - CONCLUSION: Compare Document in LibreOffice Writer at the moment is - defective, completely clueless and completely useless. - - However, in the real-world of professional document production and - editing, especially in collaborative contexts, precise, complete and - fine-grained change identification, revision management and version - control is absolutely essential. - - The unambiguous identification of THE DIFFERENCES, ALL DIFFERENCES and - NOTHING BUT THE DIFFERENCES, and presented with the greatest clarity, - are pivotal here. - - Sadly, at present, Microsoft Office Word still remains the only real - choice for competent change tracking between versions of a document. - - Prior to LibreOffice, this issue has already dogged OpenOffice all its - life. A detailed current overview of relevant unresolved bugs and issues - is available at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Track_changes . - - Can the resolution of this issue please be made an urgent priority in - Ubuntu's LibreOffice. - - - (Acknowledgement: Elements of this submission were inspired by Gretha on Launchpad.) + mixed into that of version2.odt. ** Tags removed: compare document libreoffice writer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer
** Attachment added: versions.zip https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671476/+files/versions.zip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer
** Description changed: - (CONCERNS: LibreOffice version: 3.4.4; OOO340m1 (Build:402), complete - install from the Ubuntu repo, fully up to date.) + 1) lsb_release -rd + Description: Ubuntu 11.10 + Release: 11.10 - For example, type (without quotes): + 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 - LibreOffice Writer. Compare Document. + 3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal: - Save as version1.odt. Then just add one space at the start and add one - paragraph marker after the first period (.), as follows (again without - the quotes): + cd ~/Desktop wget + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671476/+files/versions.zip + file-roller -h versions.zip cd versions lowriter -nologo + version1.odt - LibreOffice Writer. - Compare Document. + Edit - Compare Document - version2.odt - Insert button - Save as version2.odt. Now use Compare Document to identify the changes - in version2.odt relative to version1.odt: + is under Actions regarding the first Deletion top to bottom, one tan + hyphen is shown to the left of LibreOffice Writer and LibreOffice + Writer is not marked tan with a tan underline. An example of how it + should look may be found via the Terminal: - As the result we are simply presented with the full text of version1.odt - mixed into that of version2.odt. + cd ~/Desktop wget + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671477/+files + /versions-space.zip file-roller -h versions-space.zip cd versions- + space lowriter -nologo version1-space.odt + + Edit - Compare Document - version2-space.odt - Insert button + + 4) What happens instead is the hyphen to the left of LibreOffice + Writer is not shown and LibreOffice Writer is marked tan with a tan + underline. ** Summary changed: - Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer + Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: New = Triaged ** Also affects: df-libreoffice Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 915059] Re: Compare Document Functionality in LibreOffice Writer
** Attachment added: versions-space.zip https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671477/+files/versions-space.zip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915059 Title: Compare Document highlighting unchanged words as changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/915059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
