[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2023-10-11 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #18 from David Sherman --- I just received a message from Bugzilla asking that I check whether this bug us still present. It is. I have downloaded the latest version of LibreOffice (7.6.2.1 running on a MacBook Pro, MacOS

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2023-10-11 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #17 from QA Administrators --- Dear David Sherman, To make sure we're focusing on the bugs that affect our users today, LibreOffice QA is asking bug reporters and confirmers to retest open, confirmed bugs which have not been

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-11 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #16 from David Sherman --- Thanks very much, Alex. The Mac made the extension install even easier than you had indicated; once I downloaded it, it opened LibreOffice and invited me to install it, then invited me to restart

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-11 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #15 from Alex Thurgood --- (In reply to Alex Thurgood from comment #14) > (In reply to David Sherman from comment #12) > It is here that you should > try entering the commands given in Ask link page I referred to earlier. In

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-11 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #14 from Alex Thurgood --- (In reply to David Sherman from comment #12) > search/replace command I can run on the file after I convert it? If the > latter, what specifically should I be doing? > You would need to install

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-11 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #13 from Alex Thurgood --- Hi David, I'm a lawyer too, and I'm not saying it isn't the LO import filter, especially if previous iterations of LibreOffice didn't do this. Unfortunately, I don't have a Word 4 for Mac version

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-11 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #12 from David Sherman --- Re the advice to use the ALT find/replace extension, I'm sorry, but I'm really unfamiliar with LibreOffice (all I've used it for is opening and reading in the Word 4 files and saving them in .docx

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-11 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #11 from David Sherman --- Thank you, Alex. I don't understand how this has happened. I have been writing in Word 4.0 since 1988 and using the same version I'm using now for 30 years. I have written tens of thousands of files

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-11 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #10 from Alex Thurgood --- Inspecting the styles recognized and imported into LO doesn't seem to show anything of note. Guess the only solution is to install the AltFindReplace extension. -- You are receiving this mail

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-11 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #9 from Alex Thurgood --- When I open your test file in Version: 7.2.1.2 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 87b77fad49947c1441b67c559c339af8f3517e22 CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 10.16; UI render: default; VCL: osx Locale:

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-05 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #8 from David Sherman --- Thanks. Evidently the problem must be in the import filter then. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-05 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #7 from Michael Warner --- When I first read Comment 1, what I thought you were saying is that the hard page breaks only appeared in the docx that you opened in a recent version of Word; causing me to suspect the docx export

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-04 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #6 from David Sherman --- Thanks. What do you mean you see the problem in the original Word file? What special character are you seeing? I see no problem in the original Word file. I've been writing these Word files (using

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-04 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #5 from Michael Warner --- (In reply to Michael Warner from comment #3) > I see this issue in both the Word 4 file and the converted .docx. Version: 7.2.0.4 (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID:

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-04 Thread bugzilla-daemon
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144892 --- Comment #4 from Michael Warner --- As a workaround, https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/remove-all-manual-page-breaks/59715/8 lists some extensions and macros that can remove all manual page breaks. -- You are receiving this mail

[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144892] new-page blank space put in many pages when converting from Word 4 on macOS

2021-10-04 Thread bugzilla-daemon
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