https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73499
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 73499
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Summary: Linked Textboxes Grouping Cause partially Missing Text
and Messed Layout in LO Writer
Severity: blocker
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: wilson9...@yahoo.com
Hardware: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: 4.1.4.2 release
Component: Libreoffice
Product: LibreOffice
Created attachment 91859
--> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=91859&action=edit
text get missing in older doc file
As you can see, both MSO and LO support linked textbox, where text can flow
from one box into the other. With doc files, everything works fine if not
perfect, until the textboxes are GROUPED. Depending on the MSO version, the
file in question is saved with, grouped and linked text boxes may get UNLINKed
in different ways, in some case the text is missing in a unrecoverable fashion,
which is worse than messed layout.
For doc files created from MSO 2003 and previous,
the text flows are broken into corresponding grouped but unlinked text boxes in
LO. This could have been acceptable for viewers. But this breaking process
consumes 1 character each time it breaks a text flow, which means every
previously linked textbox got one trailing character missing, except the last
box. And there doesn't seem to be a way to recover this missing text in LO
along. (see attachment for example )
For doc files generated by MSO 2007 (and above?), Grouped Linked Textbox got
unlinked, and all the text is crammed into the first textbox in LO. Other
textbox got empty. Besides the first textbox is expanded vertically for as long
as necessary to avoid text overflow, which messed up the layout.
With docx file , all linked textbox are broken in LO. The Grouped ones are
merged and enlarged horizontally in a uncontrolled way beyond the page border.
Not grouped but linked ones become empty except the first textbox with
overflowed text hidden.
As you may have noticed in daily publications, linked textbox is a very basic
and common tool in desktop publishing. And missing text is a real deal breaker.
We really need it to work correctly. Please fix this feature in doc format.
Thank you,
Wilson.
--
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.
_______________________________________________
Libreoffice-bugs mailing list
Libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
