Bug 142594

Summary:	Save as TXT doesn't work correctly when "Track changes" feature is enabled
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	rafael.linux.user
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	dgp-mail
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.0.0.3 release
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64)
OS:	All
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Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
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Bug Blocks:	108597

Description rafael.linux.user 2021-06-01 08:42:02 UTC

I had a really big trouble in my work by an issue in LibreOffice 7.

I have a document with "Track changes" enabled. We need to export to txt our documents to join in only one. LibreOffice doesn't have "export to txt" so we use "save as" to save our document to txt.

However, far from a logical way of doing it, LibreOffice saves in TXT tracked text too!!!! So finally, result was a big error cause we relied on LibreOffice and don't re-read our exported text.

In resume: When LibreOffice save to TXT a document with "Track changes" enabled, doesn't work properly and export modified/deleted/inserted text too. 

The logical way that user expect is that if user save a LibreOffice document to a kind of document that have no that LibreOffice feature (like a TXT file), LibreOffice should not try to "emulate" it in a weird way like described one.

Comment 1 Dieter 2021-06-16 06:45:22 UTC

I confirm it with

Version: 7.1.4.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: a529a4fab45b75fefc5b6226684193eb000654f6
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL

Comment 2 geraldg 2021-06-29 15:29:15 UTC

Hi *,

The problem also exists in the version 7.2.0.0beta 1 (tested deb64).

Comment 3 Sophie Sipasseuth 2023-06-29 12:51:38 UTC

Repro

Version: 6.0.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: 6eeac3539ea4cac32d126c5e24141f262eb5a4d9
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; 
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR); Calc: CL