Bug 157889

Summary: Highlight is nearly impossible to remove in WPS or MSWord when applied in Libre Writer.
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Don <donny.danger>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal CC: telesto
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.3.4.2 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: Windows (All)   
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Description Don 2023-10-22 23:59:55 UTC 
Description:
When editing a file previously created or edited by LibreOffice Writer, the highlight attribute is impossible to simply "un-highlight" in WPS Writer or MsWord. One must Clear all formatting to remove it in those word processors. 

Also, to remove highlighting created in WPS or MsWord, the highlight button must be clicked twice to remove it.

It would seem L.O. Writer uses the CharBackgroundColor property, whereas the other programs use CharHighlight property.

MsWord 2010 version.
WPS Office Writer version 11.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a document in L.O. Writer
2. Type some text and highlight something.
3. Save it as .docx or other compatible file format.
4. Open the document in WPS Writer or MsWord and attempt to unhighlight the text.

Actual Results:
Text will not un-highlight.

Expected Results:
Text should be able to be unhighlighted easily.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
I realize this is not a directly Libre Office related problem, but it seems that basic text editing should be kept fairly compatible?


Version: 7.3.4.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 728fec16bd5f605073805c3c9e7c4212a0120dc5
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 1 Telesto 2023-10-23 07:41:45 UTC 
(In reply to Don from comment #0) 
> It would seem L.O. Writer uses the CharBackgroundColor property, whereas the
> other programs use CharHighlight property.

True. For some background on the matter: bug 125268
Comment 2 Don 2023-10-23 16:07:10 UTC 
(In reply to Telesto from comment #1)
> (In reply to Don from comment #0) 
> > It would seem L.O. Writer uses the CharBackgroundColor property, whereas the
> > other programs use CharHighlight property.
> 
> True. For some background on the matter: bug 125268

Thank you Telesto. I understand the reasoning behind this now. I think I will close this bug as there isn't a "cure-all" fix from the looks of it.