Bug 160630

Summary: Write "page number" and "page count" fields no longer work
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Sarah <sarah_davies22>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal CC: miguelangelrv, sarah_davies22
Priority: medium    
Version: 24.2.1.2 release   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: Windows (All)   
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Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Attachments: odt file demonstrating the reported field bug

Description Sarah 2024-04-11 17:29:36 UTC 
Description:
Whether in the header, body or footer, the Write "page number" and "page count" fields no longer work normally.

New, and old documents now display "Page: Page number of Statistics" instead of:

Page 1 of 20 (example)

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Insert / Alt, I, D / Field
2.[Page number] of
3.Insert / Alt, I, D / Field, [Page count]

Actual Results:
Page number of statistics is displayed 

Expected Results:
# of #


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
This is a rather major issue for students and I will have to downgrade to the previous version.


Version: 24.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: db4def46b0453cc22e2d0305797cf981b68ef5ac
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22000; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 Sarah 2024-04-11 17:35:12 UTC 
Created attachment 193631 [details]
odt file demonstrating the reported field bug

This a major problem for students so I shall have to downgrade before opening my documents containing footnotes.
Comment 2 m_a_riosv 2024-04-11 20:39:39 UTC 
Sure you have enabled
Menu/View/Field Names.
Comment 3 Sarah 2024-04-13 11:31:37 UTC 
Many thanks - problem now resolved.