Bug 161939

Summary: FORMATTING: Writer vs Word - Different spacing between bullet points
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Maxime Lapointe <hunter_spawn>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: UNCONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: hunter_spawn
Priority: medium    
Version: 24.2.4.2 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux (All)   
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Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Attachments: File showing the bug. Open in Word vs Writer

Description Maxime Lapointe 2024-07-07 15:47:26 UTC
Description:
Word and Writer have different vertical spacing between bullets in the joined document. Visually, it's as if Writer had a full empty line between the bullets, which breaks expectation.

In the original document's case (not joined, I only joined a simplified example), 4 bullets had the expected spacing and only 2 of them had the extra spacing in LibreOffice, making the problem quite jarring.

Steps to Reproduce:
Open the attached file. I don't know what the user did to generate this problematic case.

Actual Results:
In Word: The bullets and text are vertically close without a big spacing, as if on a next line
In Writer: The bullets are have vertical spacing as if an empty line / interline was setup

Expected Results:
Both behave the same, which I guess means Writer behaving like Word:

The bullets and text are vertically close without a big spacing, as if on a next line


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
I tried on multiple Linux installations and all have the problem.

The problem shows in the editing and when printing (I tried with PDF)

Version: 24.2.4.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d29029bfb700ea4a272da1366c5f5e7c14e351b5
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fr-CA (fr_CA.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Maxime Lapointe 2024-07-07 15:48:37 UTC
Created attachment 195150 [details]
File showing the bug. Open in Word vs Writer