Created attachment 132408 [details] Example DOC, a table, with highlighted field that Writer cannot delete (Word can delete) Editing a DOC file, there are field highlighted in a table, that Word can delete, but Writer cannot delete, and any text entered in table renders dark gray highlight.
If I place the cursor at the end of the grey box, I can delete the whole content of the table in Version: 5.4.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 7635e0c1c7f821a1081f8e3868f641ae74a172d6 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: ca-ES (ca_ES.UTF-8); Calc: group Unfortunately without clear steps to reproduce it, we cannot track down the origin of the problem. Please provide a clearer set of step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce the problem. I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once the steps are provided
More info/background: - I received a DOC file which contained fields I needed to edit. - The empty table sections displayed a grayed spaces at beginning. - All text I entered displays the grayed highlight. - I exhausted all options reformatting to eliminate the gray highlight. - I discovered editing original document using web based Microsoft Word allowed me to delete the gray highlight/attribute, so that subsequent editing by LibreOffice wasn't showing the gray highlight. - example DOC included, you can type in box to see gray highlight. - the expected behavior, LibreOffice should simply be able to backspace over grayed spaces, and they should get deleted. Now, the gray area remains.
poe_monkey: I can backspace them and I can get completely rid of the by going to the end of "Commercial:" and hitting delete to delete the empty paragraphs. Then a new paragraph will not have the grey background. Version: 5.3.2.2 (x64) Build ID: 6cd4f1ef626f15116896b1d8e1398b56da0d0ee1 CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Windows 6.19; UI Render: default; Layout Engine: new; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI); Calc: group
Clarification, the gray highlight area in the DOC sample I sent can be deleted, but following characters typed become highlighted gray, the gray highlight cannot be deleted.
(In reply to poe_monkey from comment #4) > Clarification, the gray highlight area in the DOC sample I sent can be > deleted, but following characters typed become highlighted gray, the gray > highlight cannot be deleted. Just do like I said and the gray will not appear.
IMHO, this can be considered as NOTABUG as the behaviour described in the report is incorrect