I am using LibreOffice to create a Fillable PDF document where the fill-ins will be in Hebrew. Everything works when the fill-ins are in English. The Hebrew types in right-to-left when I tell LibreOffice to set up the fill-in box to do that. The problem is when I am going along and have finished a sentence and try to type in the period, the period types out on the right of the block, same line just not at the end of the Hebrew text. It’s the same thing with an exclamation mark. I am running Complex Text Layout. I tell LibreOffice to type out right-to-left when creating the block and the text works, just not the punctuation. It's also a challenge to get the punctuation marks and numbers to stay in their proper locations in the sentence. Also, as before, little boxes with x's in them start showing up once I've typed something; these boxes cover up the typed words, though they can be temporarily removed simply by clicking on them.
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Created attachment 137773 [details] Sample of Reported Hebrew in Fillable PDF Incidentally, I did find a work-around. If you type in Hebrew, then type the punctuation mark (period, comma, exclamation mark) the punctuation mark will type to the right, but if without a space bar tap you type the next letter the punctuation mark shows up in the right place. However, you do not have a space between the punctuation mark and the first letter of the next sentence. But I do not know how the users are going to take to any work-around.
Created attachment 137775 [details] Another Sample of reported Hebrew Fillable PDF problem
Created attachment 137779 [details] RTF text fields in PDF forms not working properly It seems that no matter how one formats the text box in LibreOffice, there is no actual RTL support when exported as a PDF, and also not in LibreOffice while in the text box.
The attachments do not really demonstrate the bug. The attached file types are *.odt and *.odg, no file is PDF. In the *.odg files, the Hebrew text is reversed - could be another bug. When I changed the text box direction to RTL, it displayed the dot to the left of the Hebrew text. Please attach a fillable PDF file which actually demonstrates the bug.
Created attachment 137882 [details] fillable PDF with bug
As requested, I have submitted as an attachment, a PDF file containing the actual bug. The bug is most evident in the larger text box in the lower half of the file.
Hello Chayim Phillips, Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ? I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
In Comment #8 on bug 113802 from Xisco Faulí on 27 November 2018, he asked that I "try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice" and "change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version." Unfortunately, I am unable to do that. The latest version requires Windows 7 or newer. I am still using Windows XP Professional.
Hello Chayim Phillips, Can you reproduce it with the latest version available for Win XP? -> LibreOffice 5.4.7.2 -> https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/5.4.7.2/
Response to Comment # 10 Bug 113802 Version 5.4.7.2 was successfully installed. I experimented with the fix after installation. Everything seems OK, but for one thing, the cursor. Using Forms Control with Wizard On, I created a “Text Box.” I then went to “Control” and brought up “Properties: Text Box” and then under the “General” tab, changed the “Text Direction” to “Right-to Left.” I also changed the horizontal and vertical “Alignment” so the cursor would begin at the upper right. After turning Wizard Off, I went to File and “Exported to PDF” using the default settings. As I said, the cursor and its position while typing is the problem. When I type in Hebrew and than hit the space bar, the cursor moves all the way back to the right of the text box on the same line. I then type a letter and it moves back to where it should type that letter. When I want to end the sentence with a period, the period moves back to the beginning of the same line in the test box. I type the first letter of the new sentence and the period is at the end of the last sentence. Except for what the cursor is doing, everything else seems OK. I did not make any other setting changes (e.g. in Events in Properties: Text Box) because I did not think they would be relevant. However, there is the possibility I do not understand something about the program and should have made other setting changes.
Hello Chayim Phillips, Are you still using Win XP ? Noone has been able to confirm it in more than 6 months...
(In reply to Xisco Faulí from comment #12) > Hello Chayim Phillips, > Are you still using Win XP ? Noone has been able to confirm it in more than > 6 months... Setting to NEEDINFO
In response to you question in June and July: I am still using Windows XP. However, I anticipate that I will be upgrading to Windows 10 by the end of the year
(In reply to Chayim Phillips from comment #14) > In response to you question in June and July: > > I am still using Windows XP. However, I anticipate that I will be upgrading > to Windows 10 by the end of the year Ok, thanks for the update. Please, come back to us once you update to Win 10
Dear Chayim Phillips, This bug has been in NEEDINFO status with no change for at least 6 months. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDINFO status with no change in 30 days the QA team will close the bug as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to lack of needed information. For more information about our NEEDINFO policy please read the wiki located here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bugzilla/Fields/Status/NEEDINFO If you have already provided the requested information, please mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED so that the QA team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed. Thank you for helping us make LibreOffice even better for everyone! Warm Regards, QA Team MassPing-NeedInfo-Ping
I no longer need this version fixed. You may close the case
(In reply to Chayim Phillips from comment #17) > I no longer need this version fixed. You may close the case Do you mean you can no longer reproduce it ?
I am using a version compatible to Windows XP which I no longer need fixed. At some point, I will upgrade to Windows 10 and will use that version of LibreOffice. In the meantime, I no longer have an outstanding need to be able to create a Hebrew document in Fillable PDF format. This case can be closed.
[Automated Action] NeedInfo-To-Unconfirmed
(In reply to Chayim Phillips from comment #19) > In the meantime, I no longer have an outstanding need to be > able to create a Hebrew document in Fillable PDF format. This case can be > closed. So let's close it. Chayim, feel free to change it back to UNCONFIRMED if you're able to install actual version of LO.
FYI - the RTF file (attachment 137779 [details]), when opened with LO 6.4, has both textboxes directed left-to-right, and aligned right.