Description: There seems to be a bug in MS word that breaks LO when opening docx files. MS Text boxes are imported as LO frames, which is good because styles are preserved. If the MS text boxes are grouped, then LO imports them as LO text boxes, with no style preservation. It must relate to an MS bug because if in MS Word I copy and paste multiple ungrouped MS text boxes, the style is not preserved! Copy paste already grouped MS text boxes preserves the styles. I am attaching a docx file with examples of text boxes, solo and grouped. ps. dont tell me to go and tell MS to fix their software. I would rather have LO give an option to convert all textboxes to frames even if they are grouped. Steps to Reproduce: 1.with word create 3 text boxes with styles ike title and heading 2.group 2 of the boxes together and leave the other alone 3.open the file in LO Actual Results: no formatting in the text boxes that were grouped in MS Word Expected Results: Styles to be preserved even of text boxes are grouped. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No OpenGL enabled: Yes Additional Info:
Created attachment 144010 [details] examples of lost style formatting between word and writer
Just to clarify that opening doxc files with grouped text boxes does NOT break LO, it just doesn't work as expected. I guess I was a bit frustrated when I wrote the report :) The same behaviour exists in Version: 6.0.3.2 Build ID: 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1
Confirmed. In old versions of LibO the grouped text boxes are not seen, just paragraphs. Arch Linux 64-bit Version: 6.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 033a68c49fe2b8aa397832d92d400eb0259ea809 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.18; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3_kde5; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: threaded Built on September 5th 2018
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I confirm that the bug is still present in LO Version: 6.3.1.2 (x64) Build ID: b79626edf0065ac373bd1df5c28bd630b4424273 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; VCL: win; Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI-Language: en-GB Calc: threaded I uploaded a new file for testing
Created attachment 154080 [details] Text boxes in Word, grouped and ungrouped New file for testing, the old one had issues with placement of the text boxes. I have included photos of how it looks on my computer, in case there are differences in yours.
Created attachment 154082 [details] File saved as old DOC file LO 3.3 does opens the file properly and styles are preserved. LO 6.5 opens file but complains it has macros, styles are preserved
In summary: DOCX (latest windows 365 build) LO 3.3 opens the docx file and the boxes are empty and all over the place. LO 6.5 opens the docx file and the formatting is not preserved in the grouped boxes. 97-2003 DOC LO 3.3 opens the doc file and formatting is preserved in the text boxes LO 6.5 opens the doc file complaining there is a macro, and formatting is preserved in the text boxes I hope someone can make sense of all the confounding factors.
Created attachment 160990 [details] Screenshot of the example document in Word and Writer Still present in: Version: 7.0.0.0.alpha1+ (x64) Build ID: 557c6777ad33b54af28541a96bcf91596995b388 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: default; VCL: win; Locale: hu-HU (hu_HU); UI: en-US Calc: CL
This happens because Writer does not support using paragraph styles in grouped shapes, only in non-grouped ones. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 96642 ***
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 66039 ***