Bug 120139 - The page layout (and page count) is immensely unstable with lots of footnotes
Summary: The page layout (and page count) is immensely unstable with lots of footnotes
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: low normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Page
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Reported: 2018-09-26 18:13 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2020-01-05 13:30 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
Example file (43.18 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2018-09-26 18:13 UTC, Telesto
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Description Telesto 2018-09-26 18:13:20 UTC
Description:
The number of pages (and the layout) is immensely unstable between versions and between reloads of the same file

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached file 
2. Reload the file multiple times
2. Compare page count 
Libo 6.2 (Starts with 118 ends with: 113/105/106/111)
LibO 6.0 (102)
LibO 5.4 (103)
Libo 4.4.7.2 (123)
Libo 3.5.7.2 (118 at first after a while 117)


Actual Results:
Layout is different for every version

Expected Results:
A stable number of pages/ layout. At least when reloading the file.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 6.2.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 1aa37aa6bee19099b57555a6d839992b054aa405
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3; UI render: default; 
TinderBox: Win-x86@42, Branch:master, Time: 2018-09-23_10:17:54
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); Calc: CL
Comment 1 Telesto 2018-09-26 18:13:52 UTC
Created attachment 145189 [details]
Example file
Comment 2 Dieter 2018-09-26 19:28:13 UTC
Observation in Lo 6.2: Immediately after opening and after reload it has 118 pages but every time and after a few seconds it reduces to a different number of pages (111 / 108 / 107 / 105)

in 6.0.6.2: constant 118 pages

So I would say, it is a bug => NEW
Comment 3 Telesto 2018-09-26 20:25:07 UTC
> in 6.0.6.2: constant 118 pages
> 
Are you sure about the 'constant' effect. Scroll down to the last page to check..

Weirdness also happening with:
LibreOffice 3.3.0 
OOO330m19 (Build:6)
tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4
Comment 4 David 2018-09-26 21:55:19 UTC
My guess is that it has to do with footnotes being in the last row of tables that are needing to split across pages.  I've noticed problems with tables splitting consistently.
Comment 5 Dieter 2018-09-27 07:10:21 UTC
What is very strange is, that the document has empty pages at its end with no formatting marks. they appear when you open the document and when you reload it. I've never seen that before.
Comment 6 Telesto 2018-09-27 07:16:28 UTC
(In reply to Dieter Praas from comment #5)
> What is very strange is, that the document has empty pages at its end with
> no formatting marks. they appear when you open the document and when you
> reload it. I've never seen that before.

Fits the description of bug 100477 comment 23
Comment 7 Telesto 2019-05-26 18:13:08 UTC
Repro with
Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: f5b9590fc06811a9dff550c6998d1d1088507e23
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: it-IT (nl_NL); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 8 Timur 2020-01-05 13:30:37 UTC
In 6.5+ start is 118 pages but after a while it shows 102 and stays so. PDF export is 102 but last one is empty.
Then, if 1st time saved and reopened, it's 102 but after a while it's 101. PDF export is 101.
If 2nd time resaved and reopened, it stays 101.
We may say it's converging to stability. 

I came here because I noticed some improvements in Writer's pagination and closed a couple of bugs.
I guess that's closest we'll have, with LO's text rendering.
So I'll mark WFM.