Description: Footnote symbol in DOCX documents created with Microsoft Word 2010 gets another symbol before it when the document is opened in LibreOffice Writer. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a new document in Microsoft Word. 2. On the Preferences tab click Footnotes. 3. Choose Symbol on pup-up window. 4. Choose a character and click OK. 5. Save the file as DOCX. 6. Open the same file in LibreOffice Writer and compare the two versions. 7. Save it with another name. 8. Open the same file with Microsoft Word and compare it with the original Microsoft Word version. Actual Results: The symbol is duplicated opened in LibreOffice Writer or gets another symbol before it. The export file gets a number before the symbol opened in Microsoft Word 2010. Expected Results: The symbol should remain the same (single symbol). Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info:
Created attachment 146659 [details] An example file created in Word
Created attachment 146660 [details] The example file after saved in Writer
Created attachment 146661 [details] A screenshot showing the file created in Word and opened in Writer.
Created attachment 146662 [details] A screenshot showing the files after saved in Writer
Version: 6.0.6.2 Build ID: 0c292870b25a325b5ed35f6b45599d2ea4458e77 CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; Locale: en-US (en_US); Calc: group Microsoft Word 2007 Thank you for reporting the bug. I can confirm that the bug is present as mentioned.
Also reproduced in Version: 5.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 3ca42d8d51174010d5e8a32b96e9b4c0b3730a53 Threads 4; Ver: 4.10; Render: default; Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha1+ Build ID: c15927f20d4727c3b8de68497b6949e72f9e6e9e Version 4.1.0.0.alpha0+ (Build ID: efca6f15609322f62a35619619a6d5fe5c9bd5a)
Confirmed in 3.3.0 on Win 10
Jan-Marek Glogowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/a991ad93dcd6807d0eacd11a50c2ae43a2cfb882 tdf#121441 improve DOCX footnote import It will be available in 6.4.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Please read the full comment of the patch. There are a lot of problems with the current solution, which mostly stem from limitation in the representation of footnotes in ODF in comparison to DOCX. Fixing all the problems for good would start with an ODF extension to make the footnote label a flexible text run and not just a text string, allow a different string for the reference and the footnote area label and change the whole footnote editing, which is currently represented by a edit field in an dialog. All of this can be handled in additional bugs.
Xisco Fauli committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/600b35480da436b2683b720149b576e85c16aa84 tdf#121441: Add unittest It will be available in 7.0.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.