Description: I found when checking word count in a long document that Writer always was 10 words longer. I finally traced it to Writer counting some dashes as words. Neither MS Word nor Softmaker Textmaker reads these as words in their count. I can provide a document that demonstrates the difference, but it doesn't reproduce in an online form. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Not sure how the dashes that are counted were made. 2. 3. Actual Results: Some dashes are counted as words Expected Results: The count should have ignored the dashes. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info:
Created attachment 153059 [details] Shows example of a dash that is not counted as a word and one that is.
In OOXML the run is "<w:t xml:space="preserve">Earth </w:t><w:softHyphen/><w:t>– not</w:t></w:r>" Which on filter import to Writer gives a text run of U+0020 U+00AD U+2013 U+0020 So, seems the filter assigned U+00AD (SOFT HYPHEN) in combination with the (EN DASH) and bounded by spaces is treated as an edit engine word, increasing the word count.
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I was able to reproduce this bug first in version 6.4.7.2. When using a short dash is counted as a word but when using a long dash (autocorrected) is not counted as a word. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Type a dash and add space and type a word and press enter 2. Type a word add space and type a dash and type a word and add space Actual Results: The short dash in Step 1 is counted as a word and the long(autocorrected)dash in Step 2 is not counted as a word. Expected Results: Both short dash and long dash should be counted or ignored depending on the specifications. The user guide is ambiguous. https://help.libreoffice.org/7.2/en-US/text/swriter/guide/words_count.html?&DbPAR=WRITER&System=WIN Version: 6.4.7.2 (x64) Build ID: 639b8ac485750d5696d7590a72ef1b496725cfb5 CPU threads: 6; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: default; VCL: win; Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US Calc: CL I reproduced it in version 7.5.2.2 and it is still present Version: 7.5.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 53bb9681a964705cf672590721dbc85eb4d0c3a2 CPU threads: 6; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: threaded I reproduced it in the master version 7.6.0.0 and it is still present Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: f4c24da1e7f11664e0d2f688d2531f068e4a3bc0 CPU threads: 6; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
I checked in OOo 3.3, it was already the case for a simple hyphen and a soft hyphen surrounded by spaces (although the en-dash was also counted back then). Related issue looking at the documentation is bug 62799. Testing in 24.2 alpha0+: Not counted En – dash: not counted (U+2013) Em — dash: not counted (U+2014) Counted Horizontal ― bar: counted (U+2015) Figure ‒ dash: counted (U+2012) Hyphen - minus: counted (U+002D) Minus − sign: counted (U+2212) Hyphen ‐ hyphen: counted (U+2010) Soft hyphen: counted (U+00AD) Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 9fc0b2b9b96d87eb642a3b29e9dcb5d6273265eb CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Dear steve.sottong, To make sure we're focusing on the bugs that affect our users today, LibreOffice QA is asking bug reporters and confirmers to retest open, confirmed bugs which have not been touched for over a year. There have been thousands of bug fixes and commits since anyone checked on this bug report. During that time, it's possible that the bug has been fixed, or the details of the problem have changed. We'd really appreciate your help in getting confirmation that the bug is still present. If you have time, please do the following: Test to see if the bug is still present with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/ If the bug is present, please leave a comment that includes the information from Help - About LibreOffice. If the bug is NOT present, please set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED-WORKSFORME and leave a comment that includes the information from Help - About LibreOffice. Please DO NOT Update the version field Reply via email (please reply directly on the bug tracker) Set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED - FIXED (this status has a particular meaning that is not appropriate in this case) If you want to do more to help you can test to see if your issue is a REGRESSION. To do so: 1. Download and install oldest version of LibreOffice (usually 3.3 unless your bug pertains to a feature added after 3.3) from https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/ 2. Test your bug 3. Leave a comment with your results. 4a. If the bug was present with 3.3 - set version to 'inherited from OOo'; 4b. If the bug was not present in 3.3 - add 'regression' to keyword Feel free to come ask questions or to say hello in our QA chat: https://web.libera.chat/?settings=#libreoffice-qa Thank you for helping us make LibreOffice even better for everyone! Warm Regards, QA Team MassPing-UntouchedBug