Bug 127601 - calc changes formatting (applied font) without permission [solved?]
Summary: calc changes formatting (applied font) without permission [solved?]
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
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6.3.0.0.alpha1+
Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2019-09-17 10:06 UTC by b.
Modified: 2019-09-21 20:37 UTC (History)
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Description b. 2019-09-17 10:06:36 UTC
Description:
on editing a cell calc applied unwanted fonts, it was very difficult to change them back, 

may be it's 'standard', it's a 'feature', or just erroneous options set by me or by default, 

it's been driving me nuts to try, try, try again and again to correct a wrong applied font in one cell ... on confirmation with enter calc jumped back to the 'old' formatting and display, 

the solution is - as i assume - that calc does something like 'alike-search' or 'similarity-search', and applied the font setting from other instances (the same text in other cells). As i couldn't change plenty cells at one time and as calc 'remembered' something after deleting all theese cells, the final workaround was: 

- delete all wrongly formatted cells from the file, 
- close the file, 
- create a temporary file and a cell with the right content and formatting in this file, 
- open the affected sheet, 
- copy and paste the newly created cell from the temporary sheet, 

any hints appreciated, 

filed as a bug in an attempt to try to beware other users to waste their time - it would make sense to implement a message or warning 'attention, there was an automatic adaption, do you want to take it? or use your original input?' 

reg. 



b. 

Steps to Reproduce:
actually i'm too short in time to investigate about reproductivity ... 

Actual Results:
fonts obstinate changed by the program

Expected Results:
when a user applies a font it should be respected by the program


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha1 (x64)
Build ID: 547edd20e527fb02900f6174973770d26306e2e7
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI-Language: en-US
Calc:
Comment 1 b. 2019-09-21 20:37:53 UTC
solution: 

all? (almost most) unwanted formatting changes and changes of content can be undone by hitting ctrl-z after the change, 

calc performs and stores two different steps, first the change by the user, then the change be 'prettyfying', 'similarity search' or whatever, 

with the first 'ctrl-z' after that the user can undo unwanted automatic changes, with the second 'ctrl-z' his input is undone, 

nice feature!, but!!! 

there should be some more hints on this behaviour, preferably it should be turned off on a fresh install, and only be activated on user request, 

otherwise - as it is now - it may take plenty of time of a user to investigate why the program doesn't follow his intention ... 

reg. 



b.