Bug 134194 - When editing with Track Changes, number strings randomly insert in front of italics when reopened.
Summary: When editing with Track Changes, number strings randomly insert in front of i...
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.3.5.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Reported: 2020-06-21 14:01 UTC by demiurge
Modified: 2022-09-05 03:38 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Edited horror novel (2.11 MB, text/rtf)
2020-06-21 14:01 UTC, demiurge
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Example file for time being (249.15 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2020-07-20 07:39 UTC, Telesto
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Another alternative (267.86 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2020-07-20 08:10 UTC, Telesto
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Description demiurge 2020-06-21 14:01:50 UTC
Created attachment 162255 [details]
Edited horror novel

Also, in the same documents, large chunks of text are marked as having been inserted that were there originally and were not edited. Happening in .rtf, .doc, and .docx. The number-preceding-italics and fake-insert problems have been happening for a long time, but the latest file now also has uncuttable question marks preceding every title/heading … which DO paste into InDesign!

Attaching latest file with the problems.
Comment 1 sora34ce 2020-07-19 22:50:49 UTC
Hello,

I've tried to reproduce the bug you had reported, but it works for me. 

First, I opened an empty document with Track Changer on. Next, I added a few titles and headers and then saved the file as .doc and .docx. When I reopened the files, there were no extra question marks added in the document.

Please let us know if these continue to be issues. Thank you.
Comment 2 Buovjaga 2020-07-20 06:11:24 UTC
This is a bit problematic to analyse without having a known good state. The known good document should also preferably be in .odt format.

The number strings are not random upon reopen, but can be seen if opening the file in a text editor.

I investigated the question marks by removing markup from a line in a text editor. At least I found out that the question mark disappears, if I remove \ls2 \

According to the spec, ls means:

\ls 	Should exactly match the ls for one of the list overrides in the List Override table.

\ls 	The (1-based) index of this \listoverride in the \listoverride table. This value should never be zero inside a \listoverride, and must be unique for all \listoverrides within a document. The valid values are from 1 to 2000.

http://www.biblioscape.com/rtf15_spec.htm

We have to focus on a single issue per report in any case.

Are you able to create an .odt file, which works fine, but then exhibits one of the problems when saved to .rtf?
Comment 3 Buovjaga 2020-07-20 06:11:43 UTC
Set to NEEDINFO.
Change back to UNCONFIRMED after you have provided the document.
Comment 4 Telesto 2020-07-20 07:39:54 UTC
Created attachment 163300 [details]
Example file for time being
Comment 5 Telesto 2020-07-20 08:10:35 UTC
Created attachment 163302 [details]
Another alternative
Comment 6 demiurge 2020-07-20 09:25:06 UTC
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #2)
> This is a bit problematic to analyse without having a known good state. The
> known good document should also preferably be in .odt format.
> 
> The number strings are not random upon reopen, but can be seen if opening
> the file in a text editor.
> 
> I investigated the question marks by removing markup from a line in a text
> editor. At least I found out that the question mark disappears, if I remove
> \ls2 \
> 
> According to the spec, ls means:
> 
> \ls 	Should exactly match the ls for one of the list overrides in the List
> Override table.
> 
> \ls 	The (1-based) index of this \listoverride in the \listoverride table.
> This value should never be zero inside a \listoverride, and must be unique
> for all \listoverrides within a document. The valid values are from 1 to
> 2000.
> 
> http://www.biblioscape.com/rtf15_spec.htm
> 
> We have to focus on a single issue per report in any case.
> 
> Are you able to create an .odt file, which works fine, but then exhibits one
> of the problems when saved to .rtf?

I don't generally have problems with documents I've created from scratch. These problems occur with documents I'm sent to edit for my work. These are usually compilations of Word files, sometimes generated from OCR, often subsequently saved as .rtf. But the problems don't appear until after I've used Record Changes in LibreOffice. I'm not sure what you mean about opening the file with a text editor and making the changes you propose; while I've worked with HTML, I've never worked with the background code for Word or LibreOffice documents.
Comment 7 Telesto 2020-07-20 10:23:28 UTC
Is it possible the upload a 'fine' document (so not broken in advance)
Ideally with some steps to generate a broken file.. but original file it least give some pointers
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2021-01-17 04:12:33 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 demiurge 2021-01-23 02:38:32 UTC
I'm not able to create a document that causes problems. I'm assuming these errors stem from platform/software conflicts. It's frustrating because these errors (insertion of number strings preceding italics) only occur in files after I've proofread them. Obviously, this is causing trouble with my employment. No, it's not a virus or malware at my end.
Comment 10 Telesto 2021-01-23 07:25:37 UTC
(In reply to demiurge from comment #9)
> I'm not able to create a document that causes problems. I'm assuming these
> errors stem from platform/software conflicts. It's frustrating because these
> errors (insertion of number strings preceding italics) only occur in files
> after I've proofread them. Obviously, this is causing trouble with my
> employment. No, it's not a virus or malware at my end.

Already updated to the latest version? Ideally 7.1 but 7.0 would do. there where improvements which could have an positive impact
Comment 11 Dieter 2022-02-05 15:54:57 UTC
Hello Demiurge, a new major release of LibreOffice is available since this bug was reported. Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ?
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
Comment 12 QA Administrators 2022-08-05 03:32:12 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 13 QA Administrators 2022-09-05 03:38:25 UTC
Dear demiurge,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
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