Description: Hyperlinks in .odt file are not created when printing to .xps on Windows 10 using Microsoft XPS Document Writer virtual printer Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create new .odt (Write) file on Windows 10. 2. Add some text; select part of text (e.g., a word). 3. Add hyperlink (URL) to selected text (e.g., https://www.google.com). 4. Print document to .xps file using virtual printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer. 5. Open newly created .xps file in any viewer (e.g., Microsoft Edge) and try opening/clicking the hyperlink. 6. Note: Hyperlink successfully opens in system Web browser if .xps document is created either by saving to .xps in Microsoft Word, or by opening a .docx file created in the same way, printing to .pdf, and finally printing the .pdf to .xps using Microsoft XPS Document Writer. Actual Results: Cannot open hyperlink Expected Results: Successfully open hyperlink in system browser Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No OpenGL enabled: Yes Additional Info: Version: 6.4.6.2 (x64) Build ID: 0ce51a4fd21bff07a5c061082cc82c5ed232f115 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: default; VCL: win; Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded
How is this a LibreOffice issue? "Print document to .xps file using virtual printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer" LibreOffice has no established native support for XPS/Open XPS (see bug 61195); and Microsoft has deprecated their PDF work alike--dropping their Reader, and hiding the XPS Viewer app from Windows 10. Ghostscript XPS will parse the result. But there also, MS XPS Document Writer virtual printer does not produce viable URL/UNC. IMHO => NAB; and likewise => WF for enhancement.
I think this is LO-related because, as I explained, printing to .xps from a .pdf creates a valid hyperlink whereas printing to .xps from Writer does not.