Bug 143847 - Setting a DOCX to multi-page view; affecting other DOCX documents on file open
Summary: Setting a DOCX to multi-page view; affecting other DOCX documents on file open
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
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Reported: 2021-08-12 18:55 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2023-03-23 03:24 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Attachments
Example DOCX (135.54 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2021-08-12 18:55 UTC, Telesto
Details
Example ODT (14.97 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2021-08-12 18:55 UTC, Telesto
Details

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Description Telesto 2021-08-12 18:55:17 UTC
Description:
Setting a DOCX to multi-page view; affecting other DOCX documents on file open

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached DOCX
2. Set it to multi-page view
3. open the attached ODT
4. Save as DOCX
5. File -> Reload -> Moving to multipage view

Actual Results:
Multi-page view enabled

Expected Results:
I see single page view as default. The page view mode isn't stored in DOCX (as far I can tell), so should fall back on single page view, I think


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 36efb384a66b6dd645e0ae80fd7df68370a9dc8b
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 1 Telesto 2021-08-12 18:55:38 UTC
Created attachment 174241 [details]
Example DOCX
Comment 2 Telesto 2021-08-12 18:55:55 UTC
Created attachment 174242 [details]
Example ODT
Comment 3 Telesto 2021-08-12 18:57:48 UTC
Also in
Versie: 4.4.7.2 
Build ID: f3153a8b245191196a4b6b9abd1d0da16eead600
Locale: nl_NL

and in
LibreOffice 3.5.7.2 
Build ID: 3215f89-f603614-ab984f2-7348103-1225a5b
Comment 4 Telesto 2021-08-12 18:58:52 UTC
@NISZ
DOCX isn't able to store view (single/multi-page), right?
Comment 5 Nina_Shtygailo 2021-08-13 08:16:53 UTC
confirm in

Version: 7.1.5.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 85f04e9f809797b8199d13c421bd8a2b025d52b5
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (ru_RU); UI: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 6 Telesto 2021-08-13 10:20:13 UTC
Lets add UX-advise too..
Comment 7 Heiko Tietze 2021-08-16 08:18:26 UTC
No need for input from UX. Settings should be stored in the document and this particular option is not working. => bug acc. c5
Comment 8 Telesto 2021-08-16 08:25:56 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #7)
> No need for input from UX. Settings should be stored in the document and
> this particular option is not working. => bug acc. c5

Is this possible with DOCX?
Comment 9 Justin L 2021-08-16 12:44:27 UTC
(In reply to Telesto from comment #8)
> Is this possible with DOCX?
No, AFAICS. In Word 2016 View tab you can chose "Multiple Pages". However, when I saved my DOCX (showing 3 pages across), then switched to one-page view and restarted Word without saving, the document opened in one page view.

NOTABUG IMHO.
Comment 10 Telesto 2021-08-16 13:56:33 UTC
(In reply to Justin L from comment #9)
> NOTABUG IMHO.

Well surely not a bug at DOCX level (so from that perspective NOTABUG). 

What I had in mind was opening DOCX (likely DOCX/RTF too) in 'single page view' by default (so consistently)). So not inherent some other last accessed view - like multipage view - from a different document DOCX/DOC document.

However no clue if this being technically possible without major effort (I suspect so, but I don't know). 

Its a UX question.. how this situation should be handled. So the fallback situation where the view is lacking.

Putting back to UNCONFIRMED...
Comment 11 Heiko Tietze 2021-08-18 09:03:07 UTC
The last state should be restored. If DOCX doesn't store this option, the default should be single page. +1 for NAB
Comment 12 Telesto 2021-08-18 18:32:47 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #11)
> The last state should be restored. If DOCX doesn't store this option, the
> default should be single page. +1 for NAB

I'm really confused right now :-) I created the bug report because there is no single page by default. It simply inherits the view of previously opened DOCX/DOC file. Which results in kind of erratic behaviour.

If you open a DOCX and set it to multipage view. Close it.. Open a different DOCX, it will go to multipage view.. simply because that was the last state.. 

So doesn't do what you say it should do (if I'm reading it correctly), but it's NAB at the same time?
Comment 13 Heiko Tietze 2021-08-19 07:55:35 UTC
(In reply to Telesto from comment #12)
> (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #11)
> > The last state should be restored. If DOCX doesn't store this option, the
> > default should be single page. +1 for NAB
> 
> I'm really confused right now :-)

Saving native ODF stores the view mode. If doing the same with DOCX ignores the view mode the fallback could be single page. Could also imagine to just keep the previous mode, as it seems to be the fact. => NAB as of c9
Comment 14 Telesto 2021-08-19 09:14:35 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 15 Dieter 2022-08-23 16:49:42 UTC
Telesto, any changes with an actual version of LO? If not, how can we come to a final decision here. I don't think it is useful to have a bug report in status unconfirmed for such a long time.

=> NEEDINFO
Comment 16 QA Administrators 2023-02-20 03:19:41 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 17 QA Administrators 2023-03-23 03:24:09 UTC
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