Description: After opening a DOCX file, I see light grey brackets [] randomly scattered about enclosing strings. Steps to Reproduce: 1. open "writer_brackets everywhere.docx" 2. toggle on "Formatting Marks" Actual Results: observe the first sentence is bracketed, but there is no need for this Expected Results: no brackets would be showing Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: na
Created attachment 180476 [details] docx file
Created attachment 180477 [details] example I can't upload the entire DOCX, so here is one example.
Created attachment 180481 [details] Screenshot of the bookmark Hi Justin, thanks for reporting this issue. These brackets you are seeing are not printable characters. They're actually markings that show that this is the target of a bookmark. To check this in the sample file you provided, open the Navigator (press F5) and go to the Bookmarks section. Now double-click the bookmark and you'll see that the section enclosed with brackets will be selected. See attached image for more details. To hide these markings, you can simply disable the option in View - Field Shadings. Can you confirm that this fix your issue?
It does remove the bookmarks, but the issue is there should be no bookmarks. I didn't put them there and I doubt the author of the original DOCX did (they don't make sense).
(In reply to Justin from comment #4) > It does remove the bookmarks, but the issue is there should be no bookmarks. > I didn't put them there and I doubt the author of the original DOCX did > (they don't make sense). Maybe the file had these hyperlinks but they were not visible. If you can share part of the original DOCX I can inspect it for you.
I'm confused, Rafael. I did upload part of the DOCX. Do you mean a part of the file that has not been saved in Writer? Also, I confirmed with the author of the file that he had only one known bookmark.
[Automated Action] NeedInfo-To-Unconfirmed
(In reply to Justin from comment #6) > I'm confused, Rafael. I did upload part of the DOCX. Do you mean a part of > the file that has not been saved in Writer? > Also, I confirmed with the author of the file that he had only one known > bookmark. Yes... I would like to check part of the original DOCX that has not been touched by Writer, so I can verify whether these links were there in the original DOCX file or if they were wrongly created by Writer.
Created attachment 180525 [details] Bookmark shown in MS Word This screenshot shows the DOCX file you originally submitted (Atachment 180476) opened in MS Word. I downloaded it directly from your bug report and opened it in MS Word. Notice that the bookmark was already there. So, if this DOCX file already had this bookmark before Writer opened it, then LO Writer simply imported it as it should. I should note, however, that it was marked as a "hidden" bookmark (see the marked checkbox in my screenshot "Indicadores ocultos"). Before taking any further action, I would like to confirm if this DOCX you submitted had already been touched by Writer.
Indeed, there are bookmarks in the original file. All but one are 'hidden'. Neither me nor the author knew of such things. I don't know how they got there. So, there is no bug, unless Writer should have kept them hidden. My apologies for logging this bug.
Hi Justin, no problem.