Bug 149419 - Footnote numbers aren't reset between letters in mail merge
Summary: Footnote numbers aren't reset between letters in mail merge
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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6.4.7.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Reported: 2022-06-01 10:07 UTC by c+lobug
Modified: 2023-01-14 03:26 UTC (History)
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Description c+lobug 2022-06-01 10:07:03 UTC
When writing a document and adding footnotes, then making a mail merge using that template, the footnote numbers are incremented across the whole mailing rather than reset for each letter.

For instance, I have a template with two footnotes numbered "1" and "2" in the document.

I do a mail merge that will output 4 letters with different addresses.

In the preview (on screen), each letter has the correct footnote numbering ("1" and "2")

But when printing it with the Print button in the mail merge toolbar, the first letter will have "1", "2"; then the second letter will have "3", "4", etc.

With a large enough mail merge and enough documents, the two footnotes end up being numbered in the hundreds or thousands when they should instead reset with each distinct letter/document.
Comment 1 Dieter 2022-06-16 04:21:39 UTC
Thank you for reporting the bug. It seems you're using an old version of LibreOffice. 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 and paste informations from Help -> About LibreOffice. Change to RESOLVED WORKSFORME, if the problem went away.
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2022-12-14 03:21:02 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2023-01-14 03:26:00 UTC
Dear c+lobug,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
a lack of information which is needed in order to accurately
reproduce and confirm the problem. We encourage you to retest
your bug against the latest release. If the issue is still
present in the latest stable release, we need the following
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   system and the latest version of LibreOffice that you have
   confirmed the bug to be present

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Once all of this is done, please set the bug back to UNCONFIRMED
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