Bug 149580 - Text boundaries stop applying when saving as DOCX and opening both files
Summary: Text boundaries stop applying when saving as DOCX and opening both files
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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unspecified
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Writer-Tables
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Reported: 2022-06-15 21:51 UTC by Eyal Rozenberg
Modified: 2025-08-19 03:12 UTC (History)
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The two documents opened side-by-side (63.84 KB, image/png)
2022-06-15 21:51 UTC, Eyal Rozenberg
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Description Eyal Rozenberg 2022-06-15 21:51:00 UTC
Created attachment 180789 [details]
The two documents opened side-by-side

This is closely related to bug 112285, which I've just marked as WFM.

So, if we:

0. Check Show Text boundaries, uncheck Show Table Boundaries (e.g. on the View menu)
1. Open the ODT file in that bug (attachment 136111 [details])
2. Save it as a DOCX file
3. Close the DOCX file
4. Open both files (ODT and DOCX)

We'll see how the ODT table exhibits thin gray boundaries, while the DOCX table does not.
Comment 1 Rafael Lima 2022-06-16 14:14:57 UTC
Repro with

Version: 7.3.3.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 30(Build:2)
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 5.13; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: pt-BR (pt_BR.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.3~rc2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1~lo1
Calc: threaded

I believe the expected behavior would be to not show Table Boundaries in the ODT file, right?
Comment 2 Eyal Rozenberg 2022-06-16 17:38:03 UTC
(In reply to Rafael Lima from comment #1)
> I believe the expected behavior would be to not show Table Boundaries in the
> ODT file, right?

I _think_ so, but I'm not entirely sure, since I don't know whether a table cell is an area in which we're supposed to see text boundaries. Good point.

Anyway, if you've reproduced, please confirm.
Comment 3 Rafael Lima 2022-06-18 13:36:31 UTC
Repro with

Version: 7.5.0.0.alpha0+ / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: ca47989ad60b1414f92be22a1fbf4c1d1a92dd97
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 5.13; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: pt-BR (pt_BR.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: CL

The ODT file should not be showing the table boundaries since View - Table Boundaries option is unchecked.

Setting this to NEW.
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2025-08-19 03:12:50 UTC
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