Description: LibreOffice Writer 7.3.4.2 running under Ubuntu 22.04 LTS corrupts previously saved documents. For example, saved document with two images perfectly spaced and anchored to position of PAGE exactly where I wanted them. Started PC today, Ubuntu made numerous updates. Opened same document I was working on yesterday, and your software corrupted it. For example. DISPLAY IMAGES was TURNED OFF. Why? Next, your software removed all the page anchors and wrap I had set yesterday! Every PC I am buying for my consulting business is coming with Win 10 Pro and Office 365 preinstalled. Do you not realize that you are killing LibreOffice? John Steps to Reproduce: 1. Save document with images anchored to specific locations on each page. 2. Log off LibreOffice and Ubuntu 22.04 and reboot 3. Observe the mess that LibreOffice Writer has made to your document; all the time you spent carefully positioning images has been wasted. Actual Results: Already described above Expected Results: see above Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Why should I waste my time fixing problems that you should have discovered in 7.3.4.2? Previous versions did not have the problems I described above. also, why should I have to waste my time resetting my user profile? Open GL not enabled
Please attach the file with the problem and describe in more detail where the images were anchored before.
> Why should I waste my time fixing problems that you should have discovered > in 7.3.4.2? Previous versions did not have the problems I described above. You are currently the only reporter of such an issue. Obvious bugs get plenty of reports.. > also, why should I have to waste my time resetting my user profile? An update might cause a profile corruption -- Note: the cause might be the Ubuntu LibreOffice package. You can get the "official" TDF build from libreoffice.org.
I followed the suggestion to use the non-Ubuntu-specific version of the latest version of LibreOffice. I first removed the Ubuntu version, and then installed the version from your website. Of course, I had to save my documents before doing that, and I also rebooted my system. I then opened the "problem" document. Before saving the document (docx format as that is required by the journal that will receive the manuscript), I made sure that the two images were anchored to the page (not paragraph or character), and I protected contents, position, and size. Wrap was set to off and overlay was not marked. When I reopened the document with your (not Ubuntu) version of LibreOffice Writer, all protection for contents, position, and size HAD BEEN REMOVED, and the images were anchored to character, NOT THE PAGE. So, I had to reposition the images. When I anchored them to the page as in the original document, the images moved to the wrong position. Images, graphs, and tables are essential aspects of my scientific manuscripts. What do I have to do to keep LibreOffice Writer from corrupting my documents? John
Thanks for the reply.. N A) Are you are you saving to odt or docx? B) Is it possible to attach the file in question. Or are there privacy concerns?
Documents are saved as docx as they are often based between win10 pcs and linux (Ubunutu) pcs. Document cannot be shared at this time as it is a manuscript for a scientific journal and would be readily identifiable due to unique subject matter. What parameters are saved when document is saved as odt versus docx? John
[Automated Action] NeedInfo-To-Unconfirmed
I have had to change all my LibreOffice Writer documents to ODT. Apparently there has been a change in the way DOCX format is handled. DOCX format documents used to save to SSD very quickly, now they take literally minutes. Essentially, this time delay is forcing me to move all serious report writing over to Win 10 based systems, Thus, the problems with changes in document formatting on opening and saving in DOCX instead of ODT format are moot. I have even Win 10 devices, so it is not a problem. Others may not be as fortunate.
(In reply to john from comment #7) > I have had to change all my LibreOffice Writer documents to ODT. Apparently > there has been a change in the way DOCX format is handled. DOCX format > documents used to save to SSD very quickly, now they take literally minutes. > Essentially, this time delay is forcing me to move all serious report > writing over to Win 10 based systems, > > Thus, the problems with changes in document formatting on opening and saving > in DOCX instead of ODT format are moot. I have even Win 10 devices, so it > is not a problem. Others may not be as fortunate. If you can still reproduce the problem when saving from ODT to DOCX, please attach an example document. Set to NEEDINFO. Change back to UNCONFIRMED, if the problem persists. Change to RESOLVED WORKSFORME, if the problem went away.
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