Bug 156711 - save odt to docx increases size from 796kB to 5.1MB
Summary: save odt to docx increases size from 796kB to 5.1MB
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 142898
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.2.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2023-08-10 11:05 UTC by Elmar
Modified: 2023-08-10 11:56 UTC (History)
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Attachments
original document (777.69 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2023-08-10 11:09 UTC, Elmar
Details
doc saved to mso doc (30.50 KB, application/msword)
2023-08-10 11:10 UTC, Elmar
Details

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Description Elmar 2023-08-10 11:05:29 UTC
Description:
Enormous increase in lo tp mso doc

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open ODT
2.save ODT to DOCX / DOCT
3.

Actual Results:
file size increase from 796kB to >5MB

Expected Results:
should be about same size

when saving with Version: 7.3.7.2 size is 31kB


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-GB
Module: TextDocument
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Linux (All)
OS is 64bit: yes

Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d16d86685afdf3d321cc282a39a65f38381b6eaa
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB
Calc: threaded

Version: 7.3.7.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 30(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.3
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Elmar 2023-08-10 11:09:47 UTC
Created attachment 188901 [details]
original document
Comment 2 Elmar 2023-08-10 11:10:19 UTC
Created attachment 188902 [details]
doc saved to mso doc
Comment 3 Gabor Kelemen (allotropia) 2023-08-10 11:56:58 UTC
This happens because in File - Properties - Font the "Embed fonts in the document" setting is enabled. 
When saving to docx, that saves all fonts that are part of any of the styles.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 142898 ***