Bug 157269 - My Thai native number settings on Writer were reset to their Hindu Arabic form after reopening the file
Summary: My Thai native number settings on Writer were reset to their Hindu Arabic for...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.1.0.3 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: filter:docx
Depends on:
Blocks: DOCX-Bullet-Number-Outline-Lists
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Reported: 2023-09-16 04:25 UTC by Tan Arthakamol
Modified: 2025-09-30 03:12 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
file example (5.33 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2023-09-18 17:08 UTC, Tan Arthakamol
Details
The same example but saved as odt (9.40 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2023-09-18 17:16 UTC, Tan Arthakamol
Details

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Description Tan Arthakamol 2023-09-16 04:25:09 UTC
Description:
This happens on both page numbers and lists.

Actual Results:
1. I set my page and lists numbers as native numbering. (Thai)
2. I save my file before closing it.
3. Those numbers are reset to their western form.

Expected Results:
3. Those numbers stay in their native form.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 7.3.7.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 30(Build:2)
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: th-TH (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.3
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2023-09-16 10:42:07 UTC
Please don't set up as 'NEW' yourself, someone else after test must do it.

What file format do you use to save?
And please attach a sample file.
Comment 2 Tan Arthakamol 2023-09-18 17:08:05 UTC
Created attachment 189672 [details]
file example
Comment 3 Tan Arthakamol 2023-09-18 17:14:47 UTC
Update: This happens after I save the file(s) as .docx but it does not when I save as .odt.
Comment 4 Tan Arthakamol 2023-09-18 17:16:09 UTC
Created attachment 189673 [details]
The same example but saved as odt
Comment 5 m_a_riosv 2023-09-18 20:58:14 UTC
Let's see if someone with acknowledge in the matter can help.
Comment 6 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-09-30 16:39:59 UTC
Thanks for the report!

Reproduced that saving the ODT as DOCX resets the numbering in:

Version: 7.3.7.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e114eadc50a9ff8d8c8a0567d6da8f454beeb84f
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

As well as in a recent master build:

Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e9a0c97de95688b2f86bbb4dd8c823af5442401c
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

and since 6.1.0.3 (6.0 would have the Arabic numbering already on opening the ODT).

Sounds similar to bug 97569, but unsure if duplicate given the earliest version affected.
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2025-09-30 03:12:31 UTC
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