Bug 157777 - Saving an ODT document as DOC or RTF corrupts the column-named-section
Summary: Saving an ODT document as DOC or RTF corrupts the column-named-section
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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(earliest affected)
7.5.6.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
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Reported: 2023-10-14 16:09 UTC by Tracey
Modified: 2023-10-14 16:36 UTC (History)
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column named sections bug (2.80 MB, application/x-7z-compressed)
2023-10-14 16:09 UTC, Tracey 		Details
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Description Tracey 2023-10-14 16:09:31 UTC 
Created attachment 190216 [details]
column named sections bug

When saving an ODT document in LibreOffice as a DOC or an RTF, the 247 column-named-section get changed to Sections1 thru Section490 (normal mode or safe mode)
I saved the document in LibreOffice as a DOC and an RTF then reopened the documents in LibreOffice to verify that the column-named-sections are being corrupted by LibreOffice itself.

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Thanks, Tracey
Since LibreOffice find-replace font-style corrupts the document (bug 157743), my alternate attempt to fix the text was to export as (DOC or RTF) to (Word2000 or Word2002) and it fixed the text, but I discovered this issue.
When I export the ODT document from LibreOffice as DOC:
opening/changing/saving the DOC in Word2000 find-replace: 21,632 times does NOT corrupt the text-fonts
opening/changing/saving the DOC in Word2002 find-replace: 21,632 times does NOT corrupt the text-fonts
Comment 1 Mike Kaganski 2023-10-14 16:36:22 UTC 
It is not a bug: you save to file formats that have no support for Writer's (ODF) sections. MS Word (and all formats created for it) uses the word "section" for something different; and that thing is not named.