Description: Word created docx opens with grey spaces instead of blank spaces. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open the attached docx 2. Notice grey spacing where we expect blank spacing 3. Actual Results: Spaces are colored grey Expected Results: Spaces are blank Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 7.6.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 56f7684011345957bbf33a7ee678afaf4d2ba333 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: nl-BE (nl_BE); UI: nl-NL Calc: CL threaded
Created attachment 190294 [details] Document illustrating the problem
Created attachment 190295 [details] Image of the same document opened in Word
This does not appear to be a bug, but rather the expected behavior of Writer. The fact that the spaces are marked in gray does not mean that they are printed in gray. Let's say that they are spaces that are so marked to indicate that they are not "normal" spaces. Surely the text comes from an HTML file (a web page) and spaces in web pages are marked differently than in a text editor. If you don't want the gray marks indicating the fields to be visible, just turn it off in the View > Field shadings menu. You can also search for all those HTML spaces and replace them with "normal" spaces.