Bug 163906 - DOCX DOC: Special Footnote signs multiply each time file is opened after saving
Summary: DOCX DOC: Special Footnote signs multiply each time file is opened after saving
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.3.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Keywords: filter:doc, filter:docx
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Blocks: DOCX-Footnote-Endnote
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Reported: 2024-11-14 21:20 UTC by Yotam Benshalom
Modified: 2024-11-19 06:04 UTC (History)
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Description Yotam Benshalom 2024-11-14 21:20:07 UTC
When opening a .doc or .docx file created in LO which contains a special footnote after it was saved, the chosen special footnote sign at the bottom of the page is typed a second time next to the original one. If the file is opened and saved multiple times, more and more signs will be added to the original one.
If the file contains multiple special footnotes, sometimes extra signs will be added the the footnote sign in the main text as well.

To reproduce:
1. Create a doc or docx file. Type some text.
2. Insert -> Footnotes and Endnotes -> Inset Special Footnote/Endnote.
3. Choose "Character", and type an asterix (*) as the chosen character at the adjacent field. Press Confirm.
4. Type some text as the footnote.
5. Save the file, close it and re-open it.

Expected results:
- The footnote at the bottom of the page should be marked with one asterix.

Actual results:
- The footnote at the bottom of the page is marked with two asterixes. If the file will be changed, saved, closed and opened again, the footnote will contain three asterixes, and so on.
Extra signs can be deleted manually from the footnote, but they come back after saving and re-openning,

For extra bugginess:
1. Add a second special footnote to the file at the same manner, this time marked with two asterixes (**) as the chosen character. Upon re-opening, note that some new assterixes were added not only to the footnotes at the bottom of the page, but also to one of the footnote signs at the main text.
Comment 1 Yotam Benshalom 2024-11-14 21:58:11 UTC
Forgot to mention my system details:

Version: 24.8.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 480(Build:2)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.11; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: he-IL (he_IL.UTF-8); UI: he-IL
Ubuntu package version: 4:24.8.3~rc2-0ubuntu0.24.10.1~lo1
Calc: threaded
Comment 2 Eric Rodriguez 2024-11-17 17:08:53 UTC
I followed the steps and confirmed same results.

Thank you for reporting the bug. I can confirm that the bug is present in
Version: 25.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 83910246044c1e05a3b50e25d21ac6a31566cc38
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 22631); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

Thank you for reporting the bug. I can confirm that the bug is present in
Version: 24.8.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 48a6bac9e7e268aeb4c3483fcf825c94556d9f92
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 22631); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded