Bug 164365 - LibreOffice Writer: Exporting a bulleted list to an epub, creates a new page for each item (seen in Kindle and Nook)
Summary: LibreOffice Writer: Exporting a bulleted list to an epub, creates a new page ...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.2.7.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
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Blocks: EPUB-Export
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Reported: 2024-12-18 01:56 UTC by Rich
Modified: 2025-10-21 06:19 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Attachments
test file (9.70 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2024-12-19 08:30 UTC, BogdanB
Details
test with list style (9.87 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2025-01-07 23:50 UTC, Rich
Details
screenshot (10.68 KB, image/png)
2025-01-08 05:42 UTC, BogdanB
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Description Rich 2024-12-18 01:56:56 UTC
Description:
I created an outline document made of a bulleted list using the List Contents style. To read it on my tablet I exported to an Epub. When I open the epub, the list shows up one item per page. I tried this with several readers, all the same. When exporting the document I selected Epub 3 and used the headers selection. I think it's the style, because I made another list and kept the Default Paragraph Style and the list shows normally in the epub.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Created list using the List Contents paragraph style
2. Export document to an epub
3. Open epub, see the list items one per page instead of together

Actual Results:
List items have page breaks between them.

Expected Results:
List items to display as they do on screen.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 24.2.7.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: ee3885777aa7032db5a9b65deec9457448a91162
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2024-12-18 22:10:54 UTC
Please can you attach a sample?
Comment 2 BogdanB 2024-12-19 08:30:08 UTC
Created attachment 198176 [details]
test file

With this test document the file is on a single page in the epub file.
Comment 3 BogdanB 2024-12-20 19:43:44 UTC
Rich, can you test with my demo file from comment 2?
It is created like in your description
Comment 4 Rich 2025-01-07 23:48:36 UTC
That file isn't showing the problem. The list items are Default Para style, which works fine. You need to set them to List Contents style.
Comment 5 Rich 2025-01-07 23:50:18 UTC
Created attachment 198425 [details]
test with list style
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2025-01-08 03:13:15 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 BogdanB 2025-01-08 05:42:53 UTC
Created attachment 198426 [details]
screenshot

I exported your document as EPUB and this is the result.
Comment 8 Buovjaga 2025-10-09 20:54:04 UTC
(In reply to Rich from comment #5)
> Created attachment 198425 [details]
> test with list style

Exported EPUB works fine for me in Okular.

Rich: which viewers do you see the problem in?

Arch Linux 64-bit
Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d0e936765b1b68d614271642629df6c615c7e9ae
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.17; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Built on 8 October 2025
Comment 9 Rich 2025-10-10 12:01:43 UTC
I'm seeing it on Kindle and Nook.
Comment 10 Rich 2025-10-20 20:43:37 UTC
I updated to the latest version and the one item per page issue is fixed. But now it does not preserve the bullets nor does it indent nested items with either paragraph formatting choice.
Comment 11 raal 2025-10-21 06:19:43 UTC
(In reply to Rich from comment #10)
> I updated to the latest version and the one item per page issue is fixed.
> But now it does not preserve the bullets nor does it indent nested items
> with either paragraph formatting choice.

Thank you for testing. Please open new bug with new issue - it’s regression then.