Bug 165544 - EDITING in Writer, the "Tracked deletions in margin" setting seems to cause random deletions
Summary: EDITING in Writer, the "Tracked deletions in margin" setting seems to cause r...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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25.2.1.2 release
Hardware: ARM macOS (All)
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Reported: 2025-03-03 08:54 UTC by tokyo-dave
Modified: 2025-12-05 03:17 UTC (History)
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Description tokyo-dave 2025-03-03 08:54:01 UTC 
Description:
The "Tracked deletions in margin" seems to cause additions to turn into deletions, plus random deletions. I had never used that setting before, but after updating to v 25.2.1.2 I had trouble. A file I had been tracking changes in had strangely DELETED many bits of text that I had NOT deleted, and some of the text I had added turned into deleted text. When I switched that setting OFF, the problem did not occur.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Edit a doc with change tracking on, after making the setting explained above.
2. Save the doc, close it, then open the file again
3. Check all the tracked changes, and note any that you didn't make.

Actual Results:
Many pieces of text that I did not delete were marked as deleted after saving and reopening the file.

Expected Results:
Of course, all my tracked changes should have been exactly as they were when I saved the file, but new changes were strangely added, and many of my additions were marked as deleted text.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
I am editing a .docx file from someone else, and saving it as Word 2007 (.docx)

Version: 25.2.1.2 (AARCH64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d3abf4aee5fd705e4a92bba33a32f40bc4e56f49
CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 14.7.2; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded