Bug 165868 - LO writer: different behaviour of "export as PDF" and "export directly as PDF"
Summary: LO writer: different behaviour of "export as PDF" and "export directly as PDF"
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.1.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: PDF-Export
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Reported: 2025-03-22 17:46 UTC by Richard Demattio
Modified: 2025-03-31 04:39 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Textcase and description to reproduce (172.07 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2025-03-22 17:48 UTC, Richard Demattio 		Details
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Description Richard Demattio 2025-03-22 17:46:06 UTC 
Description:
I "set reference" to an area of hidden characters and referenced this text via "insert reference" at another location
"export directly as PDF" fails with "Error: Reference source not found"
"export as PDF" works as desired
see attachment

Steps to Reproduce:
1.see attachment
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Actual Results:
different behaviour in both ways of exporting to PDF

Expected Results:
for both ways: as ist works for "export as PDF"


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.2.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d3abf4aee5fd705e4a92bba33a32f40bc4e56f49
CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 6.11; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: de-AT (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
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Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Comment 1 Richard Demattio 2025-03-22 17:48:12 UTC 
Created attachment 199960 [details]
Textcase and description to reproduce
Comment 2 Brandon H. 2025-03-23 03:35:39 UTC 
Thank you for reporting the bug. I can reproduce the bug on Windows 11 as well as Linux.

Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 894563ee0e4032019623a97c313af3d833863b1f
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 22631); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 7b9e27da2033192c628b23e4e1686209e951dadb
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded