Bug 167022 - Compatibility issues with text boxes from MS Word
Summary: Compatibility issues with text boxes from MS Word
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 82627
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.4.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2025-06-15 10:14 UTC by marksjus
Modified: 2025-06-15 21:58 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Document with text boxes created in MS Word (19.30 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2025-06-15 10:16 UTC, marksjus
Details
Document with text boxes created in MS Word and opened in Writer (13.48 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2025-06-15 10:17 UTC, marksjus
Details

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Description marksjus 2025-06-15 10:14:30 UTC
Description:
All text boxes in docx document are loaded as something else than the Writer text box object. It's especially problematic when text box in the original document is rotated. Then the "text box" and the shape of the text box are separated and only the shape is rotated (see attached documents).

There's no problem with text boxes (strait and rotated) created in Writer and opened in Word.

If that's relevant, "SmartArt to LibreOffice shapes or reverse" is checked.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create text boxes (strait and rotated) in MS Word and save document. 
2. Open created document in Writer.

Actual Results:
Text boxes are loaded incorrectly and without rotation.

Expected Results:
Text boxes are loaded correctly and with rotation.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.2.4.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 33e196637044ead23f5c3226cde09b47731f7e27
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 22631); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: pl-PL (pl_PL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 marksjus 2025-06-15 10:16:16 UTC
Created attachment 201288 [details]
Document with text boxes created in MS Word
Comment 2 marksjus 2025-06-15 10:17:08 UTC
Created attachment 201289 [details]
Document with text boxes created in MS Word and opened in Writer
Comment 3 Telesto 2025-06-15 18:43:18 UTC
I can confirm the issue being present
Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 220ef19df9de6ee7a99173a514402a9e701748d1
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (build 19045); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

FWIW: There are couple of similar bugs in the bugtracker. Not sure if this being a duplicate or not.
Comment 4 m_a_riosv 2025-06-15 21:58:52 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 82627 ***