Bug 167238 - Headings Appearing under Bookmarks
Summary: Headings Appearing under Bookmarks
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
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25.2.4.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
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Reported: 2025-06-26 10:39 UTC by cats9th
Modified: 2025-06-27 09:37 UTC (History)
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Description cats9th 2025-06-26 10:39:11 UTC
Description:
It is all here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/libreoffice/comments/1lka28z/headings_appearing_under_bookmarks/
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Hello, I am referring to this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/libreoffice/comments/1frfei5/headings_appearing_as_bookmarks/ .

I have the same problem. I download Google Docs by rt-clicking and "Download". The file saves as a .docx file. I then open it in LibreOffice (version 25.2.4.3) and, in Navigator, all the headings are under Bookmarks and they look like gibberish, something like _1tdt78wjcgwc or _h1p8261pnb84 ... There is nothing under Headings.

Here is the thing though. I have a copy of OpenOffice (4.1.15) and the same file retained the correct headings in Navigator.

I was wondering if there is a workaround to get the headings to work correctly in LibreOffice .

Thank you!

PS: full LibreOffice info:

Version: 25.2.4.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community

Build ID: 33e196637044ead23f5c3226cde09b47731f7e27

CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win

Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US

Calc: threaded

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Thank you for taking the time to read the previous post and troubleshoot that example document. When I open that sample document (Locations.docx) in LibreOffice, I *do* see the headings under Bookmarks as gibberish (ex. _455rv5to0qsk / _cpfw0f3bg1t8 etc). I also see properly formatted headings in OpenOffice. I wish I can screenshot here. I did create a sample document of my own with screenshots here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kj8kTJkIrxmfW1PLlUMsDqMMYXTSLNuJ6w6hleCq0S4/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.50t8qy4c667n

I did what you did with the Outline:

highlight the heading (like H1/H2 etc) --> rt-click --> Paragraph --> Edit Style

OR

highlight the heading --> Alt-P

In the Paragraph Style Window:

Outline & Lists --> Outline Level --> set it to the appropriate level

After applying these changes I updated the sample document above with a screenshot

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kj8kTJkIrxmfW1PLlUMsDqMMYXTSLNuJ6w6hleCq0S4/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.a20avz9hnwes

I am super grateful that you took the time to point out the issue. Thank you!

I guess now I wish LibreOffice folks would address this because it is a manual fix and time consuming if you have hundreds of documents to convert. As suggested by another post I will submit this to bugs and hope for the best.

Again, Thank you very much!



Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open .docx file downloaded from GoogleDocs
2. 
3.

Actual Results:
in Navigator, all the headings are under Bookmarks and they look like gibberish, something like _1tdt78wjcgwc or _h1p8261pnb84 ... There is nothing under Headings.

Expected Results:
Headings under headings


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
The software recognizes the headings, only fails to apply appropriate Outline Levels under Paragraph Style. When I do this manually, the headings are fixed in the Navigator.

PS: full LibreOffice info:

Version: 25.2.4.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community

Build ID: 33e196637044ead23f5c3226cde09b47731f7e27

CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win

Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US

Calc: threaded