Bug 168108 - DOCX: Show footnote positions in document when footnote.xml is not found or corrupt
Summary: DOCX: Show footnote positions in document when footnote.xml is not found or c...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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24.2.7.2 release
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: DOCX-Opening DOCX-Footnote-Endnote
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Reported: 2025-08-26 03:49 UTC by Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)
Modified: 2025-08-26 04:18 UTC (History)
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test file (renamed footnote.xml to footnote1.xml) (6.12 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2025-08-26 03:49 UTC, Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 		Details
rendered in google docs (17.80 KB, application/pdf)
2025-08-26 03:52 UTC, Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 		Details
rendered in LibO (15.10 KB, application/pdf)
2025-08-26 03:52 UTC, Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 		Details
rendered in MS Word (85.70 KB, application/pdf)
2025-08-26 04:00 UTC, Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 		Details
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Description Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2025-08-26 03:49:49 UTC 
Created attachment 202507 [details]
test file (renamed footnote.xml to footnote1.xml)

When the footnote.xml file is missing or corrupt, still show the position of the footnotes in the document body and blank footnote text after the file is repaired.
Comment 1 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2025-08-26 03:52:12 UTC 
Created attachment 202508 [details]
rendered in google docs
Comment 2 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2025-08-26 03:52:30 UTC 
Created attachment 202509 [details]
rendered in LibO
Comment 3 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2025-08-26 04:00:46 UTC 
Created attachment 202510 [details]
rendered in MS Word
Comment 4 BogdanB 2025-08-26 04:16:55 UTC 
Confirm with
Version: 25.8.0.4 (X86_64)
Build ID: 48f00303701489684e67c38c28aff00cd5929e67
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 5 BogdanB 2025-08-26 04:18:18 UTC 
Also in
Version: 24.2.8.0.0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 2a06848352e0ba2e35bc84f8491d06cece32e707
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded