+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #163158 +++ Writer loses chart ploting area ('Chart Wall') dimensions when save document with graph pasted as GDI metafile from Excel This is an interoperability issue. When copying from Excel any chart and pasting it as vector graphic using GDI-pasted vector image, this image will be transformed in size after save as DOCX. When copying similarly from Calc the saved DOCX retains proper graphs. Steps: 1) In MS Excel copy any chart 2) In LO Writer: Ctrl+Shift+V 3) Paste special → Graphics Device Interface metafile (GDI) 4) Save as DOCX 5) Reopen DOCX in Writer or Word Result: The ‘Chart Wall’ (plot region) shows a small part (aproximately 20% x 20%) of the original chart, stretched across the entire wall starting from the top-left corner. Expected: A chart inserted in document as a vector graphic (using GDI interface) should retain the same proportions as it appears in spreadsheet applications. Version: 25.8.1.1 (X86_64) Build ID: 54047653041915e595ad4e45cccea684809c77b5 CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: pl-PL (pl_PL); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2507 Build 16.0.19029.20136) 64-bit
Created attachment 202647 [details] Bug summary image
Created attachment 202648 [details] Bug behavior and EMF Parser logs EMFParser can be downloaded from here: https://download.cnet.com/download/emf-parser/3000-2383_4-10558240.html
Created attachment 202649 [details] Example spreadsheet
Thanks Piotr. Please paste the spreadsheet after pasting the GDI-pasted vector image. Example file is opening correctly.
Hi Bartosz, the issue is action between MS Excel and LO Writer. (Not inside spreadsheet, e.g. Calc to Calc copy-paste.)
Created attachment 202759 [details] ODT works fine
Created attachment 202760 [details] ODT works fine (exported PDF)
Created attachment 202761 [details] DOCX has a problem
Created attachment 202762 [details] DOCX has a problem (exported PDF)
Same behavior in: Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: b33cc5a7388c1739ff4a02a84751800f3e3086ce CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: pl-PL (pl_PL); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/Win-x86_64@tb77-TDF/2025-09-12_03.31.47/
LO 3.5 puts WMF into *.DOCX\word\media and image is displayed correctly (without rescaling). LibreOffice 3.5.7.2 Build ID: 3215f89-f603614-ab984f2-7348103-1225a5b LO 4.0 saves EMF into *.DOCX\word\media and image is resized after reopen. Wersja 4.0.6.2 (Build ID: 2e2573268451a50806fcd60ae2d9fe01dd0ce24)
Created attachment 203533 [details] Regression comparison: Left 3.5.7.2, Right 4.0.6.2
Created attachment 203534 [details] LO3.5.7.2 docx - correct chart
Created attachment 203535 [details] LO4.0.6.2 docx - resized chart
Created attachment 205534 [details] Wrong WMF image extracted from Docx
Hi Piotr, It would be great to get the content of the Clipboard before pasting it into LibreOffice. To do that you could try to install external tools. like: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/inside_clipboard.html#:~:text=InsideClipboard%20is%20a%20small%20utility,you%20to%20save%20the%20content or https://bjansen.github.io/scoop-apps/nirsoft/insideclipboard/ Some more information is also available at: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18602171/copy-enhanced-metafile-from-clipboard-and-save-it-as-an-image
Created attachment 205535 [details] Unusual double EMF+ headers inside file which causing problems
bibisected with linux-43all Open attachment 202759 [details] filesave docx commit ba446dd58a4ad324d242afcd5b28d3b4dff5a881 good commit 5da10275a7475efdbfd9de14ea58cf8f4c6c1582 bad https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/?qt=range&q=ba446dd58a4ad324d242afcd5b28d3b4dff5a881..5da10275a7475efdbfd9de14ea58cf8f4c6c1582
Created attachment 205560 [details] Comment 16: clipboard content 7z (In reply to Bartosz from comment #16) Hi Bartosz, here is the clipboard content captured using InsideClipboard v1.30 (NirSoft) after copying a chart from the attachment 202649 [details] in Excel 365 (Version 2601 Build 16.0.19628.20204) 64-bit. The archive contains all clipboard formats available at the time of copy.
Created attachment 205561 [details] InsideClipboard's .clp content.zip What is interesting is that InsideClipboard's format (.clp) can be opened as an archive in 7-Zip, revealing a full OOXML structure inside (charts, drawings, theme, _rels, [Content_Types].xml).