Bug 170236 - FILEOPEN DOCX Comment in formula is lost on opening
Summary: FILEOPEN DOCX Comment in formula is lost on opening
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
26.8.0.0 alpha0+ master
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: DOCX-Track-Changes
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Reported: 2026-01-05 22:06 UTC by Gabor Kelemen (Collabora)
Modified: 2026-01-10 08:27 UTC (History)
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Example file from Word 2016 (19.01 KB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2026-01-05 22:06 UTC, Gabor Kelemen (Collabora) 		Details
The example file in Word 2016 and Writer side by side (117.60 KB, image/png)
2026-01-05 22:06 UTC, Gabor Kelemen (Collabora) 		Details
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Description Gabor Kelemen (Collabora) 2026-01-05 22:06:08 UTC 
Created attachment 204931 [details]
Example file from Word 2016

Attached example file has an equation, that has a comment inserted inside it.
When opened in Writer, the comment is completely lost, as Writer does not support inserting comments inside equations.

1. Open attached document in Writer
-> There is no "Hello World" comment at all

Perhaps it could be worked around to anchor the comment outside of the OLE equation object, to the same character as it is anchored.

Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64)
Build ID: c0b14ab9aa4d713a6b718ef07b9e0379b88e97d3
CPU threads: 24; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (build 19045); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: hu-HU (hu_HU); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Gabor Kelemen (Collabora) 2026-01-05 22:06:26 UTC 
Created attachment 204932 [details]
The example file in Word 2016 and Writer side by side
Comment 2 raal 2026-01-10 08:27:51 UTC 
Confirm Version: 26.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64)
Build ID: c8694e248756d80c2b12b43dc5499a249af47a71
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: cs-CZ (cs_CZ.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded