37708 – FILESAVE FILEOPEN Writer converting .ott to rtf does not preserve text fields

Bug 37708 - FILESAVE FILEOPEN Writer converting .ott to rtf does not preserve text fields

Summary: FILESAVE FILEOPEN Writer converting .ott to rtf does not preserve text fields

Status:	CLOSED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	LibreOffice
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Writer (show other bugs)
Version: (earliest affected)	3.3.2 release
Hardware:	x86 (IA32) All

Importance:	medium normal
Assignee:	Not Assigned

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Reported:	2011-05-28 23:19 UTC by Chris Peñalver
Modified:	2012-03-19 21:59 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:	https://launchpad.net/bugs/211345 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=94503
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Vorlage Brief.ott (11.19 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template) 2011-05-28 23:19 UTC, Chris Peñalver	Details
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Description Chris Peñalver 2011-05-28 23:19:24 UTC

Created attachment 47262 [details]
Vorlage Brief.ott

Downstream bug may be found at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/211345

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages

3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/211345/+attachment/253514/+files/Vorlage%20Brief.ott && unoconv --listener && unoconv -f rtf Vorlage\ Brief.ott && lowriter -nologo Vorlage\ Brief.ott Vorlage\ Brief.rtf

the text fields remain.

4) What happens instead is they disappear.

Comment 1 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2011-12-17 16:34:58 UTC

Is RTF format able to handle such kind of text fields (placeholders)?
Abiword (2.5.8 under Ubuntu) save the name of the placeholder between < and >. 
LO should do the same if placeholders are not supported by RTF, instead of removing it.

Best regards. JBF

Comment 2 Björn Michaelsen 2011-12-23 12:01:48 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)

[This is an automated message.]
This bug was filed before the changes to Bugzilla on 2011-10-16. Thus it
started right out as NEW without ever being explicitly confirmed. The bug is
changed to state NEEDINFO for this reason. To move this bug from NEEDINFO back
to NEW please check if the bug still persists with the 3.5.0 beta1 or beta2 prereleases.
Details on how to test the 3.5.0 beta1 can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugHunting_Session_3.5.0.-1

more detail on this bulk operation: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RFC-Operation-Spamzilla-tp3607474p3607474.html

Comment 3 Chris Peñalver 2012-01-03 14:59:45 UTC

Problem reproducible in:
LOdev 3.5.0beta2
Build ID: 8589e48-760cc4d-f39cf3d-1b2857e-60db978
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002

Comment 4 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2012-03-18 22:37:12 UTC

Tested with LO 3.5.1. Now LO seems to do the same as Abiword, it save the name of the placeholder.
@Christopher : Please could you verify on your side ? 
If it is correct, I suggest to close this bug report as fixed.

Best regards. JBF

Comment 5 Chris Peñalver 2012-03-19 15:20:44 UTC

Jean-Baptiste Faure, fixed in:

lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release:    12.04

LibreOffice 3.5.1.2
Build ID: dc9775d-05ecbee-0851ad3-1586698-727bf66

Comment 6 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2012-03-19 21:59:13 UTC

Thank you. Closing.