Bug 45261 - EDITING: unbalanced distribution of text between columns
Summary: EDITING: unbalanced distribution of text between columns
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords:
: 157727 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: Page-Layout-Columns
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Reported: 2012-01-26 01:28 UTC by Paolo Benvenuto
Modified: 2023-11-13 17:19 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
unbalanced text in the 2 columns sections (306.71 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2012-01-26 01:28 UTC, Paolo Benvenuto
Details
sample file (9.81 MB, application/x-7z-compressed)
2023-11-01 16:02 UTC, Tracey
Details
tip of the day (13.33 KB, image/png)
2023-11-13 17:19 UTC, Tracey
Details

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Description Paolo Benvenuto 2012-01-26 01:28:54 UTC
Created attachment 56170 [details]
unbalanced text in the 2 columns sections

The attacched doc includes a 2 columns section with the "uniformous distribution of content between columns" flag checked.

When I open it, the text isn't uniformously distributed between the 2 columns, the left column extends more than the right one.

I can get the columns correctly distribued this way:
- place the cursor at the beginning of the line following the two columns section (at the beginning of the all-1 word)
- backspace
- undo (ctl-z) => the columns are now balanced


Now save the doc:
- space - backspace (in order to be able to save: if you don't do this you aren't allowed to save because you haven't modified anything)
- save (ctl-s)
- close the doc
- reopen it -> the columns are unbalanced again!!!

This bug was already present in openoffice, it's a long time bug.

It's quite annoying!
Comment 1 A (Andy) 2013-05-06 20:44:19 UTC
not reproducible with LO 4.0.2.2 (Win7 Home, 64bit)

Does this issue still persist for you with the latest release of LO?
Comment 2 Paolo Benvenuto 2013-05-06 21:34:12 UTC
4.0.2.2 (Build ID: 400m0(Build:2))

still present
Comment 3 Paolo Benvenuto 2013-05-06 21:34:27 UTC
ubuntu linux
Comment 4 Paolo Benvenuto 2013-05-06 21:34:43 UTC
64 bit
Comment 5 Paolo Benvenuto 2013-05-06 21:34:59 UTC
almost certainly in 32bit too
Comment 6 A (Andy) 2013-05-06 21:47:47 UTC
@Paolo: Thank you very much for your very fast reply!

so it is maybe a Linux issue only -> changed the platform to Linux as long as nobody else confirms this with Windows
Comment 7 Paolo Benvenuto 2013-10-24 11:07:57 UTC
still present in 4.1.2.3 linux
Comment 8 Paolo Benvenuto 2013-10-25 07:14:06 UTC
Any idea what could this bug depend on or what file could be located in?
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2015-04-01 14:42:16 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 Paolo Benvenuto 2015-04-07 12:36:14 UTC
Still present in linux ubuntu 14.04, lo 4.4.2 from ppa
Comment 11 Buovjaga 2015-06-13 12:32:39 UTC
Confirmed.
If I go to Format - Columns, uncheck the Evenly distribute option, ok, then go back and check it, it works ok. Saving & reloading brings it back to the non-even state.

Ubuntu 15.04 64-bit 
Version: 5.1.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: a9286c302e96258f32d13fb66aced25750e82cd3
TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF-dbg, Branch:master, Time: 2015-06-13_00:35:08
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8)

Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 5.1.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: d56b125f6c6c18ac40712cefc3cec06530750e15
TinderBox: Win-x86@39, Branch:master, Time: 2015-06-13_07:08:43
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI)
Comment 12 QA Administrators 2016-09-20 10:01:21 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 13 Paolo Benvenuto 2016-09-20 12:43:43 UTC
still present in 5.1
Comment 14 Xisco Faulí 2017-09-29 08:52:41 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 15 Paolo Benvenuto 2017-09-29 12:02:14 UTC
confirmed in 5.4.1.2 ubuntu
Comment 16 QA Administrators 2018-09-30 02:47:23 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 17 QA Administrators 2020-10-06 03:44:46 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 18 QA Administrators 2022-10-07 03:38:23 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 19 Paolo Benvenuto 2022-10-07 16:26:22 UTC
Version: 7.3.5.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 30(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: es-DO (it_IT.UTF-8); UI: it-IT
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Calc: threaded

The bug is still there!
Comment 20 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-10-26 21:01:19 UTC
*** Bug 157727 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 21 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-10-26 21:12:57 UTC
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #11)
> Confirmed.
> If I go to Format - Columns, uncheck the Evenly distribute option, ok, then
> go back and check it, it works ok. Saving & reloading brings it back to the
> non-even state.

Reproduced the same in recent master build:

Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: fd69b546ad36452560cb11ccb28e78632d65f045
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

However, note that this method doesn't even fix it temporarily for attachment 190443 [details] from duplicate bug 157727.
Comment 22 Tracey 2023-11-01 16:02:16 UTC
Created attachment 190587 [details]
sample file

Page 397-398, 606-607, 690, 693, 695, 696, 702, 707, 708, 709, 711, 718, 720, 726, 731, 732, 735, 736, 741, 742, 748, 749, 753, 754, 757, 758, 768, 771, 772, 773, 774, 778, 784, 785, 786, 794, 812, 844-845, 1093-1094, 1189-1190, 1386-1387, 1431-1432, 1436-1437

Version: 7.6.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 56f7684011345957bbf33a7ee678afaf4d2ba333
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 23 Tracey 2023-11-01 16:05:36 UTC
v7.5.2.1 End of 2-Column Sections are malformed about 13% of the time.
v7.6.2.1 End of 2-Column Sections are malformed about 17% of the time.

Gives the documents an undesirable appearance.
Just FYI, Tracey
Comment 24 Tracey 2023-11-13 17:19:48 UTC
Created attachment 190813 [details]
tip of the day

I saw the tip of the day to use columns.

I hope you will fix the issue even though it happens 17% of the time.

I have attached documents you can use in issue #157727

Thanks, Tracey