Bug 58647 - EDITING: Copy & paste a bullet list from Impress into writer destroys format of writer file
Summary: EDITING: Copy & paste a bullet list from Impress into writer destroys format ...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.6.4.3 release
Hardware: Other Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2012-12-22 10:36 UTC by bugquestcontri
Modified: 2015-03-30 16:54 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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zip file containing: 2 writer files; one before pasting the impress bulleted list, the other thereafter. and 1 Impress file used in test described above under steps to reproduce. (27.43 KB, application/zip)
2012-12-22 10:36 UTC, bugquestcontri
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Description bugquestcontri 2012-12-22 10:36:07 UTC
Created attachment 71968 [details]
zip file containing: 2 writer files; one before pasting the impress bulleted list, the other thereafter. and 1 Impress file used in test described above under steps to reproduce.

Problem description: 
Upon pasting the clipboard content (bulleted list from Impress) and pasted it into Writer, the clipboard content was not visible but the formatting of the entire Writer file was destroyed

ctrl+z, and ctrl;M did not bring back the original formatting in Writer. The file basically was destroyed and I need to go back to the last saved copy and a lot of work was gone. Wuite a large drawback in respect to productivity.

Steps to reproduce:

1 – Open Writer and type a few words in a new file
2 – Open Impress and create a bullet list
3 – Place cursor inside the content window and select bullet list and ctrl+C
4 – Switch to Writer and paste with ctrl+v



Current behavior:
copy & paste a bullet list from Impress into Writer destroys the Writer format irreparable and the pasted content is not visible

Expected behavior:
copy & paste a bullet list from Impress into Writer should be displayed in Writer as a bullet list matching the bullets's format of Impress or the Default format of Writer. In minimum it should be pasted via ctrl+v as unformatted text
              
Operating System: Windows XP
Version: 3.6.4.3 release
Comment 1 bfoman (inactive) 2013-06-20 13:27:34 UTC
Confirmed with:
LO 4.1.0.0.beta2
Build ID: 33224f4f11a05cfad2249e812fcc2975fbb61f6
Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit

1. Paste bullets into Writer file - they are invisible, but space in the document for them is created.
2. Undo - pasted invisible bullets and some document text are deleted, line 1 is visible in the document.
3. Redo - line 1 and even more text is deleted.

2 and 3 damage the original document.
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2015-03-17 00:02:19 UTC
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Comment 3 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2015-03-28 22:45:27 UTC
Not reproducible for me with LibreOffice 4.4.3.0.0+ built at home under Ubuntu 14.10 x86-64.

Closing as WorksForMe. Please, feel free to reopen if you disagree.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 4 bugquestcontri 2015-03-30 16:54:35 UTC
The big problem I saw before is gone. 
When I now paste a bullet list from Impress to Writer, only the bullets get different in color and shape. If this could still be solved it would be very nice.
Tested in 4.3.6 on XP.