Bug 70655 - FILESAVE: save from impress to pptx very slow, sometimes hangs
Summary: FILESAVE: save from impress to pptx very slow, sometimes hangs
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Impress (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.1.2.3 release
Hardware: Other Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Whiteboard: BSA
Keywords: possibleRegression
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Reported: 2013-10-19 23:30 UTC by leeksoup
Modified: 2020-08-13 06:23 UTC (History)
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Description leeksoup 2013-10-19 23:30:49 UTC 
Problem description: 

Steps to reproduce:
1. edit a presentation in Impress latest release (4.1.2.3)
2. save it to PPTX format
3. watch and wait

Current behavior:
Takes a lot of CPU and quite some time to save the file. Sometimes it hangs and I have to end the process. When I re-open Impress, it says it is recovering, but the unsaved material is quite uniformly lost.

Expected behavior:
Saves reasonably quickly. Does not hang.

              
Operating System: Fedora
Version: 4.1.2.3 release
Last worked in: 4.1.1.2 release
Comment 1 Hugues 2013-11-17 00:27:35 UTC 
I pretty much have the same problem. Very annoying...
Comment 2 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2013-11-24 12:14:20 UTC 
Please, could you try with the current generic Linux version in order to know if that is a problem in LibreOffice or only in the Fedora build.
I just try with version 4.1.4.0.0+ to save as pptx an odp file of 6.7 Mo and I do not even have the time to see the progress bar.

Do you work in pptx format or you export from odp to pptx when your presentation is finished? Working in a foreign format is not a good idea because that forces LibreOffice to constantly make conversion from its internal / OpenDocument format to the foreign one.

Additionally could you attach an example of a file that is too long to save as pptx?

Set status to NEEDINFO. Please, set it back to UNCONFIRMED once to requested informations have been provided.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 3 leeksoup 2014-01-24 07:09:28 UTC 
Sorry for the slow response. I had so many problems with editing these presentations in Impress that I gave up.

I was using the generic Linux version from the Libreoffice download site, not the Fedora version. If I see the problem again (unlikely as again I gave up on editing in Impress, so no need to save) I will report back here.

Thanks.
Comment 4 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2014-01-24 07:42:35 UTC 
Ok, feel free to reopen if needed.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 5 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2015-12-15 10:53:33 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 froy001 2017-03-29 09:37:52 UTC 
I have the same problem.

I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04

Tried with ver 5.1.5 and 5.2 

When trying to save pptx impress freeZes and eventually crashes
Comment 7 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2017-03-29 09:59:37 UTC 
Please, do not reopen a very old bug report with a too vague description. That is completely useless. Alternatively, open a new bug report with a clear step by step procedure to reproduce the problematic behavior. And attach your test document to this new bug report.

Closing again. Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 8 Sophiessop 2020-08-13 06:23:59 UTC Comment hidden (spam)