Bug 94107 - bullets in outline with mixed numbers and bullets are not saved in odt file
Summary: bullets in outline with mixed numbers and bullets are not saved in odt file
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 106983
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
5.0.1.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2015-09-10 19:24 UTC by Mark Dwyer
Modified: 2017-09-09 14:31 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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This is the odt file. When I open it the bullets are missing. I would like to send the pdf version as well so you can see what it is supposed to look like. (16.10 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2015-09-10 19:24 UTC, Mark Dwyer
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Here is the pdf version, where the bullets are shown. (34.16 KB, application/pdf)
2015-09-10 19:25 UTC, Mark Dwyer
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opening with bullets missing (112.63 KB, image/png)
2015-09-12 00:27 UTC, Mark Dwyer
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restoring 2 levels of bullets through Format>Bullets & Numbering (146.74 KB, image/png)
2015-09-12 00:28 UTC, Mark Dwyer
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File is saved with bullets, no sidebar (120.06 KB, image/png)
2015-09-12 00:29 UTC, Mark Dwyer
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bullets missing again when reopened (112.01 KB, image/png)
2015-09-12 00:30 UTC, Mark Dwyer
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moved user folder, procedure for restoring bullets (163.75 KB, image/png)
2015-09-12 21:14 UTC, Mark Dwyer
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bullets restored and file saved (132.89 KB, image/png)
2015-09-12 21:15 UTC, Mark Dwyer
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bullets vanish upon reopening again (134.50 KB, image/png)
2015-09-12 21:16 UTC, Mark Dwyer
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Description Mark Dwyer 2015-09-10 19:24:59 UTC
Created attachment 118583 [details]
This is the odt file. When I open it the bullets are missing. I would like to send the pdf version as well so you can see what it is supposed to look like.

I wanted to use an outline where the first two levels were numbered, and levels 3 and 4 were bullets. I can set this up, but when I save and reopen, the bullets are lost on levels 3 and 4.
Comment 1 Mark Dwyer 2015-09-10 19:25:56 UTC
Created attachment 118584 [details]
Here is the pdf version, where the bullets are shown.
Comment 2 Mark Dwyer 2015-09-10 19:31:09 UTC
LO Version:
Version: 5.0.1.2
Build ID: 00m0(Build:2)
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8)

OS / kernel stuff:

ubuntu 14.04 LTS

3.13.0-63-generic #103-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 14 21:42:59 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Comment 3 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2015-09-11 07:05:19 UTC
It seems you inadvertently clicked on the button Bullets On/Off in the sidebar.
If I select the lines with missing bullets and then hit this button, bullets are there again. Saving the file and reopen it, the bullets are still there.

Does it works for you ?

Best regards. JBF
Comment 4 Mark Dwyer 2015-09-12 00:26:25 UTC
Thanks for the feedback. I don't think this works for me. I have two levels of bullets, the top level (level 3 in outline) are squares and the bottom level (level 4) are solid circles. 

If I highlight those entries, and open the side bar and hit the bullets on/off, I get all circles. 

I get this effect without the side bar open. I will send screen shots.
Comment 5 Mark Dwyer 2015-09-12 00:27:25 UTC
Created attachment 118627 [details]
opening with bullets missing

Here is the odt file I sent just opened. I have no side bar opened.
Comment 6 Mark Dwyer 2015-09-12 00:28:38 UTC
Created attachment 118628 [details]
restoring 2 levels of bullets through Format>Bullets & Numbering

Here I select each level (level 3 and level 4) and for each set the Number and Character to bullets. I get the default square and circle back.
Comment 7 Mark Dwyer 2015-09-12 00:29:27 UTC
Created attachment 118629 [details]
File is saved with bullets, no sidebar

Please note there are visible bullets and that the save icon is greyed out.
Comment 8 Mark Dwyer 2015-09-12 00:30:11 UTC
Created attachment 118630 [details]
bullets missing again when reopened

Here I am reopening after having restored the bullets and saved, and they are again missing.
Comment 9 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2015-09-12 05:32:04 UTC
What happens with a clean fresh user profile?
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile

Best regards. JBF
Comment 10 Mark Dwyer 2015-09-12 21:12:22 UTC
Jean-Baptiste, 

Thank you for the suggestion. It does not work. I moved 
~/.config/libreoffice/4/user
to 
~/.config/libreoffice/4/user-old

and reopened the test file. I added the bullets back as before and saved the file. Upon reopening, the bullets are missing again.
Comment 11 Mark Dwyer 2015-09-12 21:14:22 UTC
Created attachment 118650 [details]
moved user folder, procedure for restoring bullets

This shows 3 things. 
1) In mc (left) you can see I moved the user folder. 
2) Upon reopening the file, it is missing bullets.
3) I am using Format>Bullets & Numbering > Options to restore the bullets. (I have not hit "ok" yet in the dialog.)
Comment 12 Mark Dwyer 2015-09-12 21:15:07 UTC
Created attachment 118651 [details]
bullets restored and file saved

This shows that the procedure restored the bullets, and that the file is saved.
Comment 13 Mark Dwyer 2015-09-12 21:16:12 UTC
Created attachment 118652 [details]
bullets vanish upon reopening again

This shows the bullets are gone when I reopen the file. It also shows on the left in mc that LibreOffice has generated a new user profile for me. 

Thanks.
Comment 14 Buovjaga 2015-09-19 16:45:24 UTC
The procedure in comment 3 works for me.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit, Version: 5.0.1.2 (32-bit)
Build ID: 81898c9f5c0d43f3473ba111d7b351050be20261
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI)
Comment 15 Regina Henschel 2017-06-14 20:55:52 UTC
See also bug 106983.
Comment 16 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2017-09-09 09:19:36 UTC
The test file opens fine with its bullets with LO 5.4.1 from Ubuntu PPA for Ubuntu 16.04 x86-64. Opens fine with current master too.

So closing as WorksForMe. Please feel free to reopen if the issue is still there for you with one of the current stable versions.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 17 Regina Henschel 2017-09-09 10:29:50 UTC
You cannot use Bullets in Chapter Numbering, but only in list numbering. Because the term "Outline" is misleading in English, the option in the Tools menu is renamed to "Chapter numbering" in LO 6. But the problem, that it is still possible to assign a bullet to a heading, remains.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 106983 ***
Comment 18 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2017-09-09 12:01:41 UTC
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #17)
> You cannot use Bullets in Chapter Numbering, but only in list numbering.
> Because the term "Outline" is misleading in English, the option in the Tools
> menu is renamed to "Chapter numbering" in LO 6. But the problem, that it is
> still possible to assign a bullet to a heading, remains.
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 106983 ***

This bug report is not about chapter numbering, there is no heading in the test file. So I think it is a different problem.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 19 Regina Henschel 2017-09-09 13:35:48 UTC
Look at Tools > Outline Numbering. All the paragraph styles used in the text are listed there and if you look in the status bar, you will see "outline" too.
Comment 20 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2017-09-09 14:31:32 UTC
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #19)
> Look at Tools > Outline Numbering. All the paragraph styles used in the text
> are listed there and if you look in the status bar, you will see "outline"
> too.

Argh! you're right. Bad document design.

Best regards. JBF