Issue 94727

Summary:

Not all bullets imported (correctly) from Word 97-2000 doc file.

Product:

Writer

Reporter:

mrr <marcel.rooij>

Component:

open-import

Assignee:

michael.ruess

Status:

CLOSED DUPLICATE

QA Contact:

issues@sw <issues>

Severity:

Trivial

Priority:

CC:

issues

Version:

OOo 3.0

Target Milestone:

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Hardware:

Mac

OS:

Mac OS X, all

Issue Type:

DEFECT

Latest Confirmation in:

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Developer Difficulty:

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Attachments:

Description	Flags
Word doc with bullets: when this is opened in OO3 the problem occurs. Also see 2 pdf files I will attach.	none
How the file looks like in Word. (See next one for how it looks like in OO3).	none
How it looks like after import in OO3.	none

Description mrr 2008-10-07 08:59:28 UTC

Main bullets and some of the sub level bullets are not imported correctly from a
Word 97-2000 doc file. They and their distance to te text show up as an arc.

In the past versions of OpenOffice I know this type of import errors also
occured. Regretfully this is one of the main causes why I cannot use this
software for my customers. (If they see things like this, for them it is a
confirmation that they can't switch to OO).

Comment 1 mrr 2008-10-07 09:26:54 UTC

Main bullets and some of the lower level (indented) bullets are not imported
correctly.
Together with the space between the bullet and the text they show up as an arc.

This is not the first release with imported bullets are not correct. Regretfully
"simple"  things like this are the cause that I don't really dare to move to OO
from MS Word when I'm working of documents of my clients. If they see things
like this going wrong they don't even try anymore...
I just tell to let you know that simple things like this should have a much
higher priority than starting up high level features that only very advanced
users use.

Success!

Comment 2 hedrick 2008-10-12 04:20:22 UTC

Bullets seem to turn into F0B6 or F0B7 in MT Extra. Can someone at least explain how the mapping is 
done so I can adjust either the mapping or the fonts? This problem has been present in every version of 
OpenOffice. I agree with the original report. Bullets are one of the most common formatting features. Any 
word processor that can't handle them properly hardly seems worth further investigation. Unfortunately I 
have to be able to exchange documents with MS Word.

Comment 3 hedrick 2008-10-12 04:24:06 UTC

I'm reasonably experienced at creating and editing fonts. If you need a help in preparing an appropriate 
font, please feel free to ask.

Comment 4 michael.ruess 2008-10-22 15:16:04 UTC

Mrr, could you please attach a short sample document where the Bullets show up
incorrect? Thanks for your help!

Comment 5 mrr 2008-10-22 21:25:17 UTC

Created attachment 57391 [details]
Word doc with bullets: when this is opened in OO3 the problem occurs. Also see 2 pdf files I will attach.

Comment 6 mrr 2008-10-22 21:26:26 UTC

Created attachment 57392 [details]
How the file looks like in Word. (See next one for how it looks like in OO3).

Comment 7 mrr 2008-10-22 21:27:12 UTC

Created attachment 57393 [details]
How it looks like after import in OO3.

Comment 8 mrr 2008-10-22 21:29:40 UTC

In the mean time I switched from RC3 to the final release. The problem still exists.

Comment 9 michael.ruess 2008-10-23 12:14:48 UTC

Ah, I see, this is already covered by issue 92011.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 92011 ***

Comment 10 michael.ruess 2008-10-23 12:16:54 UTC

Closing duplicate.