Sorry, I forgot to mention that I have a 642 word document with 4
changes totalling 6 words, and yet the whole document is marked as
changed, until I changed the Comparison option. I even changed the two
documents to plain text, and it still marked the whole document as
changed.
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This problem occurs on some documents but not others.
I had success in fixing the problem (I have tried it on only one
document) by changing Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer > Comparison
from "Auto" to "By word".
That may narrow the bug down a bit. I can supply an example privately
and file
Here is the help documentation which describes this process:
https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Comparing_Versions_of_a_Document
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Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems like a huge deal and still
an issue in LibreOffice (4.2.8.2 on Ubuntu 14.04). I have tried
variations of this procedure many times, always with the same result.
The two texts differ in a few minor places.
To reproduce:
* open Writer
* copy text 1
Have these issues been fixed? If not, I certainly agree with Gretha
that doc compare must be taken seriously if anyone wants this office
package to be taken seriously, and I would suspect that a large
percentage of work that is being done on this package would be less
important, to fewer people,
@ Gretha:
It seems to me that you're quite an expert in OSS. But, in that case, you
should know that most of OSS developers are not getting paid for what they do
(at least not for the whole thing or in the same rate) .
Then, one realizes that they will not fix any problem, because they do not
Hi everyone,
To me, like Gretha, this bug is the most annoying one for a professionnal use
of libreoffice.
Unfortunately, it is still there on ubuntu 12.04 beta 2 (libreoffice 3.5.2.2).
Hope it will be fixed soon.
Regards
Denis
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oops, I realized the documents I used for my comparison test were more
different than I thought.
So the comparator was right.
Sorry for the noise.
Denis
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@ Gretha
I was searching for reports on LibreOffice Writer Compare Document,
because mostly it doesn't seem to work. Your submission hits the nail
right on the head in my experience:
I start with an .odt document (saved as version 1) with just the
following text (without the quotes):
Gretha, this bug is being marked Won't Fix as your stacking multiple
Wishlist reports and potential bugs (crash mentioned in attachment) into
this report. Feel free to file a new report, one Wishlist or bug per
report, so they may be dealt with quickly and efficiently. Thank you for
your
Christopher
I make two observations.
First, I am sorry to have to note that you repeatedly digress and go
off-topic. Issues such as, first, apport (which clearly does not work
properly) and, then, Microsoft Office are entirely besides the point.
The point is the incompetence of the Compare
** Attachment added: LibreOffice Writer -- Compare Document Flaws (png)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2644041/+files/01-LibreOffice-Writer--Compare-Document-Flaws.png
** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid = Confirmed
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(3) LibreOffice Compare Document is badly in need of fundamental
overhaul, radical improvement and proper fine-graining, and this also
includes the removal of its implicit exclusion of frames, footnotes,
headers, fields and other essential items of information
** Attachment added: simple-draft.odt
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2619286/+files/simple-draft.odt
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** Attachment added: simple-final.odt
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2619287/+files/simple-final.odt
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2619289/+files/simple-draft.doc
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** Attachment added: simple-final.doc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2619290/+files/simple-final.doc
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Gretha, keeping in mind the Writer limitations previously mentioned,
Compare Document'ing the originally attached files via the Terminal:
cd ~/Desktop wget -c
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2610679/+files
/LibreOffice-CompareDoc-Version-1.odt -O
Christopher, re #12:
The apport issue is not important here, so I fully agree.
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Title:
LibreOffice Writer Document Compare (regression)
Gretha, regarding your comments in the Bug Description:
+ This ability to select Document Compare options (via Tools Options...) has
now been dropped again in LibreOffice 3.3.2...
The same Document Compare options in OOo are still found in LO at Tools
- Options - LibreOffice Writer - Changes.
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: libreoffice
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- OpenOffice 3.2 Writer contained one major improvement over earlier
- versions, which had been overdue for years: It offered for the first
- time the ability to fine-tune the options when comparing two documents
- (Edit Compare
Christopher, re #7 and #8 - terminal command apport-collect 782406
In Application Preferences, I changed the preferred browser from Opera
to Firefox. The terminal command, however, ignores this, even after a
full system restart, and stubbornly opens Opera. So I'm stuck there.
I then set Opera
Christopher, re #9
(1) The same Document Compare options in OOo are still found in LO at
Tools - Options - LibreOffice Writer - Changes.
This is not quite correct. If I remember well, the ability to choose the
more fine-grained comparison option was in what in LO now is Tools -
Options -
Gretha, let us move past the apport for now while I continue to look
into the bug details. Marking back to New.
** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = New
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Dear Christopher, I am attaching 3 documents which together illustrate
the comparison problem.
Version-1 is the original as submitted by the author to the editor.
Version-2 is the final version after the editor has made some minor changes.
Version-1-to-2 is the result of LibreOffice Document
** Attachment added: Thee Demonstration Documents together illustrating the
Incompetence of LibreOffice Document Compare
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2610679/+files/LibreOffice-CompareDoc-Version-1.odt
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** Attachment added: Second Attachment of Three
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2610680/+files/LibreOffice-CompareDoc-Version-2.odt
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** Attachment added: Third Attachment of Three
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/782406/+attachment/2610681/+files/LibreOffice-CompareDoc-Version-1-to-2.odt
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Christopher, the terminal command apport-collect 782406 opens Opera
which then displays a page saying Invalid OpenID transaction.
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Gretha, regarding your comments:
Christopher, the terminal command apport-collect 782406 opens Opera which then
displays a page saying Invalid OpenID transaction.
This may be due to Opera rejecting Launchpad cookies. If this is not the
case please delete all cookies and other private data from
Gretha, thank you for taking the time to report this and helping to make Ubuntu
better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather
debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 782406
When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and
Nearly six months down the road, and this issue is still listed as
Status: New, receiving zero attention.
Yet, this is perhaps the most important drawback of LibreOffice in
practice in a professional production environment, where documents are
edited and updated on a routine basis and where
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