It also affects LibreOffice and I've clicked on the links on the "Assigned to" at the top of this page and other people are experiencing this same bug.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525717 Title: [Upstream] Writer Format Paintbrush formats more than selection Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: Invalid Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) Release: 11.10 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:3.4.2-2ubuntu3 Candidate: 1:3.4.2-2ubuntu3 Version table: *** 1:3.4.2-2ubuntu3 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/525717/+attachment/2369876/+files/example.odt && lowriter -nologo example.odt when one uses the mouse and selects the blue text → clicks Format Paintbrush → selects “jumps over” in the green text, only those two words have their format changed. 4) What happens instead is “jumps over” changed to the desired formatting but the font, font color, and size of the words to the left and right, as well as the paragraph justification changed to Default Formatting. WORKAROUND: Use the mouse and select the blue text → click Format Paintbrush → press and hold the Ctrl key -> select “jumps over” in the green text then let go. Original Report Comments: Note to OpenOffice.org: this happens in the Windows version of OpenOffice too. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Feb 22 12:02:42 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: openoffice.org-core 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic SourcePackage: openoffice.org Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic x86_64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-libreoffice/+bug/525717/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
