Richard, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. Could you please send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport ? Please provide the upstream URL so it may be added as a bugwatch that will advise about the status. Thanks in advance.
** Description changed: - On recovery, LibreOffice Recovery of docx format documents lose all styles in 20% of cases. - (this is improvement b/c in 16.04 recovery was not functional) + 1. Open + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1649295/+attachment/4794230/+files/Linux%20Operations.docx - Text Body style becomes Default Style - All style information is reset and has to be reloaded using LibreOffice - Styles - Styles and Formatting F11 - Load Styles… - Overwrite, OK + 2. Put caret on first line noting “Linux Operations”, which has style + “Default Style”. Change to style “Title” using the Apply Paragraph Style + of the Formatting toolbar. + + 3. Save as docx. + + 4. Close, reopen, and notice that the style is now "Default Style" + instead of "Title". + + WORKAROUND: Save file as .odt. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: libreoffice 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-30.32-generic 4.8.6 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Mon Dec 12 06:44:49 2016 SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-11-16 (25 days ago) ** Tags added: bionic ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Low ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Summary changed: - LibreOffice Writer docx fails to load styles + Writer doesn't preserve Style after saving to Microsoft Word 2007-2013 XML (.docx), close, and reopening file -- 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/1649295 Title: Writer doesn't preserve Style after saving to Microsoft Word 2007-2013 XML (.docx), close, and reopening file Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 1. Open https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1649295/+attachment/4794230/+files/Linux%20Operations.docx 2. Put caret on first line noting “Linux Operations”, which has style “Default Style”. Change to style “Title” using the Apply Paragraph Style of the Formatting toolbar. 3. Save as docx. 4. Close, reopen, and notice that the style is now "Default Style" instead of "Title". WORKAROUND: Save file as .odt. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: libreoffice 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-30.32-generic 4.8.6 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Mon Dec 12 06:44:49 2016 SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-11-16 (25 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1649295/+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

