https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120822
Bug ID: 120822
Summary: DOCX files created as New Microsoft Word Document in
Windows Explorer context menu are corrupted if
first-time saved with Libre
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 6.0.2.1 release
Hardware: All
OS: Windows (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
If you create a new DOCX file using the New Microsoft Word Document context
menu option in Windows Explorer (it will be zero bytes long) and then open it
in Libre Office and edit/create a document and save, when subsequently opened,
ALL you will have is a completely unformatted ASCII file - all other
information will be lost, UTF-8 characters will be displayed as ???. This file
will not even open in MS Word.
I realise this is not the best workflow, but it can result in considerable loss
of data if somebody (like me) did it inadvertently, because a client insisted
on use of DOCX etc.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Right-click in Windows Explorer and select New -> Microsoft Word Document
(.docx)
2. Open this file in Libre Office.
3. Create a document with formatting of any kind (e.g. insert a text-box, use
different font sizes/fonts etc.)
4. Save with CTRL+S
5. Close the document and re-open in Libre
6. Try opening in MS Word
Actual Results:
File reopens in Libre with the appearance of a plain text file, no non-ASCII
characters, all formatting and other features stripped out.
File reported as corrupted by MS Word and cannot be recovered.
Expected Results:
File should have opened in Libre and MS Word with all formatting and features
intact.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: Yes
OpenGL enabled: Yes
Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-GB
Module: TextDocument
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Windows (All)
OS is 64bit: no
Version: 6.0.2.1 (x64)
Build ID: f7f06a8f319e4b62f9bc5095aa112a65d2f3ac89
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: GL;
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); Calc: CL
--
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug._______________________________________________
Libreoffice-bugs mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
