https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86578
Bug ID: 86578
Summary: Opaque Frames in 4.4 alpha of Writer
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 4.4.0.0.alpha2
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
OS: Linux (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: fobe...@enteract.com
I'm using 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04 with a parallel installation (with separate user
profile, etc.) of LibreOffice Version: 4.4.0.0.alpha2+
Build ID: d273a60bfdbf9bb7623bed38667ec0647753157c - TinderBox:
Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2014-11-20_03:05:21 - Locale:
en_US
I know this is similar to Bug 75093, but it is quite real and reproducible on
my machine, and does not occur with my day-to-day 4.3 installation.
While attempting to test the improved pdf export in 4.4 (BIG Improvement in pdf
file sizes by the way), I thought that perhaps the smaller size resulted from
the fact that Writer just left out quite a few of my graphics, which didn't
appear in the resulting pdf.
A little further exploration, however, showed that they were not visible in the
document either, although seemed to in fact still be there - just hidden under
totally (and newly) opaque non-transparent frames. Thinking that maybe this was
a result of some sloppy formatting on my part, I changed a few of the frames to
100% transparency - permitting the graphic, which was already marked as "on
top" to be displayed in Writer and then saved the file (yes - under a new
name).
I generated a new pdf and - viola - the graphics whose frames I had "fixed"
showed up in the pdf.
HOWEVER, when reloading the document, all of the frames were again totally
opaque. To cut this short, I checked and changed the style for frame contents
to 100% transparency as well, but that did made no difference in the results.
The bottom line is that I can't use Writer 4.4 if there are graphics in frames.
Graphics that I had placed in borderless tables, by the way, show up fine and
export to pdf properly, etc.
All Frames that I checked in the document (several hundred pages, so I didn't
hit every one) show up in the dialog box as 50% transparency, although graphics
placed in the frame (although not text, which was still visible) were
completely invisible - suggesting that the transparency is really 0%.
So ... The fact that Writer doesn't save the transparency of the frame would
seem to be a bug. I suspect the change of the earlier default of 100%
transparency (actually I don't recall ever setting frame transparencies before)
may be unintentional as well if this is a new enhancement.
QA folks or developers are welcome to contact me via e-mail if there are any
other questions I can answer or things they would like me to try - I really
want the improved pdf export, but can't use 4.4 as is (yes - I know it's an
alpha, but I'm old and impatient :)
Frank
ADDITIONAL COMMENT:
While writing this, I happened to notice that the graphics that disappeared
possibly had something in common: each of them was set to "in background" in a
frame that was formatted with two columns. I'm not sure if this is a "clue" or
not but thought I should mention it.
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