Subj : Open/LibreOffice ?
To   : ALL
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Nov 20 2025 13:54:46

This is a question for folks who use Openoffice Writer and, in paricular,
if you've used both Open and LibreOffice.

I have been experiencing some strange issues with Libreoffice Writer.  If
you are typing text on a page and hit ENTER, or if you insert a page break
using CTRL-ENTER, the text on at least the previous page will randomly lose
its formatting -- any intentional spacing or TABs that you've put in the
text can disappear but, as it is random, it doesn't always happen.

I read up some about it online and the LibreOffice support team blames it
mostly on users who try to do things the "Microsoft Office way," import a
document originally started in MS-Office, or importing a document saved as
a *.DOC file (regardless of source).  However, they also admit that these
are not the only thing that causes such issues and that they cannot explain
why it happens in cases where you start off in LibreOffice and always save
the document as an *.ODT.

I was under the impression that LibreOffice is basically a fork of
OpenOffice (from back when Oracle took OO over) and assume that similar
issues could exist with its Writer product.  Is it really a fork or are
they completely separate projects now?  If you use OO Writer, do you also
sometimes run into weird stuff like this?

Thanks!
Mike

P.S.  I have tried Abiword but, as it often loses even the very basic
formating between saves and reopens (i.e. italics, bold text, etc.), I have
determined that it is not the *nix word processing option for me.  ;)


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