text alignment broken when re-saving RTF document

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#1

Hi list,

I have problems with the text alignment in LO Writer 5.0.0.5 under Linux
and Windows. When I open an RTF document and save it again (with or
without making changes) all alignments are lost and everything is
aligned to the left.

Steps to re-produce:
1. Create new document
2. write "test" in the first line
3. align this line to center or right
4. save as RTF
5. open document again and everything is aligned as it should
6. add more text to the document and save or just "save as" without
making changes
7. re-open document and all alignments are gone

Is this a known bug and is there a solution to it? I can't use LO 5 like
this and have to roll back all installations to 4.3.7. The problem
didn't occur in this version.

Thanks
Thomas

#2

Hi list,

I have problems with the text alignment in LO Writer 5.0.0.5 under Linux
and Windows. When I open an RTF document and save it again (with or
without making changes) all alignments are lost and everything is
aligned to the left.

ODF is the new RTF and LibreOffice is an ODF suite.
Use the Windows Wordpad to edit RTF.

Is this a known bug and is there a solution to it? I can't use LO 5 like
this and have to roll back all installations to 4.3.7. The problem
didn't occur in this version.

There are too many problems with RTF and lots of bug reports.

#3

ODF is the new RTF and LibreOffice is an ODF suite.
Use the Windows Wordpad to edit RTF.

I'd love to use ODF, but the software we're using uses RTF templates, so
that people can use it no matter what office suite they're using.

There are too many problems with RTF and lots of bug reports.

http://diaryproducts.net/for/geek/microsoft_rtf_specification_nightmare

I digged a bit deeper and found out that this bug got introduced between
version 4.4.3.2 and 4.4.4.1

Whatever the problems with RTF are, LO should be able to read *its own*
RTF documents. You can't blame Microsoft for that.

#4

Yes, I agree. Nevertheless, RTF is not well supported by LibreOffice. On
any Windows system WordPad is the program to edit PDF.

#5

ODF is the new RTF and LibreOffice is an ODF suite.
Use the Windows Wordpad to edit RTF.

I'd love to use ODF, but the software we're using uses RTF templates, so
that people can use it no matter what office suite they're using.

We cannot change that. The only thing we can change is using another
office suite.

There are too many problems with RTF and lots of bug reports.

http://diaryproducts.net/for/geek/microsoft_rtf_specification_nightmare

I digged a bit deeper and found out that this bug got introduced between
version 4.4.3.2 and 4.4.4.1

Whatever the problems with RTF are, LO should be able to read *its own*
RTF documents. You can't blame Microsoft for that.

#6

Hi Thomas,

I have problems with the text alignment in LO Writer 5.0.0.5 under Linux
and Windows. When I open an RTF document and save it again (with or
....
Is this a known bug and is there a solution to it?

Did you try to find it in BugZilla?
  https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/index.cgi

I can't use LO 5 like this and have to roll back all installations to 4.3.7.
The problem didn't occur in this version.

I think it's not wise to use a X.Y.0 version in any organization, unless
only techies work there :slight_smile:
Even more, if your company heavily relies on certain functionality, it
might be good to consider a supported version.

Cheers,
Cor