The Compare Document function in LibreOffice Writer highlights unchanged words as changed. A complete description and a detailed analysis of this issue is given at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059 Another simple descriptive example of this issue is given at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/comments/0 The launchpad moderator tested and validated this bug, judged it an upstream issue, and requested referring and submitting it to the LibreOffice developers direct.
1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer libreoffice-writer: Installed: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.4.3-3ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages 3) What is expected to happen in LibreOffice Writer via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671476/+files/versions.zip && file-roller -h versions.zip && cd versions && lowriter -nologo version1.odt Edit -> Compare Document -> version2.odt -> Insert button is under Actions regarding the first Deletion top to bottom, one tan hyphen is shown to the left of "LibreOffice Writer" and "LibreOffice Writer" is not marked tan with a tan underline. An example of how it should look may be found via the Terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/915059/+attachment/2671477/+files/versions-space.zip && file-roller -h versions-space.zip && cd versions-space && lowriter -nologo version1-space.odt Edit -> Compare Document -> version2-space.odt -> Insert button 4) What happens instead is the hyphen to the left of "LibreOffice Writer" is not shown and "LibreOffice Writer" is marked tan with a tan underline.
Created attachment 55658 [details] versions.zip
Created attachment 55659 [details] versions-space.zip
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