Bug 88546 - "clear formatting" does not clear formatting
Summary: "clear formatting" does not clear formatting
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
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Reported: 2015-01-17 22:19 UTC by Andrew Grillet
Modified: 2015-01-18 03:12 UTC (History)
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Description Andrew Grillet 2015-01-17 22:19:44 UTC
Clear formatting in the style toolbar does not remove formatting.

I created a document in docx format using Phoenix office, whihc had various headings styled in various ways.

I attempted to change the formatting by selecting various paragraphs and selecting styles such as "Titie", "Heading 1" etc. The results were bizarre and inconsistent.

Instead, I selected the entire document with ctrl-A, and then selected "clar formatting". The formatting changed again, but not to anything useful and I was unable to format my headings  - typically, the wrong font was selected, or the wrong size of wrong colour - often all three.

I have also had this problem repeatedly when pasting text from web sites.

This is almost certainly what was being described in 47208, 70759, 70860 and 83294. As implemented at presuent, LO is not in fact useable. This should be treated as mission critical, not "RESOLVED - NOTABUG" Clear formatting needs to REMOVE ALL FORMATTING.
Comment 1 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2015-01-17 23:34:58 UTC
(In reply to Andrew Grillet from comment #0)
> Clear formatting in the style toolbar does not remove formatting.
> 
> I created a document in docx format using Phoenix office, whihc had various
> headings styled in various ways.

Not sure I've ever used Phoenix Office before. Got a link to the project page?

> 
> I attempted to change the formatting by selecting various paragraphs and
> selecting styles such as "Titie", "Heading 1" etc. The results were bizarre
> and inconsistent.

Hi Andrew,
Please attach example file showing this problem (along with repro steps to duplicate the styling that resulted in bizarre/inconsistent results).

Status -> NEEDINFO

(Please change status back to UNCONFIRMED after you provide the info. Thanks!)
Comment 2 m.a.riosv 2015-01-18 03:12:04 UTC
By the way, verify that there are not Character styles applied, they are not clear for the clear formatting option.


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