Bug 47386 - FILESAVE in Writer - Calc as rtf
Summary: FILESAVE in Writer - Calc as rtf
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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3.5.0 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
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Reported: 2012-03-15 19:44 UTC by Brandon
Modified: 2014-07-25 10:13 UTC (History)
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Description Brandon 2012-03-15 19:44:57 UTC
When copied a small Calc spreadsheet into Writer, save as rtf results in a blank page on re-open.  .doc worked.
Minimum fix is a warning.
Comment 1 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2012-03-17 13:25:14 UTC
Please, could you add more detail on how you copied the Calc spreadsheet in the text document. I suggest you to produce an odt file as reference and the rtf file you obtain from this one by "save as" in rtf. Then attach both files to this bug report.
Thank you for your help to make LibreOffice better.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2013-05-26 22:32:16 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDINFO status with no change for at least 6 months. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDINFO status with no change in 30 days the QA team will close the bug as INVALID due to lack of needed information.

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If you have already provided the requested information, please mark the bug as UNCONFIRMED so that the QA team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed.


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Comment 3 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2013-05-30 20:02:05 UTC
I did the following test (LibreOffice 4.0.3 Xubuntu 12.04) :
1/ create a very simple new spreadsheet with some data and formula
2/ select non empty cells, then copy (ctrl+C)
3/ open a new document text
4a/ paste (ctrl+V) => you get a OLE object
4b/ paste special and choose "Formatted text (RTF)" => you get a table
5/ save as RTF file format
6/ close the file
7/ open the file => whatever you did at step 4, the file is opened in Calc (???). With 4a/ you do not have the table anymore, with 4b/ you get the table but not the formulas (values only).

So, for me the bug is confirmed.

Workaround: you can open the file in Writer if you chose the file type "Rich Text Format" in the filepicker (File > Open).

Generally speaking, it is a bad idea to save a new document in a non OpenDocument format. If you need have your document in such a format, you should save and work in ODF until your document is finished, then export (File > Save As...) it in whatever the format you want.

@Miklos: do you know why LibreOffice opens the RTF file with Calc in this case?

Best regards. JBF
Comment 4 Marina Latini (SUSE) 2014-07-25 08:44:28 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> 
> @Miklos: do you know why LibreOffice opens the RTF file with Calc in this
> case?
> 

See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65017#c19 :)
Comment 5 Marina Latini (SUSE) 2014-07-25 10:13:34 UTC
Can't reproduce on Ubuntu 14.04 x86_64 with:

* Version: 4.1.6.2
* Build ID: 40ff705089295be5be0aae9b15123f687c05b0a

* Version: 4.2.5.2
* Build ID: 61cb170a04bb1f12e77c884eab9192be736ec5f5

* Version: 4.3.0.3
* Build ID: 08ebe52789a201dd7d38ef653ef7a48925e7f9f7

* Version: 4.4.0.0.alpha0+
* Build ID: 4f2f53e267956e68fac768391c9b83d45adbc29f
* TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2014-07-24_23:33:28

Because this is an old bug related to 3.5.0 relase, set status to RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

Please retest with latest version to confirm bug resolution and feel free to REOPEN if you still reproduce the bug.